User:Central Corridor/sandbox

Flurp bip

Mall of America station
Track layout
1 B A C E

This is a route-map template for Mall of America station, a Bloomington, Minnesota railway station.

• For information on using this template, refer to Template:Routemap.
• For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue.

Template talk:Rail-interchange‎

Orange Line

Upper level layout
to MARQ2 & 11th Street to/from Lake Street to/from Lake Street to I-35W & 46th Street

Lower level layout
to Lake & Nicollet to/from I-35W to Lake & 4th/5th Avenue

Marq2 Transit Corridor
Park and ride
all stations accessible

This is a route-map template for the Marq2, a transit corridor in the United States.

• For a key to symbols see {{bus route legend}}.
• For information on using this template, refer to Template:Routemap.
• For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue.

D Line

Route

The D Line follows the existing Route 5 from Brooklyn Center Transit Center (BCTC) to Mall of America station. Route 5 is the busiest bus route in the state, seeing a 2019 average daily ridership of ##,###. Route 5 is commonly plagued by delays and overcrowding issues, in which the D Line will try to solve.

In Brooklyn Center, the D Line will share three existing stations with the C Line. In downtown Minneapolis, the D Line will share five existing stations with the C Line.

metro transit rolling stock 7 april 2021

Model	Route	Thumbnail	Series Numbers	Years	Qty.	Garage	Length	Propulsion	Notes
Nova Bus LFX	Red Line		4252-4258	2013-2020	7	Eagan	40 ft (12 m)	Diesel	These buses were the only Nova Buses to operate in Minnesota. Owned by Minnesota Valley Transit Authority. Retired December 5, 2020 after reaching the end of their useful mileage.
Gillig Low Floor	Red Line		1750-1756	2020-Present	7	South	40 ft (12 m)	Diesel	Used in regular service from 2016-2020. Wrapped in METRO livery for use on the Red Line after Metro Transit took over operations in December 2020.
Gillig BRTPlus	A Line		8000-8011	2016-Present	16	South	40 ft (12 m)	Diesel	8013-8015 were delivered in 2019 with minor upgrades such as USB charges and different seat patterns and stop requests. 8013-8015 were also temporarily used on the C Line from delivery in June 2019 to January 2020 due to charger issues that rendered 8100 series buses out of service. Buses were stored at Heywood Garage during this time.
			8012	2017-Present
			8013-8015	2019-Present
Gillig Low Floor	A Line		7109	2017-2019	1	South	40 ft (12 m)	Diesel	Used in regular service from 2004-2017. Wrapped in METRO livery for use on the A Line in 2017. Retired late summer 2019 after reaching the end of its useful life.
New Flyer XD60	C Line		8100-8105	2019-Present	6	Heywood	60 ft (18 m)	Diesel	Along with the 8700 series, some buses have names given to them by community organizations along the C Line corridor.
New Flyer XE60	C Line		8700-8707	2019-Present	8	Heywood	60 ft (18 m)	Battery electric	Along with the 8100 series, some buses have names given to them by community organizations along the C Line corridor. First articulated battery electric buses in Minnesota. The series has been plagued by unreliable chargers, rendering them available for only 72% of service days. Due to issues with charges, the entire series has needed to be pulled from service three times, including most recently March 2, 2021.
New Flyer XD60	C Line		3425-3429	2019-Present	5	Heywood	60 ft (18 m)	Diesel	Used in regular service from 2016-2019. Retrofitted for use on the C Line in 2019; fareboxes were removed and vehicles were wrapped in METRO livery. Bus 3421, part of the same order, was temporarily wrapped in METRO livery in 2017 for C Line outreach and use on the A Line.
Retired   Retired Minnesota Valley Transit Authority

C Line Sandbox

Fleet

The C Line has fourteen 60-foot articulated buses assigned to the route. Six buses are diesel XD60 models and eight are battery-electric XE60 models, the first electric articulated buses in Minnesota. These buses were manufactured by New Flyer Industries in Saint Cloud, Minnesota and have three doors and wider aisles for faster boarding. The fleet is also equipped with transit signal priority, Quantum wheelchair securement, free WiFi, and USB chargers. Each bus was given a unique name by communities along the corridor.

Due to issues with charging equipment at garages, all eight electric buses were temporarily removed from service in July 2019 and then again in October. Because of this, three Gillig BRTPlus buses ordered for the A Line were temporarily placed into service on the C Line from July 2019 through January 2020. The electric buses returned to service late-October the same year.

Additionally, five New Flyer XD60 buses were retrofitted with their fareboxes and To-Go card readers removed and repainted into METRO branding to be used on the C Line and A Line as necessary.

Stations

Uptown Transit Station

• https://www.startribune.com/uptown-transit-station-gets-colorful-transformation/498235451/#4
• Metro Transit Opens Uptown Station on Thursday
  PR Newswire, Jan 15, 2002, p.MNTU01415012002

BCTC

Renovation

In mid-2020 Metro Transit plans on renovating the 15-year-old transit center to provide a better experience for customers. Since the opening of the Metro C Line in June 2019, the transit center has seen an increase in traffic. In an interview, Metro Transit Spokesperson Howie Pandilla said "When you have a transit center that's been used as much as this has, it can come to look used. It needs a facelift every once in a while."

The renovation is not funded as part of either the C Line or D Line projects, but through Metro Transit's capital improvements budget. Current plans call for replacement of concrete and crosswalks, as well as other accessibility improvements, additional lighting both inside and outside the facility, canopies for plazas at either end of the building, bench replacement, additional bike racks, a renovated waiting area and restrooms, and a renovated drivers' lounge. In February 2020, Star Tribune insinuated that a police substation would be added to the existing building, but there are no plans to construct police facilities. The renovation is expected to be complete late 2020.

FREAKING RFTA

VelociRFTAtest
Certain trips to downtown West Glenwood Glenwood Meadows Glenwood Rec Center Roaring Fork River 8th St + Colorado Ave/Pitkin Ave Grand Ave + 9th St/9th St + Colorado Ave Grand Ave + 14th St Grand Ave + 20th St 27th St Roaring Fork River Carbondale El Jabel Willits Basalt Brush Creek AABC Airport Buttermilk Hallam St + 8th St Garmisch St + Hopkins Ave Paepcke Park Rubey Park Transit Center
all stations accessible

This is a route-map template for bus rapid transit line.

• For information on using this template, refer to Template:Routemap.
• For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue.

Category:Bus routemap templates

Bus rapid transit

The Twin Cities region currently has three bus rapid transit lines, with serval lines under construction and planning stages. Bus rapid transit lines operate with specialized buses.