Here's my Duluth transit improvements-
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Duluth BRT System:
All BRT routes would be high frequency (at least every 15 minutes all day on weekdays and Saturdays). Stations would have ticket vending machines for off-board fare payment and real-time information. Buses and stations would have a unique design to distinguish from regular buses and bus stops. While not officially BRT (more akin to our ABRT), where possible dedicated bus lanes could be built to improve travel time, but otherwise will travel with regular traffic.
Thunder Bus:
Commuter service would operate between Duluth and Two Harbors with service every half hour in peak hour and peak direction. Reverse commute and midday service would be every hour. Evening service would have 2-3 roundtrips. Five roundtrips on the weekend. Regional service would operate between Duluth and Grand Marais with five roundtrips on weekdays and three roundtrips on the weekend. Express service non-stop between Duluth and Thunder Bay would have two roundtrips everyday.
Cloquet Commuter Bus:
Express bus service between Downtown Duluth and Cloquet with stops at West Duluth (Grand & I-35), Cloquet Park & Ride, and Downtown Cloquet. Frequency every half hour in peak hour and peak direction, every hour reverse commute, midday, and evening. Weekend frequency would be every 1-2 hours.
Regional Rail:
Local trains would operate from Duluth Union Depot to Carlton and Superior Village serving all stations in between. Frequency would be every half hour in peak hour and peak direction, every hour reverse commute, midday, evening, and weekend. Regional service would operate from Duluth Union Depot to Fort Frances, Bemidji, Brainerd (potential western extension to Fargo), Minneapolis, and St. Paul Union Depot with limited stops. Single digit number of roundtrips per day.
Bayfield Ferry:
This would be a seasonal ferry service non-stop between Duluth and Bayfield, WI. This is more of an idea I'm just throwing out there as I don't know the travel demand on this route and whether it would be better to have more stops.
I looked at service to Duluth International Airport, but it doesn't seem economical to have high frequency transit operating there when flights are infrequent (a few flights per day to/from MSP, Chicago, and Detroit).