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Roseville Public Works, Environment and <br />Transportation Commission <br />Agenda Item <br />Date: April 22, 2014 Item No: 6 <br />Item Description: Snelling BRT Presentation <br />Background: <br />Katie Roth, Senior Planner for Metro Transit, will present this region's first arterial bus rapid <br />transit project, the A Line. The A Line, scheduled for construction and grand opening in 2015, <br />will connect Roseville with the METRO Green Line (Snelling Avenue Station) and Blue Line <br />(460' Street Station) with a new kind of bus service including transit enhancements that add up to <br />a faster trip and an improved transit experience to several popular destinations including <br />Hamline University, Macalester College, Highland Village, Rosedale Center, Minnehaha Park, <br />Midway Shopping and easy connections to the airport, Mall of America, the downtowns, unique <br />business and neighborhood nodes and the University of Minnesota. The A Line on Snelling, <br />Ford and 46th Street will be the first in a system of urban arterial BRT lines to be built in coming <br />years. <br />Roseville City Councilmember Laliberte is a member of the System Policy Oversight Committee <br />that met quarterly and City staff participated in the Technical Advisory Committee during the <br />development of this new transit line to discuss station locations and other issues related to the <br />bus rapid transit. <br />Station locations in Roseville include the start of the line at Rosedale and stations at County <br />Road B and Larpenteur Ave (actually in Falcon Heights but will also potentially serve Roseville <br />residents). <br />Recommended Action: <br />None. <br />Attachments: <br />A. Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Fact Sheet <br />