Metro Transit A Line 2017 Snapshot
Metro Transit’s first rapid bus line, the Snelling A Line, opened in June 2016. The A Line Rosedale Center Rosedale Transit Center HWY provides faster, more frequent service 36 along Snelling Avenue, Ford Parkway County Rd B and 46th Street, connecting the Snelling & County Road B METRO Blue and Green lines and Har Mar Mall A Line (Rapid Bus Line) several other destinations. ROSEVILLE METRO Green Line(Light Rail)
METRO Blue Line(Light Rail) Trips run every 10 minutes most of the Larpenteur Snelling & Larpenteur day, and service is sped up through a Shared Station combination of off-board fare payment, Snelling & Hoyt-Nebraska transit signal priority and limited stops. State Fairgrounds The A Line is the first of several planned Como Snelling & Como rapid bus lines that will bring faster, more Hamline frequent service to the region’s busiest ST PAUL University transit corridors. Snelling & Hewitt Minnehaha Snelling & Minnehaha
Snelling & University 94 Snelling & Dayton
Grand
MISSISSIPPI RIVER RIVER MISSISSIPPI Snelling & Grand Macalester College MINNEAPOLIS Snelling & St Clair • 13 Unique Buses
Snelling & Randolph
• Free Wi-Fi 46th Ave Fairview Cleveland • 2 wide doors 46th St Snelling & Highland 46th St4 Station6th St4 6th St Ford Pkwy • On-board real-time connecting Ford Ford Ford Ford & & & & & & schedule information Minnehaha46th Ave WoodlawnFinn Kenneth Fairview ST PAUL (new in 2018)
metrotransit.org/a-line Corridor ridership grew 32% in the first year of A Line operations
Corridor ridership by day of week, 2015-2017 10-mile line serving 4 cities Roseville, Falcon Heights, St. Paul & Minneapolis
WEEKDAY
Top Ridership Stations (2017): 1. Snelling & University SATURDAY 2. 46th Street Station 3. Rosedale Transit Center
SUNDAY 4. Snelling & County Road B
2015 2016 2017 5. Snelling & Grand A Line launched June 11 First full year of A Line operations
The A Line’s ridership success has been More than carried in 2017 1.5 million rides driven by strong connections to the light rail system, shopping destinations, and colleges and universities on Highest 2017 single-day the corridor. ridership: September 1 8,996 rides
20 stations with:
• Shelters with • Ticket machines • Seating and heat and and Go-To card bike racks improved lighting readers • Security cameras • Real-time NexTrip • Trash & recycling and emergency information containers phones
AverageAverage In-Service In-Service SpeedSpeed 20-25% faster than previous Route 84 19.7 mph
13.4 mph 94% on-time performance (January 2018)
of customers are “very satisfied” Local Bus Routes % 63 Similar to light rail A Line
metrotransit.org/a-line
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