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MN Minneapolis METRO Blue Line Extension Engineering Profile
METRO Blue Line Extension (Bottineau LRT) Minneapolis, Minnesota New Starts Engineering (Rating Assigned November 2016) Summary Description Proposed Project: Light Rail Transit 13.5 Miles, 11 Stations Total Capital Cost ($YOE): $1,536.18 Million (includes $30.0 million in finance charges) Section 5309 New Starts Share ($YOE): $752.73 Million (49.0%) Annual Operating Cost (opening year 2021): $26.66 Million 16,600 Daily Linked Trips Current Year Ridership Forecast (2014): 5,486,300 Annual Linked Trips 25,500 Daily Linked Trips Horizon Year Ridership Forecast (2035): 8,439,500 Annual Linked Trips Overall Project Rating: Medium-High Project Justification Rating: Medium Local Financial Commitment Rating: High Project Description: The Metropolitan Council (MC) is planning a light rail transit (LRT) extension of the METRO Blue Line from the existing Target Field LRT station in downtown Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park in suburban Hennepin County serving the suburban municipalities of Golden Valley, Robbinsdale and Crystal. The proposed alignment is mostly at grade and generally parallels freight rail and roadway rights of-way. The Project also includes 28 light rail vehicles, a new operations and maintenance facility in Brooklyn Park, four new park-and-ride facilities with approximately 1,700 total spaces, seven LRT bridges, and pedestrian and bicycle access to stations. Service is planned to operate every ten minutes during the day and every ten to 30 minutes during the evening on weekdays, and every ten to 15 minutes on weekends. Project Purpose: The Project is intended to improve access to employment and activity centers. Outside of downtown Minneapolis, which has nearly 140,000 jobs and a growing population, key destinations in the Project corridor include North Hennepin Community College and a large, growing Target corporate campus near the northern end of the line in Brooklyn Park. -
METRO Blue Line Extension Bottineau Light Rail Transit Profile
METRO Blue Line Extension (Bottineau LRT) Minneapolis, Minnesota New Starts Engineering (Rating Assigned November 2019) Summary Description Proposed Project: Light Rail Transit 13.5 Miles, 11 Stations Total Capital Cost ($YOE): $1,536.18 Million (includes $40.0 million in finance charges) Section 5309 CIG Share ($YOE): $752.73 Million (49.0%) Annual Operating Cost (opening year 2025): $34.37 Million 16,600 Daily Linked Trips Current Year Ridership Forecast (2014): 5,489,900 Annual Linked Trips 25,400 Daily Linked Trips Horizon Year Ridership Forecast (2035): 8,400,800 Annual Linked Trips Overall Project Rating: Medium-High Project Justification Rating: Medium Local Financial Commitment Rating: High Project Description: The Metropolitan Council (MC) is planning a light rail transit (LRT) extension of the METRO Blue Line from the existing Target Field LRT station in downtown Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park in suburban Hennepin County, serving the suburban municipalities of Golden Valley, Robbinsdale and Crystal. The proposed alignment is mostly at grade and generally parallels freight rail and roadway rights-of-way. The Project includes 28 light rail vehicles, a new operations and maintenance facility in Brooklyn Park, four new park-and-ride facilities with approximately 1,700 total spaces, and pedestrian and bicycle access to stations. Service is planned to operate between 4:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. daily with trains every 10 minutes during the day, every 10 to 30 minutes during the evening on weekdays, and every 10 to 15 minutes on weekends. Project Purpose: The Project is intended to improve access to employment and activity centers outside of downtown Minneapolis, which has nearly 140,000 jobs and a growing population. -
Transportation Analysis
3.0 Transportation Analysis Chapter 3 presents results from the analysis of impacts on the transportation system. Results are presented for the N o-Build alternative for the purpose of establishing a base from which to identify impacts of the other alternatives. Operating phase (long-term) and construction phase (short-term) impacts are identified for the Enhanced Bus/Transportation System Management (TSM) alternative and four Build alternatives, which includes a Locally Preferred Alternative. The alternatives are described and illustrated in Chapter 2 Alternatives. This chapter identifies and evaluates effects to six parts of the transportation system: transit, freight rail, general motor vehicle traffic, pedestrians and bicycles, parking, and aviation. ■ Transit is analyzed for the Bottineau Transitway. ■ Freight rail is analyzed within the affected Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) rights-of-way. ■ General motor vehicle traffic is analyzed at all intersections along the transitway alignments that are signalized, would be anticipated to be signalized, or unsignalized and anticipated to be controlled by gate arms. ■ Pedestrians and bicycles are analyzed within ½ mile of the transitway alignments. ■ Parking is analyzed within anticipated construction limits. ■ Aviation impacts are analyzed for the areas where the preliminary construction limits are within the Crystal Airport Runway Protection Zone and Safety Zone A. The study area considered for each area of analysis in this chapter is summarized in -
