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AGENDA ITEM 1B MEMORANDUM DATE: November 12, 2013 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Patrick Klaers, City Administrator FROM: Jill Hutmacher, Community Development Director SUBJECT: Snelling Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Background Metro Transit has approved a Snelling Avenue Arterial Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Route. The th route will connect the 46 Street (Blue Line) and the Snelling Avenue (Green Line) light rail th stations with Rosedale Mall. The route will run along 46 Street in Minneapolis, and Ford Parkway and Snelling Avenue in St. Paul and Roseville. Arterial BRT operates in regular traffic without dedicated lanes. Stops are more widely spaced than regular bus routes and bus stops have more amenities such as substantial shelters, ticket vending machines, radiant heat, and real- time bus information. final funding, Metro Transit plans to construct improvements in 2014 and begin operation of the Snelling Avenue Arterial BRT line in 2015. On May 28, 2013, Ramsey County Commissioners Jim McDonough and Blake Huffman along with Metropolitan Councilmember John Doan, met with the City Council to discuss transit projects in the north and east metro. City and County officials agreed that transit options for TCAAP should be considered up-front, possibly including an extension of the Snelling Avenue BRT to TCAAP in the future. Since that time, Ramsey County and the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce have been meeting with Metro Transit and the Metropolitan Council to discuss the possible extension of the Snelling Avenue BRT line to serve TCAAP. The extension would run north on Snelling and Hamline Avenues and could serve University of Northwestern, Bethel University, the County Road E determine the feasibility of BRT extension to TCAAP. 12 Page of