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Hennepin Avenue bus-only lanes will provide faster, more reliable transit service.

Project Summary• 400+ bus trips travel the

corridor each weekday

• 3,300+ customers boarding between Franklin Avenue and Lake Street

• Hennepin Avenue is also one of the slowest corridors

• Rush hour transit speeds regularly slow to 6 mph

• High level of variability of traffic flow

• Bus lanes will provide a faster, more consistent ride

Why we’re doing this.

Bus mode share during peak hours

8 a.m.: northbound Hennepin at

26th St

4 p.m.: southbound Hennepin at

25th St

49% of corridor users

3% of corridor vehicles

45% of corridor users

2% of corridor vehicles

Sources: Metro Transit, Oct. 2017; City of Minneapolis, Jan. 2018.

Hennepin Avenue Congestion

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A three-day test of bus-only lanes was conducted in May 2018 to measure changes to route performance and gather public feedback.

Pilot ResultsInitial results were promising, and we’re incorporating some lessons we learned from this experience into the final bus lanes design:

• Times will be adjusted to northbound from 7-9 a.m. and southbound from 4-6:30 p.m., weekdays only. Parking will be allowed in the curb lane at all other times.

• Hennepin Avenue will be restriped to allocate more space for the bus lanes. Bus lanes will also be painted red.

• Transition between northbound and southbound lanes will be shifted one block north to 25th Street.

• We’ll trim boulevard trees, clear obstructions close to the street and make improvements to the roadway for a smoother ride.

• We’re adding a new northbound segment – Lake Street to the Uptown Transit Station.

What we learned from 2018.

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Project Area Map Hennepin Avenue Existing

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Hennepin Avenue Transit RidershipWeekday Boardings by Route and Stop - October 2017

Northbound Southbound

Max Load: 3,250 riders

Max Load: 3,100 riders

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Daily boardings for all routes

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