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A Line (Snelling) Bus Rapid Transit November 21, 2013 Technical Advisory Committee Meeting #4 1 Todays Meeting Design Services Procurement Update Issue Resolution Teams 7th & Olson Prototype Station Snelling &


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A Line (Snelling) Bus Rapid Transit

November 21, 2013 Technical Advisory Committee Meeting #4

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Today’s Meeting

  • Design Services Procurement Update
  • Issue Resolution Teams

– 7th & Olson Prototype Station – Snelling & University, Snelling & Dayton Stations – TSP Architecture & Agreements – Station Technology

  • Station Concept Plan Issues Scoping
  • Roundtable / Project Coordination Updates
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DESIGN SERVICES PROCUREMENT UPDATE

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DRAFT Milestone Schedule

2014 2015 J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S

Design Input Preliminary Design (50%) Final Design (90%) Final Bidding Documents Construction Bidding Construction 4

Arterial BRT Station Shelter 7th & Olson Prototype Station A Line (Snelling/Ford/46th)

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Issue Resolution Teams

  • Five IRTs

– 7th & Olson Prototype Station – Snelling & University – Snelling & Dayton – TSP Architecture & Agreements – Station Technology

  • Discussion

– Purpose – Meeting dates / expectations – Participants

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Prototype Station at 7th & Olson

6th Avenue N Olson Memorial Highway << Metro Transit Heywood Garage Current Route 19 Planned C Line Current Route 5 Future Arterial BRT

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CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW & ISSUES SCOPING

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Rosedale Snelling/County Road B Snelling/Roselawn Snelling/Larpenteur Snelling/Como Snelling/Hewitt Snelling/Minnehaha Snelling/University Snelling/Dayton Snelling/Grand Snelling/St. Clair Snelling/Randolph Snelling/Highland

SNELLING AVENUE Off-Street Transit Center Off-Street Transit Center Stop in BOS Stop in BOS Stop in BOS Stop in curb lane (3 thru) Bus pullout Right turn lane Right turn lane Bus pullout Bus pullout Right lane Right lane Stop in BOS Stop in BOS Stop in BOS Right turn lane Right turn lane Right turn lane Bus pullout/parking lane Right turn lane Right turn lane

Ford/Fairview Ford/Kenneth Ford/Finn Ford/Woodlawn 46th St/46th Ave 46th St/Minnehaha 46th Street Station

FORD PARKWAY 46TH STREET Stop in curb lane (2 thru) Stop in curb lane (3 thru) Stop in curb lane (2 thru) Stop in curb lane (2 thru) Right turn lane Right turn lane Right turn lane Bus pullout Bus pullout Right turn lane Right turn lane Right turn lane Bus pullout/parking lane Right turn lane Bus pullout Right turn lane

Existing Stop Conditions

Off-street Stop in travel lane Stop out of travel lane Stop out of travel lane – Bus-Only Shoulder

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Rosedale Snelling/County Road B Snelling/Roselawn Snelling/Larpenteur Snelling/Como Snelling/Hewitt Snelling/Minnehaha Snelling/University Snelling/Dayton Snelling/Grand Snelling/St. Clair Snelling/Randolph Snelling/Highland

SNELLING AVENUE Off-Street Transit Center Off-Street Transit Center Stop in BOS Stop in BOS Stop in BOS Stop in curb lane (3 thru) Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Fill pullout, stop in lane Fill pullout, stop in lane Right lane Right lane Stop in BOS Stop in BOS Stop in BOS Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension

Ford/Fairview Ford/Kenneth Ford/Finn Ford/Woodlawn 46th St/46th Ave 46th St/Minnehaha 46th Street Station

FORD PARKWAY 46TH STREET Stop in curb lane (2 thru) Stop in curb lane (3 thru) Stop in curb lane (2 thru) Stop in curb lane (2 thru) Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Curb extension Fill pullout, stop in lane Curb extension

Concept Plan Station Conditions

Off-street Stop in travel lane Stop out of travel lane Stop out of travel lane – Bus-Only Shoulder Proposed change from existing condition

Stop in curb lane (3 thru)

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Prototypical Station Bumpout Platform

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Traffic Impacts (June 2013 VISSIM model)

