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<br />6. Increased congestion is present on arterial roadways, particularly . <br />east of 1-35W, with the Coalition growth pattern as a result of a lack <br />of parallel arterial capacity, which concentrates trips on the few con- <br />tinuous roadways: <br />. Lexington (north of 1-35W) <br />. Central/TH 65 <br />. Hamline (County Road 96 to 1-694) <br /> <br />Arterial Network-Next Steps <br /> <br />1. Establish an Arterials Working Group with the Coalition Cities and <br />Ramsey and Anoka Counties to initiate joint planning for arterial streets. <br />This group would evaluate the feasibility of proposed additions mod- <br />eled in the Buildout Study, would assess topographic constraints and <br />structural issues, and would identify additional North-South arterial <br />capacity opportunities potentially available through lane additions and <br />new alignments (see Modeling Next Steps). <br /> <br />2. Integrate the proposed arterial/ collector additions and changes into <br />each city's and each county's transportation improvement program. <br /> <br />3. Work with Coalition cities and Anoka and Ramsey County represen- <br />tation on the Transportation Advisory Board and Transportation Advi- <br />sory Committee to support funding the projects programmed in Sce- <br />narios 2.5b / c. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4. Work with Mn/DOT to program overcrossings of 1-35W and 1-694 and <br />to identify funding from state and federal sources for these elements. <br /> <br />Transit-Findings/Conclusions <br /> <br />1. The transit mode share in the Coalition area continues to reflect subur- <br />ban pattern of auto dependency prevalent in study area. This tendency <br />appears to be a function of both the model parameters and a transit <br />service pattern that favors the commute to core cities. <br />. Downtown Minneapolis is 50% of overall transit market from study <br />area. <br />. Downtown St. Paul accounts for only 10% of overall transit market <br />from study area. <br />. Trips inside the study area account for about half of the Minneapolis <br />market. <br />. Transit service favors these patterns with express service to <br />Downtown Minneapolis from most portions of the study area. <br />. Differences in market by location in the study area shows that where <br />grid service is present (Roseville), there is a better balance between <br />study area and core city trips. <br /> <br />2. The transit service pattern is not especially sensitive to the growth in <br />captured trips in the Coalition area. The shorter distance captured study <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />22 <br />