New Light RailSystem in Twin Cities Spurs Overall Ridership Rates
According to the latest research focusing on the Twin Cities, transit providers in the seven-county metro area delivered 97.7 million rides on buses and trains last year, an increase of 3.5 percent as compared to the prior year.
Much of increase has been associated with the June opening of the Green Line light-rail line.
Transit users took more than 6.5 million rides on the $957 million line. Another 9.5 million used the Blue Line between downtown Minneapolis and the Mall of America in Bloomington.
In total, light-rail ridership on the Green and Blue lines was just shy of 16 million for the year. A Star Tribune articles notes that Metro Transit provided 67.8 million bus rides in 2014.
In addition, the University of Minnesota bus service saw a 10 percent increase in ridership. Metro Mobility, the door-to-door service for people with disabilities, recorded an 8.2 percent growth and provided more than 2 million rides.
Category: Buses, Mass Transit
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