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Evaluation of'Modes and Prig ties Within Modes <br />0 <br />'rhe major recommendations oif'the HOV Study and the R,TB's LRT reevaluation have been uwil <br />as the startiong point of t evaluation. Thi's section also "Includes further discussion on cost- <br />effectiveness as well as opportunity and readiness for implementation of the proposed improvements. <br />TbL"S corridor ranks high in the needs/problem evaluation in terms of'highway clongesti,on,, transit <br />needs/opportunitioes and economic impacts. Tbe HOV Study recommended a feasibility analysis of <br />0 <br />HOV diamond lane conversion/addiftion, on 1-94 between downtown Minneapolis and Rogers. <br />a 0 <br />The window of opportunity for an, HOV lane conversion m- thh's com'dor is narrowing because of the <br />#I I <br />apWly increasing traffic volumes. In, the not-too-d1stant, future (2,-51 years) lane conversion might be <br />rt <br />*fficult to take a lane away. <br />precluded, because sievere traffic congestion, would make it di <br />4 <br />