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Sometime this year: http://minneapolismn.gov/bicycles/proje ... St-BikewaySpeaking of bus bulbs, when are they going to fix the Nightmare on S 12th St right outside the Convention Center? There is SO MUCH sidewalk to work with here. I hate that I'm constantly zooming by buses trying pull back into trafficor getting cut off while they try to get to the curb
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I wonder if that shift does have a noticeable impact on bus ridership? I have to imagine there are thousands of less students riding the 3 regularly now that so many are a block or two from campus rather than at 24th & Como. Might be similar situations in other parts of town?(and since new development continues to open along transit, like the 200+ students moving into The Hub directly across from the East Bank Station, we might fairly expect a slight increase in the percentages).
I could definitely see construction being an issue. I’m think specifically of Route 2 with the Franklin Ave 35W bridge being redone. I know that during massive construction projects, the state/county/City encourages people to take transit instead of drive, but do they do any projections on how construction may affect transit ridership, either increase or decrease?The insane amount of construction has meant that buses have spent much more time than usual crawling along at 5 MPH in traffic, and I think people are doing anything they can to avoid taking that ride.
The trains, meanwhile, are largely unaffected, which makes riding them even more attractive.
I'm guessing they pretend it's not part of the METRO system anymore, blaming everything to MVTA. /sHow about the bullsh*t rapid transit known as the Red Line? Any increase in ridership? Not that it would really matter unless it broke over 1,000.
I agree ALL busses should be combined in to ONE single route that goes everywhere! Sure it may take you 72 hours to ride the entire bus but it would completely eliminate transfers for people who may not want to get up off the bus. And isn't that what is most important of all? Let's write a letter!The proposed split erodes mobility and should not be implemented. There are many visually impaired residents in near NE and Marcy-Holmes, now we're going to permanently force them to transfer on the way to services in Whittier and The Wedge? Why not talk more seriously about transit lanes on Hennepin in DT to improve reliability instead of treating the symptom and reducing the ability of our system to serve the people that rely on it the most. If a change just be implemented, the NE end should continue past MCTC to Lyn-Lake or the S Mpls end should continue over the river to 8th St SE.
We don't tell car drivers that they need to park their car halfway to their destination and then get in a different car to finish. A transportation equity approach says we should prioritize how we treat transit riders, and the proposal to split the 4 isn't that.
That's an interesting question, I certainly don't have a good answer to it.I wonder if that shift does have a noticeable impact on bus ridership? I have to imagine there are thousands of less students riding the 3 regularly now that so many are a block or two from campus rather than at 24th & Como. Might be similar situations in other parts of town?(and since new development continues to open along transit, like the 200+ students moving into The Hub directly across from the East Bank Station, we might fairly expect a slight increase in the percentages).
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