1. D Line Station Plan Overview
Hamilton Manor
June 9th, 2018
Karyssa Jackson
Community Outreach Coordinator, Metro Transit
Cody Olson 1

2. D Line and Rapid Bus Overview
Substantially replaces Route 5, highest- ridership route in system
2030 daily corridor ridership forecast with rapid bus improvements: 23,500
18-mile corridor, serving four cities
Service every 10 minutes, % faster than Route 5
Fewer stops
Pre-boarding fare payment
All-door boarding
Transit signal priority
More comfortable
Rapid bus style shelters with heat, light, security features, signage
Larger buses
Construction in 2020/2021, pending full project funding

3. D Line Buses D Line TAC Meeting #1: 2017.03.20 101 total signals
4 signals in BC
84 signals in Mpls
5 signals in Richfield
8 signals in Bloomington

4. The Region’s Local Bus Corridors
Future Rapid Bus System
11 improved corridors
Nearly 500,000 jobs served
$ million network
150,000 avg. weekday rides
+70,000 rides above today
The focus of this investment would be the rapid bus system, which was identified through a study of local bus corridors in 2012.
By themselves, rapid bus lines serve nearly 500,000 jobs, or 1 out of every 3 jobs in the region. These corridors carry 80,000 existing rides each day, or nearly 30% of the transit system. With rapid bus improvements, by 2030 these corridors will carry 150,000 daily rides.
The resulting 11-line system complements the METRO bus and rail lines. Together with METRO bus and rail lines, nearly half of the region’s jobs will be connected to frequent, reliable all-day transit.
Reference:
79,300 existing rides(2010) = 26M per year
147,900 (2030) rides = 48M per year
35,600 incremental over no-build = 11.6M per year
Gold Line LPA refinement in progress 7

5. Route 5 Highest ridership bus route 15,000 weekday rides
D Line TAC Meeting #1:
Route 5
Highest ridership bus route
15,000 weekday rides
Highest productivity (passengers/hour) local bus route
Ridership concentrated between Lake Street and Lowry Avenue
Buses make up 3-4% of vehicles, carry 25-35% of people

6. Route 5 Existing Conditions
D Line TAC Meeting #1:
267 Bus Stops
~138 each direction
Up to 40% of travel time
116 should have bus shelters
79 existing bus shelters
101 traffic signals
Up to 20% of travel time
Can reduce delay through transit signal priority (TSP)
Early TSP in 2018
101 total signals
4 signals in BC
84 signals in Mpls
5 signals in Richfield
8 signals in Bloomington

7. Existing Conditions: Speed & Delay
D Line TAC Meeting #1:
Current Brooklyn Center to Mall of America
In-service speed: mph
Trip times range from 70 to 100 minutes
D Line Goal
Increase average speed
Reduce sources of delay
20-25% faster trip
Slowest at trip beginning at 4pm
Fastest at trip beginning at 5am
Max 15 mph
Average 13 mph
Min 11.4 mph
Min min
Average min
Max min

8. 44th and Penn/Oliver 8

9. 44th and Humboldt/Girard9

10. D Line Station Before After
Finding space for improved stations required significant innovation and partnership with roadway jurisdictions. Through this work, we’ve been able to find space for rapid bus stations and service without adding significant delay for roadway users. We developed a suite of improvements to accomplish these goals, described in the next several slides.
Before
After

11. Public comment period and next steps
Final plan to Metropolitan Council: July 11th, 2018
Current process

12. metrotransit.org/d-line-project
Contact
metrotransit.org/d-line-project
Karyssa Jackson
Community Outreach Coordinator, Metro Transit
Cody Olson