Oct 18
Rush Line Task Force Selects Bus Plan
The Rush Line Corridor Task Force selected an express commuter bus service scenario at its most recent meeting and voted to request capital and operating funding from the state Legislature in the coming session. The selected scenario, coach bus service from the North Branch area to downtown St. Paul, would have stops in Forest Lake and the White Bear Lake area, as well as several stops in St. Paul, including the Capitol complex, Lafayette Park area and Union Depot. Buses would run four times per rush hour on weekdays.
Oct 18
Regional Rail Authority to Vote on Union Depot Purchase
The Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority board will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 23, in council chambers at the County Court House in St. Paul. On the agenda is an agreement to purchase the Union Depot concourse and adjacent trackage areas in St. Paul from the U.S. Postal Service. Ramsey County plans to renovate the depot for reuse as a multi-modal transit hub to serve the East Metro region, allowing passengers to transfer seamlessly between transit modes. The project has an anticipated completion date of 2012. Planned lines to be served by the depot include Central Corridor light rail, Rush Line, Red Rock, Robert Street and I-94 East corridors, Amtrak passenger rail, Greyhound and Jefferson Lines buses, Metro Transit buses and, eventually, Midwest High-Speed Rail to Chicago. The depot would also have facilities to serve bicycle commuters. Click here for the agenda.
Oct 17
Red Rock Corridor Commission Meeting Cancelled
The Oct. 25 meeting of the Red Rock Corridor Commission has been cancelled. For more information about upcoming meetings, click here.
Oct 10
Corridor Task Force to meet
The Rush Line Corridor Task Force will meet at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at White Bear Lake City Hall, 4701 Highway 61 North. Click here for the agenda.
