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Metro Transit C Line

Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association’s Land Use Committee June 7, 2016

C Terrence Anderson Community Outreach Coordinator, Metro Transit

What is the C Line?

• Rapid Bus!

– Limited stops – Frequent – Off-board payment – Articulated buses – Enhanced waiting areas

• A package of

improvements that makes service faster and more comfortable

• Second in series of

rapid bus lines starting with the A Line

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C Line Station Plan & Public Engagement

• Outreach and engagement

– Open houses – Neighborhood meetings – Transit rider outreach on buses and at stops

• Agency coordination

– Hennepin County – City of Minneapolis – City of Brooklyn Center – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board – Three Rivers Park District

Brooklyn Center Transit Center Minneapolis Central Library Route 19

Finalized Station Locations

• Finalized by

Metropolitan Council Spring 2016

• C Line will open on

Olson Highway with temporary stations, but Olson/Glenwood process will determine long-term alignment by end of 2016

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Downtown Stations

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8th Street Stations

• City of Minneapolis plans to reconstruct 8th Street

from Hennepin Avenue to Chicago Avenue in 2019-2020

• Temporary operations prior to reconstruction;

permanent stations built after reconstruction

• Street configuration, station design/location will

be finalized in 8th Street Reconstruction final design and engineering

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Revised C Line project timeline

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Planning Design / Engineering Construction

Pending Full Project Funding

Open C Line

Metropolitan Council Station Plan Approval

• Shift construction from 2017 to 2018

– Full funding not identified for 2017 – Initiate design mid-2016; 12-18 months of plan preparation – Potential for better coordination with

• ther corridor construction projects

Opening date to be determined in construction phase

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Glenwood Avenue Possibility

Temporary C Line stations planned for Olson due to Blue Line Extension construction

Current Opening Year Plan

Olson Memorial Highway Penn Avenue

Potential Long-Term Realignment Transit System Expansion

Not shown: Potential bus network modifications related to Green Line Extension & Blue Line Extension. Plans TBD as implementation nears.

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For more information visit C Line wepage: www.metrotransit.org/c-line-project C Terrence Anderson Community Outreach Coordinator, Metro Transit cterrence.anderson@metrotransit.org 612-349-7309