Rush Line Meeting Dates Change
The city of St. Paul has joined the Rush Line Corridor Task Force, necessitating a change in meeting dates, which conflicted with St. Paul City Council meetings. The task force will now meet every other month on the third Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Meetings are usually held in the White Bear Lake City Hall. Visit the Project Update page for meeting agendas and minutes.
Rush Line Studies to Begin
The Rush Line Corridor Task Force is undertaking two studies of transit in the fast-growing corridor from St. Paul to Hinckley. The Task Force, made up of more than two dozen elected officials from counties and municipalities along the corridor, has hired SRF Consulting Group, Inc., to complete a commuter bus study. The Task Force is working with SRF to develop and evaluate four commuter bus service scenarios:
Hinckley to downtown St. Paul
Hinckley to downtown Minneapolis
Forest Lake to downtown St. Paul
Forest Lake to downtown Minneapolis
Taking into account projected demand for bus service and cost, a service plan for the scenarios will be created. The plans will be shared with the public at two listening sessions, June 19 and June 21. After hearing from the public, the task force and consultants will finalize service plans. When the study is concluded, updates will be added to this website.
The task force is also hiring a consultant to complete an Alternatives Analysis of transit options in the corridor. In the analysis, different routes (such as I-35/I-35E, Highway 61/County Road 30, and various existing and former freight railroad lines) and modes of transit will be considered and evaluated for their benefits, costs and impacts. Input from the public, communities, other stakeholders and the task force will be critical for the success of this study. The study will begin in June and conclude in summer 2008. Updates will be added to this website as they become available.
