Current Plans and Operations
For more details on the freeway corridor, see I-35W (Minnesota).In January 2005, the Minnesota Department of Transportation released their plans to improve transit service on the corridor. They chose that BRT using existing and proposed HOV lanes would be the best option. This came just a month after Metro Transit did a complete restructure of I-35W bus services, adding better service to the corridor, including new route 535, an all-day highly frequent bus route between Downtown Minneapolis and South Bloomington Transit Center. Metro Transit's future plans in the restructure report show possible expansion of Route 535's service from just weekdays to everyday service, and route extensions to the University of Minnesota, and south to Burnsville Transit Station. About 20–30 years ago a bus stop was built on the I-35W bridge over Lake Street. Currently the Crosstown Commons section of the freeway is under construction, and will expand HOV lanes north to 42nd Street, and will build a station located in the median of the freeway at 46th Street. Future MNDOT and Metro Transit plans show a new freeway station located somewhere between 76th St and 82nd St., HOV lane extensions to Downtown Minneapolis, and relocating the Lake St. Station to the median of the freeway.
On August 14, 2007, the Federal government announced the availability of $133.3 million in Urban Partnership Agreement funds to help alleviate congestion in the Minneapolis area. The agreement calls for a center high-occupancy toll lane or price-dynamic shoulder lane (for the exclusive use of buses, high-occupancy vehicles, and drivers willing to pay the dynamically priced toll) running on I-35W from Lakeville to downtown Minneapolis.
Read more about this topic: I-35W Bus Rapid Transitway
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