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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 14, 2015
AGENDA #: 6A
PREPARED BY: CASEY MCCABE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
PRESENTED BY: ROBIN SELVIG, MVTA CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER
AGENDA ITEM: MVTA SUBURB TO SUBURB PILOT PROGRAM PRESENTATION
PRESENTATION: In 2015, the Minnesota Legislature allocated $2 million to the Suburban
Transit Providers for a suburb to suburb commuter transit service
demonstration project. The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA),
along with SouthWest Transit, Plymouth Metrolink and Maple Grove Transit
have developed a service plan for this project; the result is S2S (Suburb to
Suburb) Route 494.
Designed to demonstrate that express bus service between suburbs can be
successful in the Twin Cities, Route 494 is aimed at increasing access to
major employment and commercial centers throughout the western Twin
Cities suburbs. This ‘first of its kind’ collaborative effort begins transit service
on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, serving Eden Prairie, Hopkins, Maple Grove,
Plymouth and Shakopee. Route 494 will provide commuters with a one-seat
ride between Shakopee’s Marschall Road Transit Station and Station 73 in
Plymouth (via SouthWest Station or the Golden Triangle in Eden Prairie)
with connecting service to/from Maple Grove Transit Station.
The service plan includes 20 trips operating about every 30 minutes in both
northbound and southbound directions during the morning and afternoon
peak periods five days a week. Providers will use existing facilities and fleet
and will integrate with local routes at major Park & Ride locations in Eden
Prairie, Minnetonka (Hopkins Crossroads), Maple Grove, Plymouth and
Shakopee.
As part of a large outreach effort to make communities, employers and
potential riders aware of the new Suburb to Suburb transit service, MVTA
staff will provide a brief presentation to the City Council.