B Line plan moves ahead

Posted

B Line bus rapid transit service is to start in 2024, providing a faster connection between St. Paul’s Union Depot and Uptown Minneapolis.
The $65 million project’s final corridor and station plans won a unanimous Oct. 13, 2021 vote of support from Metropolitan Council. The B Line route will follow Minneapolis’ Lake Street and Selby and Marshall avenues in St. Paul. It will largely replace Route 21, Metro Transit’s second-highest ridership bus route.
The B Line will provide connections to Green and Blue Line light rail, and five other current and future bus rapid transit routes.
Engineering can get underway and continue until late 2022. Construction starts in 2023 and ends in 2024.
Bus rapid transit has fewer stops than regular route bus service. The B Line will have a total of 33 stops. Buses will run every 10 minutes. Stations or platforms have amenities including real-time schedule information, lighting, heat and emergency contact capability.
Metro Transit will replace some regular route bus service along Route 21 in Minneapolis, but with less frequency at buses every 30 minutes. A new Route 60 is planned to operate along Selby and provide access to Midway shopping destinations once the B Line starts operations.

Comments

No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here