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WHAT IS THE BOTTINEAU TRANSITWAY?

The Bottineau Transitway is located in a high travel demand area of the Twin Cities where a dedicated transitway
investment is being considered. The Bottineau Transitway is located in Hennepin County, Minnesota, extending approximately 13 miles from downtown Minneapolis to the northwest through North Minneapolis and the suburbs of Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Crystal, Brooklyn Park, and Maple Grove. The transitway investment is anticipated to
serve a broader area to the northwest, including the communities of New Hope, Osseo, Dayton, Rogers,
and Hassan Township.

The transitway investments under study would connect North Minneapolis and the region’s northwest suburbs into the region’s system of transitways that consist of light rail transit (LRT) on the Blue (Hiawatha) and Green lines (Central Corridor and Southwest, if constructed), bus rapid transit (BRT) on the Red (Cedar Avenue) and Orange (I-35W South) lines, Northstar commuter rail, and express bus routes. The transitway investments under study for the Bottineau Transitway would also address local bus service in North Minneapolis and the northwest suburbs.

WHAT WOULD BE BUILT AS PART OF THE BOTTINEAU TRANSITWAY PROJECT?

Two types of transit service are being studied in the corridor: bus rapid transit (BRT) and light rail transit (LRT). Both of these types of transit service would provide fast, frequent and reliable transit service. LRT trains or buses would run every 7.5 minutes during the daytime and evening, and every 30 minutes during late night and early morning. To support these services, the proposed Bottineau Transitway project would include construction of a “dedicated guideway” (road or track serving the buses or trains only), transit stations that include shelters, passenger boarding platforms, and ticket vending machines, and other infrastructure associated with high-frequency transit service.