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Local leaders, neighbors, and businesses will serve on this key advisory committees.

Project staff from Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) will share information about the proposed improvements and answer questions.

Business and transit leaders are making the case for arterial BRTs — featuring faster, more frequent service and some light rail-style amenities.

Part of the goal is to help businesses better estimate expenses and allow restaurants to create temporary expansions, such as seasonal patios and sidewalk seating, without undue burden.

The Better Government Award winners demonstrate efficient and effective state government services. The Council's Metro Transit Technician Training Program was recognized as a great place to work.

Construction is starting on a new rapid bus line that Metro Transit said will result in quicker trips between downtown Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center

Pacts with freight lines allow officials to pursue $929 million federal grant.

About $200 million in federal funds will go to local highway, bridge, transit, bicycle and pedestrian projects. The federal funds will leverage additional local matching funds.

Representatives from the Metropolitan Council, Metro Transit, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, and Brooklyn Center gathered to break ground on the region's second rapid bus line, the C Line.

Eleven different routes have been identified as good candidates for arterial bus rapid transit — rubber-tire vehicles and enhanced stations with features that make light rail so popular with riders.