Rosedale Snelling/County Road B Snelling/Roselawn Snelling/Larpenteur Snelling/Como Snelling/Hewitt Snelling/Minnehaha Snelling/University Snelling/Dayton Snelling/Grand Snelling/St. Clair Snelling/Randolph Snelling/Highland Ford/Fairview Ford/Kenneth Ford/Finn Ford/Woodlawn 46th St/46th Ave 46th St/Minnehaha 46th Street Station

38 total stations

  • 13: No geometric changes
  • 21: No change in intersection

LOS or movement LOS due to bumpout/in-lane stop

  • 3: No change in LOS but

increased delay of >5 seconds/vehicle

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Key to Concept Plans

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80 ft x 10 ft

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Standard dimension

80 ft x 10 ft

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Red: Bumpout station Blue: Curbside station (within existing curb line) Signalized intersection

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BUS STOP ID #

ON / OFF

Existing bus stop Existing weekday ridership information, Fall 2012 data

Illustration does not reflect actual geometry

  • r exact placement

relative to intersection.

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Snelling/County Road B (SB)

COUNTY ROAD B 80 ft x 10 ft

T T Site 50015

171 / 41

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Snelling/County Road B (NB)

80 ft x 10 ft

T T Site 50013

48 / 268

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Snelling/Roselawn

84 South 50011 100 2.5 1.4 735.5

ROSELAWN AVE 80 ft x 10 ft

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80 ft x 10 ft

T T Site 50011

3 / 1

T Site 50012

1 / 5

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Snelling/Larpenteur (NB)

LARPENTEUR AVE 80 ft x 10 ft

T T Site 50010

72 / 114

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Snelling/Larpenteur (SB)

84 South 50032 100 111.8 67.5 780

LARPENTEUR AVE 80 ft x 10 ft

T T Site 50032

112 / 68

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Snelling/Como (NB)

COMO AVE COMO AVE

T Site 18509

92 / 144

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Snelling/Como (SB)

COMO AVE

T Site 18523

165 / 88

T Site 18509

92 / 144

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Snelling/Hewitt

84 South 15114 100 57.7 33.6 938.2

HEWITT AVE

T T Site 15042

31 / 37

Site 15114

57 / 34

80 ft x 10 ft

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80 ft x 10 ft

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Snelling/Minnehaha

80 ft x 10 ft 80 ft x 10 ft

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MINNEHAHA AVE

Hamline Marathon Gas Station

Site 15040

48 / 65

Site 15116

68 / 37

T T

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Snelling/University

UNIVERSITY AVE 80 ft x 10 ft

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80 ft x 10 ft

T Site 15036

259 / 100

T Site 40141

343 / 372

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  • Existing SB stop
  • Ridership
  • 84 SB: 25 on / 27 off
  • 144 EB: 1 on / 12 off
  • Property Information
  • 201 North Snelling – Snelling Imports 651-643-

7600 Mr. David Nadini

Snelling/Dayton (SB)

DAYTON AVE 80 ft x 10 ft

MN Pain & Wellness Ctr Snelling Imports

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201 209

Site 17307

25 / 39

Site 17371

47 / 26

80 ft x 10 ft

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Existing high-visibility crosswalks

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Redevelopment The Vintage on Selby

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Snelling/Grand

  • NB – Not existing NB stop

– Ridership

  • 84 NB: 180 on / 83 off
  • 144 WB: 28 on / 1 off

– Property Information

  • Macalester-owned properties

– Parking

  • 5 spaces between Grand and alley; signed 15-minute parking
  • More spaces on far side of alley
  • SB – Existing SB stop

– Ridership

  • 84 SB: 82 on / 169 off
  • 144 EB: 2 on / 29 off

– Property Information

  • Macalester College

– Parking

  • Signed no parking – bus stop

80 ft x 10 ft

Macalester Permit Parking (22 spaces) Khyber Pass Dunn Bros Coffee Municipal Lot (55 2-hour spaces) Breadsmith Jamba Juice Lampert Building Common Good Books

80 ft x 10 ft GRAND AVE

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1573 36 1567 1561

Macalester College Store

15-MIN PARKING 30-MIN PARKING 15-MIN PARKING

Site 17366

208 / 84

Site 17312

84 / 198

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  • NB

– St. Paul Corner Drug – Carmelo’s Ristorante – Animal Medical Clinic – HealthPoint Oriental Medicine – Apartments – Potential concern about Carmelo’s on-street parking – businesses use shared parking on SE corner

