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Ir <br /> 7 'CIL ACTION <br /> REQUEST FOR COL <br /> DATE- 12 <br /> ITFM N <br /> Department Approval: Manager Re vi ewed: Agenda Section: <br /> Item Description: Future Transit in Roseville—Discussion <br /> .. .......... .......... <br /> ................................................ <br /> Background@. <br /> the T Cit' etropolitan area has e owed re ancongestcd highway SL As -,%c <br /> %%in ies m end - -I <br /> For many vears., e dramatically Carrcnd%. <br /> it projected that h1ift%-ay congestion wil I increas <br /> continue to grow, howevery 1 <br /> v Pcople travel across the se%en COUI!Lx ar%., L <br /> mdropolitan area ftinctions as one economic center -i e. man <br /> it is esti <br /> routme. Based on 20 10 traffic projections. hotvever. mated that contyeSLIO <br /> part of their daily It NNLJII no ioni_lcr be <br /> -ill effectively split econorrixalK - i.e. <br /> inrCrease to a point where the metropolitan area s.%' it an area on a dalb.--basis. <br /> feasible to travel on ourroadway system across themetropol <br /> sit ic t strate- ic <br /> As travel Mmes more difficult, Rosevlite's central location could of'fer our communit% gynt an <br /> I <br /> Ifle is well served bv the casting highway System. Our future success kk-111 <br /> advantage. CurrentIV9 Rosev s'd' improvements in transit and <br /> require not only maintenance of our cxis Ling roadway system but con i erab le <br /> iff1portant that�vc remain aNAare of these future needs and are able <br /> other alternate travel modes as well. It is <br /> to express and support them Nvhen planning and funding opportunities arse. <br /> -the MCTO to expand and improve the bus system- Lhe region is spending a <br /> In addition to ongoing work-b,% <br /> I I I Wes, llo s a tabulation of some of Lb.c <br /> sigru'ficant amount studying other transportation The fo %%I I <br /> more significant efforts. <br /> rnmmuter Dail a le islature has directed MniDOT to study the feasibillLy of <br /> 3L The Minnesot gi T�-pically,commuter rail uses emsting tracks to transport <br /> con-unuter rail services in the Tlx-in Cities. <br /> work. Mn/DOT is expected to Cornplete the first phase of its study by <br /> employees to and from I lt%r to Co <br /> 15 1998. This phase will.rc%'iew available rail lines and their adaptab'l* mmuLcr rak <br /> January 13 south of County Road C and the Minnesota Transfer rail incur west <br /> The Burlington Northern line <br /> industrial area%ill be reviewed as part of this stuch-. <br /> a and <br /> Hiawatha Transitw 10.5.00,000 of federal funds have been allocated for developmer <br /> a Avenuc from downto�Nii Minneapolis to the airpor-L. <br /> construction of a transitway along Hiawath I its''like the Uof%]M tran-SM'VaN <br /> transit(LRT)or a dedicated bus fac <br /> This facility could include light rail, <br /> " <br /> between the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses. <br /> ederal. <br /> (S 0-000 f <br /> Forth Star Corridor SqLdy- This partially federally funded antlative li- <br /> local) reviews the feasibility of commuter rail between-St. Cloud and downtown Minneapolis The <br /> i minor transit improvemcritsm <br /> I analysis.engineering and <br /> project includes planningi %_� <br />