Freight Tech Memo
Minnesota Comprehensive Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan Freight Rail Supply and Demand draft technical memorandum prepared for Minnesota Department of Transportation prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. July 31, 2009 www.camsys.com Part One Freight Rail Supply technical memorandum Minnesota Comprehensive Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan Freight Rail Supply Technical Memorandum prepared for Minnesota Department of Transportation prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 100 CambridgePark Drive, Suite 400 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 July 31, 2009 Minnesota Comprehensive Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan Freight Rail Supply Technical Memorandum Table of Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. ES-1 1.0 Objective ........................................................................................................................ 1-1 2.0 Methodology ................................................................................................................. 2-1 3.0 Freight Rail System Infrastructure ............................................................................ 3-1 3.1 Class I Rail Lines ................................................................................................... 3-3 3.2 Regional and Shortline Railroads ....................................................................... 3-18 3.3 Industrial Railroads ............................................................................................. -
METRO Blue Line Extension (Bottineau LRT) Minneapolis, Minnesota New Starts Engineering (Rating Assigned November 2018)
METRO Blue Line Extension (Bottineau LRT) Minneapolis, Minnesota New Starts Engineering (Rating Assigned November 2018) Summary Description Proposed Project: Light Rail Transit 13.5 Miles, 11 Stations Total Capital Cost ($YOE): $1,536.18 Million (includes $40.0 million in finance charges) Section 5309 CIG Share ($YOE): $752.73 Million (49.0%) Annual Operating Cost (opening year 2024): $33.71 Million 16,600 Daily Linked Trips Current Year Ridership Forecast (2014): 5,489,900 Annual Linked Trips 25,400 Daily Linked Trips Horizon Year Ridership Forecast (2035): 8,400,800 Annual Linked Trips Overall Project Rating: Medium-High Project Justification Rating: Medium Local Financial Commitment Rating: Medium-High Project Description: The Metropolitan Council (MC) is planning a light rail transit (LRT) extension of the METRO Blue Line from the existing Target Field LRT station in downtown Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park in suburban Hennepin County serving the suburban municipalities of Golden Valley, Robbinsdale and Crystal. The proposed alignment is mostly at grade and generally parallels freight rail and roadway rights-of-way. The Project includes 28 light rail vehicles, a new operations and maintenance facility in Brooklyn Park, four new park-and-ride facilities with approximately 1,700 total spaces, and pedestrian and bicycle access to stations. Service is planned to operate between 4:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. daily with trains every 10 minutes during the day and every 10 to 30 minutes during the evening on weekdays, and every 10 to 15 minutes on weekends. Project Purpose: The Project is intended to improve access to employment and activity centers. -
Minneapolis METRO Blue Line LRT Project Profile
METRO Blue Line Extension (Bottineau LRT) Minneapolis, Minnesota New Starts Engineering (Rating Assigned November 2018) Summary Description Proposed Project: Light Rail Transit 13.5 Miles, 11 Stations Total Capital Cost ($YOE): $1,536.18 Million (includes $40.0 million in finance charges) Section 5309 CIG Share ($YOE): $752.73 Million (49.0%) Annual Operating Cost (opening year 2024): $33.71 Million 16,600 Daily Linked Trips Current Year Ridership Forecast (2014): 5,489,900 Annual Linked Trips 25,400 Daily Linked Trips Horizon Year Ridership Forecast (2035): 8,400,800 Annual Linked Trips Overall Project Rating: Medium-High Project Justification Rating: Medium Local Financial Commitment Rating: Medium-High Project Description: The Metropolitan Council (MC) is planning a light rail transit (LRT) extension of the METRO Blue Line from the existing Target Field LRT station in downtown Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park in suburban Hennepin County serving the suburban municipalities of Golden Valley, Robbinsdale and Crystal. The proposed alignment is mostly at grade and generally parallels freight rail and roadway rights-of-way. The Project includes 28 light rail vehicles, a new operations and maintenance facility in Brooklyn Park, four new park-and-ride facilities with approximately 1,700 total spaces, and pedestrian and bicycle access to stations. Service is planned to operate between 4:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. daily with trains every 10 minutes during the day and every 10 to 30 minutes during the evening on weekdays, and every 10 to 15 minutes on weekends. Project Purpose: The Project is intended to improve access to employment and activity centers. -
METRO Blue Line Extension (Bottineau LRT) Minneapolis, Minnesota New Starts Engineering (Rating Assigned November 2017)
