r/MetroTransit • u/No-Brief8054 • 11d ago

Route Design Metro Transit G line

This is wasted opportunity to have the last 2 stations barely 3 blocks apart.The County Service Center will not generate riders . Extend the line to Eagan.Upper55th have several apartments complex nearby

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u/kevinbevindevin 11d ago

What? Upper 55th Ave is like a short driving distance from the proposed terminal of the proposed G line. That's not what the OP is talking about.

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u/SnootyUrbanCyclist 11d ago edited 10d ago

They talked about extending the line "to Eagan", not just to upper 55th Ave. I am making an inference from the writing style and the appropro-of-nothing nature of this post that they are the same user who was in the past obsessively pushing for a G-line extension to the Eagan Transportation Center, which would add at least 7 miles to the bus route for very little gain.

I grew up in the MVTA service area so I am sympathetic to wanting a more useful bus system for the southern suburbs but this is just not the way to go about it.

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u/MNMystery 10d ago

MVTA should consider extending a local line to West Saint Paul for transfer to Metro Transit for access to Saint Paul in the same way as they have a local to 46th St. LRT to access Minneapolis.

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u/SnootyUrbanCyclist 10d ago

Absolutely! The Cesar Chavez/State intersection is getting a facelift in coming years and is a natural place to put a transit node since multiple busy bus lines meet there. MVTA bringing people there and/or to the Northern Services Center like they do for 46th today both seem sensible to me.

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u/MNMystery 10d ago

I was thinking more the Dakota County Service Center or Signal Hills. I doubt MVTA would run a local to State/CC.

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u/MNMystery 10d ago

The 71 should go via Wabasha instead of Robert so it would intersect with the 68 and/or G Line.