By Hilary Reeves, Communications Director When the Metro Red Line opens on June 22, it will be the region’s first station-to-station Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line....
Archive for tag: Bus Rapid Transit
02.062013April 2, 2015
2012: A Big Year for Bus Rapid Transit in US Cities
By Guest AuthorIn TransitTags Accessibility, Bus Rapid Transit, Light Rail, Peer Regions, Streetcar, Trends
By Aaron Isaacs, TLC member Recent TLC blogs have reported on a number of local highlights for transit in 2012. (Not to miss: Dave Van Hattum’s...
12.042012April 2, 2015
Twin Cities Transitways Update
By Dave Van HattumIn Projects & Corridors, TransitTags Bottineau, Bus, Bus Rapid Transit, Economy, Funding, Gold Line, Light Rail, Red Line, Southwest
By Dave Van Hattum, Senior Policy Advocate Four of the metro region’s most highly anticipated transitways—Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Bottineau, Gateway, and Southwest LRT—recently have crossed...
10.082012April 2, 2015
Expanding Options, Expanding Opportunity
By Dave Van HattumIn CommunityTags Bus Rapid Transit, Economy, Equity, Land Use & Development, Light Rail, Street Design, Thrive MSP
By Dave Van Hattum, Senior Policy Advocate Housing and transportation, in that order, are typically a family’s largest expenditures. In both cases—because families and incomes vary substantially—one size,...
08.152012April 2, 2015
Challenges and Opportunity for the Bottineau Transitway
By Dave Van HattumIn Projects & Corridors, TransitTags Bottineau, Bus, Bus Rapid Transit, Funding, Light Rail, Streetcar
By Dave Van Hattum, Senior Policy Advocate Transit for Livable Communities (TLC) strongly supports every effort to build with all deliberate speed a 21st-century regional...
06.112012April 2, 2015
Update on the Gateway Corridor
By Dave Van HattumIn Projects & Corridors, TransitTags Bus Rapid Transit, Funding, Gold Line, Light Rail
From Dave Van Hattum, Senior Policy Advocate The Gateway Corridor, along I-94 between Saint Paul’s Union Depot and Minnesota’s eastern border, is being studied for...
05.222012April 2, 2015
Construction season—how projects get the green light
By Barb ThomanIn Projects & Corridors, TransitTags Bottineau, Bus, Bus Rapid Transit, Environment, Funding, Gold Line, Green Line, Light Rail, Southwest
Funding for transit is much more precarious than funding for roads and bridges because transit relies to a significant degree on state general fund appropriations and General Obligation bonding – funding that needs to be allocated by the legislature each year.
03.152012April 2, 2015
Update – Transit Bonding this Session
By Dave Van HattumIn TransitTags Bottineau, Bus Rapid Transit, Federal Transportation, Funding, Gold Line, Light Rail, Red Line, Red Rock, Southwest
While TLC strongly supports bonding that helps advance the build out of a regional transit system, we recognize the particular urgency of the Southwest bonding request this legislative session.
03.052012April 2, 2015
Los Angeles—Not Just for Drivers Anymore
When you think about transportation in the Los Angeles region do you think about cars idling on ten lane highways? While millions still do drive every day, more and more of LA’s 12 million residents are choosing from a growing number of transit options. With an aggressive plan for expansion funded by several voter-approved tax increases, transit options in LA on are track to grow dramatically.
01.042012April 7, 2015
2011 Transit Milestones from Other US Regions
By Barb ThomanIn Transit, Transportation Policy & FundingTags Bus Rapid Transit, Federal Transportation, Funding, Light Rail, Peer Regions
From Barb Thoman, Executive Director While Congress again failed to pass a long range federal transportation funding bill in 2011, annual appropriations to transportation and...