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<br /> . - <br /> FIVE- YEAR TRANSIT PLAN FOR RAMSEY COUNTY SUBURBAN AREA <br /> . Local units of government in the northern and northeastern suburbs of Ramsey County are <br /> frequently called upon to provide public transit to their residents. Several population segments, <br /> the elderly, and youth who are old enough to work but have no vehicle access, are transit <br /> dependent. If transportation were available, better utilization of existing educational <br /> opportunities, commercial areas, jobs, recreation opportunities, etc., by both groups would <br /> occur. Many people have not been counted among the underserved, as they currently participate <br /> in no outside activities only because they have no transportation options. It is evident that in <br /> order to be counted as underserved, some minimum level of service needs to exist in the first <br /> place. This fails to account for the completely unserved. <br /> After reviewing the Metropolitan Council five-year transit plan "Vision 99, Regional Transit <br /> Service and Capital Plan 1995-1999", the Ramsey County League of Locai Governments <br /> (RCLLG) has determined that once again, regional planning efforts' first priorities have been <br /> directed primarily to the western and southern metro area. Suburban Ramsey County is in need <br /> of public transit scheduled to occur in a more timely manner. <br /> THE SOLUTION: <br /> The RCLLG call upon the Metropolitan Council and the Minnesota Legislature to restructure <br /> . the schedule of providing readily available public transit to the northern and northeastern <br /> suburban area to a more acceptable time frame. <br /> ~ <br /> ---- <br />