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of Arden Hills - Comprehensive Plan - DRAFT transportation includes transit, aviation, railway, and paths, including sidewalks, trails, and bikeways. Transit Service The City of Arden Hills is currently located within the Market III Transit System Service Area. This area includes communities with a land use pattern of generally lower concentrations with intermittent pockets of moderate concentrations, which receive highest service levels. The current service options are peak -only express busses, small vehicle dial -a -ride, midday circulators, special needs paratransit (ADA, seniors), and ridesharing. Service characteristics include peak -period -only express busses, 1-2 hour midday frequencies, dial -a -ride advance registration, service spans of 10-14 hours per day on weekdays and limited weekends, and access primarily tied to park -and ride lots and hubs. Fagure_:4-5' — Existing and Planned Transit Routes and Passenger Facilities displays the current services available, including route and park and ride locations in and around the City of Arden Hills. An existing park and ride lot is located between 1-35W and CSAH 10, on CR H in Arden Hills. Regular route service in the City as currently provided is described below: • Route 225, 227 is a local bus route operated by Metro Transit. This route provides connectivity to Rosedale Commons in the City of Roseville, and serves Shoreview, Arden Hills, and Roseville. Schedules vary from 30 to 60 minutes between trips, depending on the day. • Route 250 is an express bus route operated by Metro Transit. The route provides connectivity to downtown Minneapolis from Lino Lakes, Circle Pines, Lexington, Blaine, Shoreview, and Moundsview, primarily along 1-35W, 1-694, and 1-94. Arden Hills residents can access the route from the park and ride lot in Moundsview along CR H, just west of 1-35W. Schedules with stops at the park and ride lot vary from 25 to 30 minutes between trips during the peak hours. It has 6 trips each peak hour during the weekdays only. • Route 261 is a local bus route operated by Metro Transit. It connects up with express Route 260 to connect with downtown Minneapolis. The route provides connectivity between Shoreview, Roseville, and Minneapolis, along with Arden Hills, along Lexington Avenue. The schedule along Lexington Avenue varies from 10 to 30 minutes with 5 total trips during the peak hours during the weekdays only. • Route 860 is an express bus route operated by Metro Transit. This route provides connectivity to downtown St. Paul from Coon Rapids, DRAFT 57 2/22/2008