METRO Blue Line Extension (Bottineau LRT) Minneapolis, Minnesota New Starts Engineering (Rating Assigned November 2017) Summary Description Proposed Project: Light Rail Transit 13.5 Miles, 11 Stations Total Capital Cost ($YOE): $1,536.18 Million (includes $30.0 million in finance charges) Section 5309 New Starts Share ($YOE): $752.73 Million (49.0%) Annual Operating Cost (opening year 2022): $27.50 Million 16,500 Daily Linked Trips Current Year Ridership Forecast (2014): 5,489,900 Annual Linked Trips 25,300 Daily Linked Trips Horizon Year Ridership Forecast (2035): 8,400,700 Annual Linked Trips Overall Project Rating: Medium-High Project Justification Rating: Medium Local Financial Commitment Rating: High Project Description: The Metropolitan Council (MC) is planning a light rail transit (LRT) extension of the METRO Blue Line from the existing Target Field LRT station in downtown Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park in suburban Hennepin County serving the suburban municipalities of Golden Valley, Robbinsdale and Crystal. The proposed alignment is mostly at grade and generally parallels freight rail and roadway rights-of-way. The Project includes 28 light rail vehicles, a new operations and maintenance facility in Brooklyn Park, four new park-and-ride facilities with approximately 1,700 total spaces, and pedestrian and bicycle access to stations. Service is planned to operate between 4:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. daily with trains every 10 minutes during the day and every 10 to 30 minutes during the evening on weekdays, and every 10 to 15 minutes on weekends. Project Purpose: The Project is intended to improve access to employment and activity centers. -
BLRT Record of Decision, Attachment E
Record of Decision Attachment E Comments Received on the Final EIS September 2016 From: Kristofer Gunnar Paso To: BlueLineExt Subject: comment Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 6:40:32 AM Dear Kathryn O'Brien I have a comment on the METRO Blue Line Extension Final Environmental Impact Statement. When I grew up during the 1980's in Brooklyn Park, everybody was saying that Osseo was getting smaller and smaller due to land loss and might soon vanish. If Osseo gets light rail, perhaps then Osseo won't die. I think the best option in Brooklyn Park would be to have the main line follow Bottineau Blvd. direct to Osseo, and then also make a separate spur along West Broadway up to North Hennepin Community College and Target Campus. (Maple Grove already has excellent express bus service. Maple Grove does not have need for light rail.) Further south, don't forget to stop at North Memorial Medical Center and to stop in North Minneapolis. Good luck! Sincerely Kristofer Gunnar Paso From: Earl Faulkner Sr To: BlueLineExt Subject: BlueLine Comments Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 10:49:05 AM Kathryn O’Brien, Assistant Director Metro Transit – Blue Line Extension Project Office, The proposed Blue Line cost thus far is $1,496,000,000. Funding sources you give us are: Metro Area Sales Tax contributes 31 % ($464,000,000) Federal Transit Administration contributes 49 % State of MN contributes 10 % Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority contributes 10 % But, wait………..aren’t all these sources one and the same thing?……..”The Taxpayer”. And then, Kathryn, won’t there likely be over-runs in cost? And what about on-going maintenance and probable subsidies? This cost to Taxpayers is outrageous and I hope you gather I am against this project. -
6.0 RAIL PROFILE Statewide, Minnesota Claims 4,481 Miles of Active Railroad Track in the State Which Ranks 8Th in the Nation
Central Minnesota Freight Plan December 2012 6.0 RAIL PROFILE Statewide, Minnesota claims 4,481 miles of active railroad track in the state which ranks 8th in the nation. Two Class I railroads and one switching/terminal railroad operate 391 miles of railroad in the Central Minnesota Region. A map displaying the railroad networks is illustrated in Exhibit 47. Class I railroads in the study area include BNSF Railway (297 miles) and Canadian Pacific Railway (66 miles). Northern Lines Railway (NLR) is the region’s sole switching and terminal railroad operating 28 miles of track in the St. Cloud area. NLR interchanges with BNSF in St. Cloud. In addition to the three rail classes, the Federal government has identified a system of railroads for purpose relating to defense of the United States. These railroads, shown in Exhibit 47, are part of the Strategic Rail Corridor Network (STRACNET). The STRACNET consist of 38,800 miles of rail lines important to national defense and provides service to 193 defense installations to include Camp Ripley whose mission require rail service. Exhibit 47: Minnesota Rail System Rail Profile 45 Central Minnesota Freight Plan December 2012 6.1 Rail Services Provider 6.1.1 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) The BNSF railroad, based in Fort Worth Texas, operates in 28 states covering the western two- thirds of the United States, and two Canadian provinces. BNSF operates 32,000 rail miles serving major markets such as Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and New Orleans and several minor interchange locations, including a southeastern connection at Birmingham, Alabama.