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Transportation
Transportation is a means of gaining access to the goods and services. Access can be provided by trains, planes, buses, bicycles, private automobiles, taxi cabs, or just by walking. The most environmentally-friendly forms of transportation are walking and bicycling. Unfortunately, government spends little on these two forms of transportation in comparison with what it spends on roads and parking. Many of our new communities aren't even built with sidewalks today!
New Transitways: Hiawatha, Central, Southwest and More!
The opening of exciting new transitways in the Twin Cities is on the horizon over the next 10 years. At the same time, funding and integration challenges remain.
Bus-Only Shoulders Move Transit Commuters Past Congestion
Nearly 20 years ago, Metro Transit pioneered a simple way to get buses out of congestion by traveling on the shoulder instead of sitting in rush-hour congestion.
In 1992, it experimented on a few miles of freeway and liked the results: bus drivers could stay on schedule, commuters got to work or home faster and ridership increased.
After that initial success, Metro Transit teamed up with the state Department of Transportation and others to create Team Transit, a group dedicated to enhancing infrastructure to create transit advantages.
Becoming Multi-Modal in the Twin Cities in the Last Ten Years
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The Twin Cities metro area has greatly expanded non-auto options over the past decade. Cities across the metro are actively seeking a new transitway for LRT, BRT or commuter rail, new bike lanes and more walkable public spaces.
Since 1990, the Twin Cities:
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Explore Your Travel Options
Metro Transit has a variety of tools at metrotransit.org to get you started. One example is the Trip Planner which helps find the transit route that fits your needs. For instance, you can enter in a starting point, an end point destination and time of travel, and the Trip Planner will give you route options, fare information, and links to maps.
Benefits of Hybrid Buses
Metro Transit unveiled its first hybrid bus in 2002 and recently added 60 more to its fleet as part of the agency's Go Greener initiative. Over the next four years, 112 more hybrids will follow.
These buses deliver about 25 percent better fuel economy and produce 90 percent fewer emissions than the buses they replace. Go Greener buses are exceptionally quiet, too.
Save More than the Price of Gas | Metro Transit Can Help You Go Greener
An average Twin Cities commuter contributes about 2.6 tons of greenhouse gas emissions by driving alone to work. Multiply that volume of pollution times the number of people driving alone each day and it adds up to a serious impact.
Commit to Not Driving Just One Day a Week
All Metro Transit buses and trains are equipped with bike racks, helping to expand your trip options. Racks on buses accommodate up to two bikes at a time. Each Hiawatha light-rail train car can hold four bikes. There is no additional charge for using bike racks. Those who combine biking and transit know how convenient bike racks make traveling around the Twin Cities. Metro Transit makes it easy to pedal for part of the way to your destination and ride the rest.
Reduce Your Commuting Costs by Asking Your Employer about Metropass
More and more Twin Cities businesses – large and small – are helping employees underwrite the cost of commuting by bus and train. Employees within a company frequently become the catalyst for a company-sponsored transit benefit by asking their employers to examine Metro Transit’s premium business partnership called “Metropass”.
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