Rush Line News Archive: May 2007

Union Depot Concourse Reimagined

Artist's rendering of what the passenger concourse at Minnesota's Union Depot multimodal transit hub might look like after its redevelopment by the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority.

Rush Line Open Houses Scheduled

The Rush Line Corridor Task Force will host a pair of open houses in June to share information with the public and to gather input about an ongoing study of enhanced commuter bus service in the fast-growing corridor from Minnesota’s Union Depot in 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 the 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 and Forest Lake to downtown Minneapolis.

Taking into account projected demand for bus service and cost, the consultants will develop a service plan for the four scenarios. The plans will be shared with the public at two listening sessions:

June 19: 5 to 7 p.m., Rush City Community Center, 720 W. 14th St., Rush City.

June 21: 5 to 7 p.m., Forest Lake City Hall, 220 N. Lake St., Forest Lake.

After hearing from the public, the task force and consultants will finalize service plans. The study is expected to cost $50,000, to be paid by the five member counties.

Pictured above: Members of the Rush Line Task Force check out a commuter bus provided by Lorenz Bus Service Inc. and SRF Consulting Group Inc.

For archived news items about the Rush Line Corridor and Ramsey County Regional Rail, click on the links below.

June 2007
April 2007