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Project Manager:
Carl Jensen
1500 W. County Rd B-2
Roseville MN, 55113
Ph. 651/234-7711
Bus-only shoulders
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Bus-only shoulders video clips
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Bus driving on shoulder heavy traffic
- Merging into traffic
- Shoulder and through entrance ramp
- Avoiding stalled car
- Auxiliary lane and through exit ramp
- Navigating past exit
- Through entrance ramp
- Moving onto shoulder
- HOV Ramp meter bypass
- Going around incident
Inside bus video by Caijun Luo, Express Route 576, Hwy I-35W SB, p.m. peak, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006
Goal: To move the most people through congestion
- To invest in highway transit advantage capital improvements that will support and encourage transit use in congested corridors
- To interact with local agencies involved in transit for a seamless system of information sharing and project coordination
- To preserve the more than 296 miles of bus shoulders in the Metro
- To inform other DOTs on the cost-effective advantages and other transit advantages of bus shoulder use
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