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General Information Passes and Cards Transit Fares Transit System Map Holiday Service Contact Us Go-To Card Cash Fares Non-Rush Rush The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Hours Hours MVTA routes do not operate on Thanks- Phone Numbers Go-To cards offer a fast and convenient way to pay tran- giving and Christmas. Weekend service sit fares. The durable, plastic card tracks cash value and (MVTA) is the public transportation 952-882-7500 MVTA Customer Service Adults operates on New Year’s Day, Memorial 31-day passes. Simply touch the Go-To card to the card Local Fare $1.75 $2.25 provider for the businesses and Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day. MVTA Customer Service representatives can reader and the appropriate fare is deducted automatically. Express Fare $2.25 $3.00 Special schedules operate on Good Friday, Christmas answer your questions about routes, schedules and fares; residents of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Go-To cards are rechargeable and are accepted on any Eve and the Friday after Thanksgiving – refer to web mail you schedules; and provide information about regular route bus, Blue Line and Green Line. Seniors (65+), and Youth (6-12) site or newsletters for details. Reduced service may ridesharing and regional transit services. Local Fare $ .75 $2.25 Eagan, Prior Lake, Rosemount, Savage SuperSavers operate on days before or after holidays – refer to 952-882-6000 Flex Route reservation line Express Fare $ .75 $3.00 www.mvta.com for details. SuperSaver 31-Day Passes offer unlimited bus riding for a and Shakopee. 952-882-7500 MVTA Lost & Found Effective February 2017 31 consecutive day period starting on the first day of use. Persons with Disabilities (must be pre-qualified) 612-373-3333 Regional Transit Information Center Any Trip $ .75 $ .75 SuperSaver Stored Value Cards provide $11 in bus fares Bicycle Information 612-341-4287 TransitLine (24-hour automated de- for $10, $22 in bus fares for $20, or $44 in bus fares for parture times) Children age 5 and under ride free (limit 3 per paid fare) All MVTA buses have free bike racks to $40. When the card is used, an amount equal to the cash Rush hours: carry your bicycle while you ride the bus. 711 TTY - MN Relay Service for fare is deducted. Stored Value Cards can be used for any Generally Monday–Friday 6:00-9:00 am & 3:00-6:30 pm. A brochure describing use of the racks is hearing impaired adult fare, and have no expiration date. See individual schedules for rush hour trips. available on buses or at www.mvta.com. Website Where to buy Passes and Cards Fares are subject to change. Visit www.mvta.com for fare updates. Bike lockers are available to store your bicycle www.mvta.com while you ride the bus – for a nominal monthly fee – at Apple Valley: Cub Foods, 15350 Cedar Avenue S Disabled Veterans ride free at all times. Route maps and schedules, fare information, holiday An ID issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs showing the Apple Valley, Burnsville, Cedar Grove, Eagan, and Burnsville: Burnsville Transit Station, 100 E Highway 13 service information, news and more. “Service Connected” or “SC” must be shown to the driver. 157th Street Transit Stations, and the Blackhawk, Eagle Cub Foods, 300 E Travelers Trail Creek, Lakeville Cedar, and Palomino Hills Park & Ride Cub Foods, 1750 W County Rd 42 e-mail [email protected] Pay the full fare when boarding most routes. On routes lots. Call 952-882-7500 for more information. twitter #mvta Eagan: Cub Foods, 1020 Diffley Rd leaving downtown Minneapolis or St. Paul, pay as you Cub Foods, 1940 Cliff Lake Rd exit the bus. Please have exact fare ready. Dollar bills are facebook Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Cub Foods, 1276 Town Centre Dr accepted, but drivers cannot make change. Severe Weather Accessibility Prior Lake: (See Savage) • Listen to WCCO radio (830 AM) for Transfers information regarding MVTA routes. All MVTA buses are accessible, either with Rosemount: Cub Foods, 3784 150th Street W Transfers allow you to ride intersecting routes and are kneeling buses, ramps or lifts. Riders should You may also check www.mvta.com or Savage: Cub Foods, 14075 S. Highway 13 good for a 2½ hour period of travel in any direction; ask call the MVTA office at 952-882-7500 feel comfortable asking the driver to use the your driver for a transfer when paying your fare in cash. ramp or to have the bus “kneel,” if necessary. Shakopee: Marschall Road Transit Station, 1615 Weston and select option 4 from the main menu. Court, Customer Service Window Transfers are built into Go-To Cards. • If a “Snow Emergency with Reroutes” is declared, ex- Scott County Government Center, 200 4th Ave. S., Customer Information Counter press routes will run from major park & ride lots