Bus and Bus Rapid Transit Investments

Bus improvements

Metro Transit’s Speed and Reliability Program finds and implements low-cost, common-sense strategies to improve the performance of local bus service along high ridership corridors and routes through two types of initiatives:

• Bus Corridor Projects focus on improving speed and reliability along specific, high-ridership corridors that are usually served by more than one urban local bus route
• Better Bus Routes focuses on improving the speed, reliability, accessibility, and customer experience on one high ridership local bus route at a time

Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a package of transit enhancements that adds up to a faster trip and an improved experience.  Watch a video about BRT service.

Bus rapid transit corridors in operation

• METRO A Line — Snelling Avenue bus rapid transit
• METRO C Line — Penn Avenue bus rapid transit
• METRO D Line — Chicago and Emerson/Fremont Avenues between Brooklyn Center and Bloomington
• METRO Orange Line — 35W bus rapid transit between Burnsville and downtown Minneapolis
• METRO Red Line — Cedar Avenue bus rapid transit

Corridors in development

• METRO Gold Line — A bus rapid transit line that will connect downtown Saint Paul to stations in east Saint Paul, Maplewood, Landfall, Oakdale, and Woodbury along dedicated bus lanes.
• METRO Purple Line — A 14-mile bus rapid transit route connecting Union Depot in Lowertown, Saint Paul to east side neighborhoods of Saint Paul and the cities of Maplewood, Vadnais Heights, Gem Lake, and White Bear Lake. Previously called the Rush Line.
• METRO B Line — A bus rapid transit upgrade that will substantially replace the western portion of Route 21, serving Lake Street and Marshall Avenue between uptown Minneapolis and the Midway area in St. Paul.
• METRO E Line — A bus rapid transit upgrade that will substantially replace parts of Route 6 in the Hennepin Avenue corridor, serving uptown Minneapolis.
• METRO F Line — A bus rapid transit upgrade in the Route 10 corridor from downtown Minneapolis to Northtown Transit Center along Central Avenue, 53rd Avenue, and University Avenue.
• METRO G Line — Planned bus rapid transit line for the Rice/Robert corridor served by Route 62 and Route 68.
• METRO H Line — Planned bus rapid transit line for the Como/Maryland corridor served by Route 3.