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Our Taxes At Work

from the series Metro Transit... By JOHN CHARLES WILSON On October 1, 2023, sales tax in the Twin Cities metro area went up by 0.75% for transportation. 17% of that revenue goes to the individual counties, while 83% goes to the Metropolitan Council. Of the Council’s share, 95% is for transit, while 5% is for walking and biking infrastructure. Officials estimate that $433 million will go to transit in 2024. This may sound inconsequential to some, but that $433 million is already making a difference. That extra nickel or dime on your next fast food meal will continue to bring transit improvements over the next few years. Transit officials will implement schedule improvements on December 7, 2024. Here is a list of changes affecting the alley readership area: The D Line and Routes 2, 5, 21, and 22 will have schedule adjustments to reflect the end of summer construction. The Orange Line will run every 10 minutes during weekday rush hours, and every 15 minutes instead of [...]

Readjusting After COVID: 16 Important Bus and Train Route Notes

from the series Metro Transit... By JOHN CHARLES WILSON As any regular transit user knows, COVID-19 did a real number on Metro Transit service. There is a project called Network NOW, which is the blueprint Metro Transit created to restore service while adjusting it for the new realities of commuting. Metro Transit plans to adjust buses and trains to cater more to all-day, everyday use, and less to traditional rush hour usage, as fewer people are using transit for commuting to jobs at traditional hours. The Phillips Community area will see more frequent buses and trains on heavily used routes, but a lot of minor routes that were given time outs during COVID are going away, permanently. Most people won’t notice much, but individuals with limited mobility may not like it because these minor routes, although not very frequent, brought them closer to their destinations. Changes relevant to the Phillips area will be: Route 2 will run every 10 minutes in the daytime seven [...]

Metro Transit – Dec. ’23

By JOHN CHARLES WILSON The next Metro Transit and Minnesota Valley Transit Authority service changes are coming Saturday, 2 December 2023. Watch for the following changes which affect the Phillips neighborhood:Routes 9 and 67 will have minor schedule adjustments to accommodate routing changes.Route 21 will run to Saint Paul every 15 minutes instead of every half hour, from 6:30 AM to 9:30 PM. It will also not serve the Uptown Transit Center because of construction, instead it will go via Lake Street and Lagoon Avenue to France Avenue. This is like the planned route for the B Line Bus Rapid Transit, expected to be coming in June 2025.Route 467 will have minor schedule changes to reflect actual travel times.Route 465 (MVTA) will have an additional trip northbound from Burnsville at 9:20 AM because of high ridership to the University of Minnesota near that time.Just a reminder: Metro Transit and MVTA typically run Saturday schedules on most routes, with a few exceptions, on Black [...]

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