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 257 miles of bus shoulders in the Metro
• To inform other DOTs on the cost-effective advantages and other transit advantages of bus shoulder use

Presentation on bus-only shoulders in the Twin Cities (powerpoint)

 

History of Bus Shoulders in the Twin Cities (pdf)

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
• Merging back with faster traffic
• Shoulder and through entrance ramp
• Going around incident

Inside bus video by Caijun Luo, Express Route 576, Hwy I-35W SB, p.m. peak, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006