Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/10/2015

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City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 6: Transportation 8. Work with Anoka and Sherburne County and Metro Transit to develop a process for local residents to form car pools and establish park and pool lots. 9. Refer residents interested in transit to Metro Commuter Services for rider matching opportunities. Given the development in Ramsey of Urban (higher density) and Rural (lower density), Ramsey must pursue a variety of strategies pertaining to Transit. These strategies include: • Continue to provide Dial -a -Ride service in Ramsey through the Anoka County Traveler. • Encourage park and pooling and ridesharing for residents of Ramsey as well as adjacent communities. • Focus on suburb to suburb commuting as well as commuting to the core downtown areas. • Consider development of a multi -modal transit hub as part of the Northstar Corridor study area. 3. Recommended Plan Over the next 24 months, Ramsey will be considering entering into the Metropolitan Council's transit taxing district in support of transit operations for the Ramsey Station on the Northstar Commuter Rail service. The Metropolitan Region has established a new direction for regional public transit that includes the following two objectives as identified in the Metropolitan Council Transportation Policy Plan: • Develop a regional network of dedicated transitways to provide a travel -time advantage for transit vehicles, improve transit service reliability and increase accessibility to jobs via transit; and • Match the most appropriate transit services to different transit market areas. A "dedicated transit way" means that within the corridor, transit vehicles have a dedicated lane that separates them from main line traffic, similar to the High Occupancy Vehicle lane on I-394 between Highway 100 and downtown Minneapolis. The City of Ramsey has one potential corridor, US Highway 10 that has the opportunity to become a dedicated transitway. The Highway 10 corridor is currently experiencing a wealth of economic development and is becoming a congested corridor. A potential solution to improving the high level of congestion on this roadway is by encouraging transit usage and focusing on moving people, rather than vehicles. The Northstar Commuter Rail is a dedicated transitway on TH 10. The Metropolitan Council has no plans to create a designated transitway on TH 10 similar to the one on I-394. The Northstar Corridor is scheduled to begin operations in late 2009 with stops City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Pg. 6-21