[DMNA] Public Meetings to discuss the City's draft Ten-Year Transportation Plan and its Streetcar Feasibility Study

Wed Sep 26 18:45:28 EDT 2007

The City of Minneapolis is hosting eight public meetings to discuss the
City's draft Ten-Year Transportation Plan and its Streetcar Feasibility
Study. The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback on plan
recommendations and to discuss key transportation issues facing Minneapolis.

Date

Time

Location

Address

October 9

5:30-7:30pm

North Regional Library

1315 Lowry Ave. N.

October 10

6:30-8:30pm

3rd Precinct Community Room

3000 Minnehaha Avenue

October 11

5:30-7:30pm

Northeast Library

2200 Central Ave. NE

October 15

4:00-6:00pm

Central Library

300 Nicollet Mall

October 16

6:30-8:30pm

North Commons Recreation Center

1801 James Ave N

October 17

6:30-8:30pm

Lake Nokomis Recreation Center

2401 E Minnehaha Pkwy

October 23

6:30-8:30pm

Martin Luther King Recreation Center

4055 Nicollet Ave. S

October 24

6:30-8:30pm

Van Cleve Recreation Center

901 15th Ave. SE

October 25

6:30-8:30pm

Bryant Square Recreation Center

3101 Bryant Ave S

The purpose of Access Minneapolis, the city's Ten-Year Transportation Action
Plan, is to identify steps that the City and its partner agencies (Metro
Transit, Metropolitan Council, Hennepin County, Minnesota Department of
Transportation) need to take within the next ten years to improve the city's
current transportation system and ready it for continued growth. While the
Access Minneapolis plan is based on a long-term (2030) view of
transportation needs, it focuses on actions that should be undertaken
throughout the city over the next ten years, recognizing that this timeframe
is subject to the availability of funds.

The Streetcar Feasibility Study recommends a long-range streetcar system and
identifies initial operating segments that might be good short "starter"
segments. The Study evaluated fourteen Primary Transit Network corridors to
determine if the operation of streetcar in some of those corridors would be
physically, operationally and financially feasible. The study addressed
capital and operating costs, impacts on transit service, development
opportunities, physical constraints, ownership and operation alternatives,
maintenance and storage facility locations and funding alternatives.  

Upon request, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to persons
with disabilities or who are in need of a translator at the upcoming
meetings. Please submit accommodation requests or requests for additional
information to Charleen Zimmer, Project Manager, at 612-673-3166 or
<mailto:Charleen.Zimmer at ci.minneapolis.mn.us>
Charleen.Zimmer at ci.minneapolis.mn.us at least a week before the meeting.

For more information, visit:
<http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/public-works/trans-plan>
www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/public-works/trans-plan.

Shaun Murphy

Bicycle & Pedestrian Programs Intern

Minneapolis Department of Public Works

612.673.2335

www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/bicycles

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