Local transit

This Technical Summary pertains to Report 2013-13, “Mitigating Highway Construction Impacts Through the Use of Transit,” published May 2013.

The Americans with Disabilities Act mandates that communities with federally subsidized public transit systems must offer on-demand paratransit services for people with disabilities. Paratransit services must match the hours of operation of public transit, minimize service denials because of capacity shortages and maintain additional service quality measures beyond those applicable to public transit such as on-time pickups and drop-offs and acceptable ride times. Metro Mobility, the agency that provides paratransit services to the Twin Cities area through two contractors (Laidlaw and Transit Team), is also anticipating an additional same-day service requirement by the Federal Transit Authority.

Knowing detailed information about how buses are performing on their routes and how many passengers are making use of these routes can provide planners with the tools they need to optimize the transit system to rider needs. Although Metro Transit, the local transit authority in the Twin Cities region, had been collecting performance data for years, it lacked the funds and methodology to fully analyze the data it was archiving.

This Technical Summary pertains to Report 2006-44, “Capacity Expansion in the Twin Cities: The Roads-Transit Balance,” published December 2006.

This handout summary pertains to report 2020-10, Measuring the Economic Benefits of Rural and Small Urban Transit Services in Greater Minnesota.

This handout summary pertains to report 2020-10, Measuring the Economic Benefits of Rural and Small Urban Transit Services in Greater Minnesota.

This handout summary pertains to report 2020-10, Measuring the Economic Benefits of Rural and Small Urban Transit Services in Greater Minnesota.

This handout summary pertains to report 2020-10, Measuring the Economic Benefits of Rural and Small Urban Transit Services in Greater Minnesota.

This handout summary pertains to report 2020-10, Measuring the Economic Benefits of Rural and Small Urban Transit Services in Greater Minnesota.

This handout summary pertains to report 2020-10, Measuring the Economic Benefits of Rural and Small Urban Transit Services in Greater Minnesota.