only; most local routes will run with slight modifications; Downtown Metro Transit Store, and some local routes will not operate. Review MVTA Minneapolis: 719 Marquette Ave S. Commuter Connection, US Bank Plaza, 200 Snow Reroute Brochure or check MVTA website at S. 6th St (Go-To Cards only) www.mvta.com for further information. Unbank, 727 Hennepin Ave. (Go-To Cards only) • Wait on main plowed roads – buses will not pull into unplowed park & ride lots. Be prepared to take buses Downtown Metro Transit’s St. Paul Transit Store, scheduled to leave at earlier times, or buses from other St. Paul: US Bank Building Skyway Level Unbank, 467 St. Peter St. locations. Additional service may be offered in the (Go-To Cards only) Burnsville Transit Station event of early work closings. Dress for the weather – 100 East Highway 13 buses may be running slow. Via Mail: To receive a free, postage-paid order form for Burnsville, Minnesota 55337 Go-To Cards or SuperSavers call 612-373-3333 Via Internet: www.metrotransit.org (credit card only) 952-882-7500 www.mvta.com 952-882-7500 www.mvta.com Route Information Connections How to Ride MVTA is a part of the Twin Cities’ regional Call an MVTA Customer Service representative at transit system. Transfers are available to all 952-882-7500 for help planning your trip, visit connecting routes operated by MVTA or www.mvta.com to find route schedules, maps and other regional transit providers. There is other information, or use the online trip planner. no charge to receive a transfer; however, you 1) Arrive at your stop or station 7-10 minutes early. In will be required to pay any difference in fare on the bus most of the suburban MVTA service area there are being transferred to. Transfers are valid in any direction, MVTA park & ride lots are located not designated bus stops – riders standing in a safe on any route, for a 2½ hour period. Ask your driver for a throughout the member cities. Passengers location along a route can simply wave to signal the transfer when paying your fare in cash. Transfers are built may park their cars free of charge and board a driver as the bus approaches. into Go-To Cards. U of M Minneapolis Downtown Paul St Downtown Station 46th Street Mall of America Station Station Transit Grove Cedar Station Eagan Transit & Ride Blackhawk Park & Ride Hills Park Palomino Center Transit South Bloomington Station Burnsville Transit Heart & Ride of the City Park & Ride Park Savage Station Rosemount Transit Station Transit Apple Valley Station Transit Marschall Road & Ride Park Southbridge Crossings & Ride Park Eagle Creek Minnesota Zoo Station 140th Street Station 147th Street Station 157th Street & Ride Park Lakeville Cedar bus, carpool or vanpool. Bus departure times 2) Board the bus prepared to pay the correct fare. Jefferson Lines buses pick up and drop off at the Reverse Commute* Reverse Monday–Friday Saturday/Sunday are posted at the shelters located at most Drivers do not have access to the fareboxes, nor Burnsville Transit Station at least six times daily, seven lots. Pocket schedules are available at the do they carry change. The farebox takes both bills Express Routes Serving days per week, allowing residents to travel across the Apple Valley, Burnsville, Cedar Grove, Eagan, and coins, but does not make change. Passes are 460 Express Route Burnsville, Minneapolis entire United States. Marschall Road, 157th St. and Rosemount not available for purchase on the bus. When paying 464 Express Route Burnsville, Savage, Minneapolis Transit Stations, on the web at www.mvta. Other Transit Providers in cash, ask the driver for a transfer if you’ll be 465 Express Route Burnsville, Bloomington, Minneapolis, U of M com, and by mail (call 952/882-7500 or email transferring to another bus. See Transit Fares and Metro Transit is the transit provider for Minneapolis, 470 Express Route Eagan, Minneapolis [email protected] to order schedules). Passes for more information on transfers. On trips St. Paul, and inner suburbs such as Bloomington, 472 Express Route Eagan, Minneapolis leaving downtown Minneapolis or St. Paul, pay the Edina, and Richfield. Connections between MVTA and * Reverse Commute Routes provide service in fare when departing the bus. 475 Express Route Apple Valley, Eagan, Minneapolis, U of M Metro Transit services may be made at many locations, the opposite direction of typical rush hour 476 Express Route Apple Valley, Rosemount, Minneapolis including: Mall of America (transfers to MSP Airport, To pay with a Go-To Card, simply touch the card to commutes, such as from downtown Min- Downtown Minneapolis, Downtown St. Paul and other the blue device near the farebox as you board. 477 Express Route Apple Valley, Lakeville, Minneapolis neapolis to Burnsville or St. Paul to Eagan locations); Downtown St.
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