In their evaluation of future arterial bus rapid transit routes, Metro Transit recently announced that West 7th placed third in a technical evaluation behind Nicollet and the Franklin/Grand/3rd St. Corridors in Minneapolis.
Metro Transit is in the process of identifying the next three planned ABRT lines, which will be lines J, K and L, for opening between 2030 and 2035. West 7th was a recent addition to the evaluation after the City of St. Paul pulled the plug on their plan for a “New West 7th” transit corridor, which itself was a response to Ramsey County ending the Riverview Corridor study.
Prospective projects were ranked based on ridership potential, project costs, equity concerns and land use, including future land use. West 7th scored 67.9 points out of a possible 100, well ahead of the fourth place corridor.
Now that Metro Transit has evaluated corridors, the next steps are to prioritize the corridors by looking at how ready the streets are for projects and coordinating with planned construction in the area., which will take place over the winter.
Learn more: metrotransit.org/arterial-brt-plan
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