Metro Transit continues to encourage development along the corridor. More than 200 projects worth more than $5.1 billion in investments have surfaced within a half-mile of the light-rail line, including office, commercial and housing developments. “And people are moving to who want to make transit a part of their lives.”ĭevelopment along the Green Line corridor - which connects the Twin Cities’ central business districts and runs through the University of Minnesota - has bloomed since construction on the route began in 2010. We’re getting gains from special events and development that’s occurring along the corridor,” says Lamb. “It’s growing at good rates in different market segments. Another increase - and another annual record - is expected in 2018, and the rider count likely will continue to rise the next several years, he says. All told, the line has logged 44.7 million rides through 2017.Īnd there are no indications ridership soon will plateau or erode, says Metro Transit General Manager Brian Lamb. Annual ride totals rose from 12.4 million in 2015 to 12.7 million in 2016 to 13.1 million in 2017, with last year’s count rising 3.5 percent year over year. Green Line ridership has exploded since the route opened in June 2014, setting records each successive year. Paul averaged nearly 41,000 rides per weekday - a mark Metro Transit initially didn’t expect to reach until 2030. The 11-mile light-rail line between the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. That’s what Metro Transit did last year when ridership on the Minnesota agency’s Green Line continued to greatly exceed expectations. How about reaching it 13 years earlier than projected? Attaining a long-term goal several years ahead of time could be considered quite an accomplishment.
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