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127 Thompson opined that the routes were in the right place, but the desire was for more 128 frequent service and a wider span of service. Mr. Thompson reported that the 129 biggest improvement seen recently was in ridership for weekend service to 130 Rosedale Center, as some routes in the past didn't even come into Roseville on 131 weekends (e.g. Route 87) and hours were marginal (e.g. no nights). Mr. Thompson 132 advised that Metro Transit had invested significant resources to expand that service 133 resulting in added ridership. 134 135 In recent discussions with Rosedale Center related to the Transit Center and sharing 136 performance levels with them on routes and today's added ridership, Mr. Thompson 137 advised that while not considering the Roseville transit system to be wonderful, 138 agreed there were areas for improvement. However, Mr. Thompson also noted that 139 there was no budget available for those enhancements, even though there remained 140 a strong desire to identify where improvements can be made whether or not they 141 can happen immediately. Mr. Thompson opined that it was a valuable exercise to 142 be prepared to implement additional or expanded services when funding became 143 available. 144 145 PWETC Questions 146 When the PWETC last met jointly with the City Council, Member Lenz noted 147 discussions were held about east/west connectivity through Roseville. As an 148 example, Member Lenz noted that Rote 223 along County Road C only came by 149 every ninety minutes. In listening to tonight's presentation, Member Lenz offered 150 her insights that the former Circulator service would serve the needs of pre- and 151 post-drivers, even though it may not improve service for commuters. However, 152 Member Lenz noted the frustrations in attempting any east/west cross-town 153 connectivity in Roseville, including getting to Rice Street, with buses only running 154 every twenty minutes. 155 156 Mr. Thompson responded that Metro Transit had just received a federal grant for 157 services on Rice Street to Larpenteur Avenue that should improve the service level 158 from the current thirty minutes. 159 160 Member Lenz opined that making that connectivity would be well-advised given 161 current tri-city revitalization efforts along the Rice Street/Larpenteur Avenue 162 Corridor. Member Lenz further opined that enhancing transit in conjunction with 163 the three cities and Ramsey County could make a huge impact to those revisioning 164 efforts. 165 166 Mr. Thompson reported that Metro Transit had most recently looked at the potential 167 to extend the short line route 62A to the west to the proposed new school in St. 168 Paul. While this is only amarginal improvement, Mr. Thompson noted that it could 169 bring service somewhat further. However, one problem reported by Mr. Thompson 170 was that buses were unable to achieve the turn radius of East Larpenteur Avenue to 171 southbound Rice Street, causing them to turn into the left-turning westbound turn 172 bay. Mr. Thompson reported on Metro Transit's interest in and desire to be Page 4 of 14