Robert Street Corridor

The Robert Street Corridor is a proposed light rail or bus rapid transit corridor, from downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, to its southern suburbs. Robert Street is named after Captain Louis Robert, an early resident of Saint Paul.[1] The corridor's population is expected to grow 45% and 27% more jobs are expected to come to the area from 2000 to 2030.[2] In the 2006 state bonding bill, $500,000 was set aside to study the feasibility of adding mass transit.[3] The corridor will most likely be bus rapid transit due to low ridership levels.[4] In the Metropolitan Council's 2030 Transportation Policy Plan Robert Street is one of nine arterial streets that are recommended for bus rapid transit. Six of the nine corridors would be built by 2020 and the remaining three would be built by 2030.[5][6]

Robert Street Corridor
Overview
TypeLight rail transit or bus rapid transit
StatusProposed
LocaleSaint Paul, Minnesota

See also

References
  1. Empson, Donald L. (2006). The Street Where You Live: A Guide to the Place Names of Saint Paul. University of Minnesota Press. p 232. ISBN 0-8166-4729-1 ISBN 978-0-8166-4729-3.
  2. "Robert Street Corridor". Dakota County. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. Lindsay, Meggen (May 25, 2006). "WISH LIST GRANTED -- SORT OF - MINNESOTA ZOO AND BUS LINE WIN, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER LOSES OUT". Saint Paul Pioneer Press.
  4. Berg, Steve (2 February 2011). "LRT or BRT? It depends on the potential of the corridor". MinnPost.com. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  5. "2030 Transportation Policy Plan Summary" (PDF). 2030 Transportation Policy Plan. Metropolitan Council. pp. 6–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  6. Dornfield, Steve (31 October 2012). "Could bus rapid transit increase ridership 30 percent in the Twin Cities?". MinnPost.com. Retrieved 8 October 2012.


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