  • SB

– in front of Macalester

Snelling/St. Clair

  • ST. CLAIR AVE

80 ft x 10 ft

Parking (21 spaces) Shared Parking (34 spaces)

80 ft x 10 ft

Parking (~15 spaces)

  • St. Clair Broiler

1580

Matt’s Pro Guitar Snelling Apts (10 units)

245 247 249

Vacant Health Point Oriental Medicine

232 234

Animal Medical Clinic

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Carmelo’s Saint Paul Corner Drug

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Apartments

Site 17318

11 / 48

Site 17361

64 / 12

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Snelling/Randolph

RANDOLPH AVE

Practical Goods Plum’s Bar & Grill Parking (18 spaces) Rita Ambourn Rita Ambourn Awe Vending Goby’s Parking (11 spaces) Awe Parking (12 spaces)

67 ft x 10 ft 80 ft x 10 ft

ProFuel

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485 480 476 472 464

Site 17357

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Site 17325

43 / 184

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Snelling/Highland

HIGHLAND PKWY 80 ft x 10 ft 80 ft x 10 ft

T T T T 144 East 17332 100 5.5 11.8 Site 17332

4 / 19

Site 17352

39 / 4

700

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Parkway Family Physicians

721

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Snelling/Fairview

  • Potential concerns about stopping in single

lane of traffic

  • Renter-occupied platform corners

– WB – 12-unit apartments (Hornig Companies) – EB – Twinhomes w/off-street parking

Apartments (~12 units) Twinhome Twinhome

80 ft x 10 ft 80 ft x 10 ft FAIRVIEW AVE

Apartments (~12 units)

1825 1835 1818 1812

FORD PKWY

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1 / 4

Site 18697

2 / 2

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Ford/Kenneth

KENNETH ST FORD PKWY

Highland Lifecare CB Burnet Burnet Parking (41 spaces)

1999 1991 2004 201 2

BP

2005

80 ft x 10 ft

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57 ft x 10 ft

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3 / 31

Site 4283

46 / 11

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2015

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Ford/Finn

Route Dir Site I.D. % Rte Samp Avg Daily ON Avg Daily OFF Avg Daily LOAD 23 West 4286 100 18 0.7 40.1 46 West 4286 100 39.3 14 122.8 70 East 4286 85 6.1 13.7 74 West 4286 100 38.7 39 435.6 84 South 4286 100 16.9 15.7 230.4

FINN ST FORD PKWY 80 ft x 10 ft

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80 ft x 10 ft

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Site 4286

119 / 70

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Local Bus Stop

Lifetime Fitness & Structured Parking

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Ford/Woodlawn

WOODLAWN AVE FORD PKWY 80 ft x 10 ft

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80 ft x 10 ft

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6 / 8

Site 4279

12 / 15

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Petco

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46th/45th-46th

45TH AVE 46TH STREET 46TH AVE 80 ft x 10 ft

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4556 4500

Site 51516

7 / 16

Site 51514

16 / 6

Parkway West Apartments

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SF Home SF Home

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46th/Minnehaha

46TH STREET 80 ft x 10 ft

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80 ft x 10 ft

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Geller Auto Repair Falls Liquor Jakubas Dental

Site 53362

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Site 16607

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Roundtable / Project Updates

  • Snelling Multi-Modal Improvements
  • I-94 Bridge Redeck
  • Randolph Avenue Reconstruction
  • Ford Parkway Reconstruction
  • Highland Village Streetscape
  • Minnehaha Avenue Reconstruction
  • Hiawatha/Minnehaha
  • Other Updates
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TAC Meeting Schedule

  • Metro Transit FTH Chambers (560 6th Ave N, Mpls)

2013 Thursday, Jul 18, 1:30–3:30 Thursday, Aug 15, 1:30–3:30 Tuesday, Sept 17, 1:30–3:30 Thursday, Oct 17, 1:30–3:30 Thursday, Nov 21, 1:30–3:30 Thursday, Dec 19, 1:30–3:30 2014 Thursday, Jan 16, 1:00–2:30 Thursday, Feb 20, 1:30–3:30 Thursday, Mar 20, 1:30–3:30 Thursday, Apr 17, 1:30–3:30