I-35W Urban Corridor Demonstration Project: Phase 2 Evaluation Report

The purpose of the I-35W Urban Corridor Demonstration Project is to implement and evaluate the Bus-on-Metered Freeway
System. The system concept includes the following elements:
-metering of an urban radial freeway
- a real-time surveillance, command and control system
- extensive express bus service in the corridor
- priority access to the freeway via exclusive bus ramps
- provision of transit passenger amenities, i.e., bus shelters, signs, and park-ride facilities in the corridor

Planning the project was completed in September of 1971 and the complete Bus-on-Metered Freeway System was operational on April 9, 1974. Express bus service was begun on a "step-start" basis in the fall of 1971; the vast majority of the express bus service
was initiated on December 11, 1972.