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11 Ii I I~ i t - I; Ij I! ;; I"J Ii I I I' I I: t .1 r Ii( r * ~ I~ '" Anoka County has initiated the Anoka County Traveler service which offers access to the regional system through the use of minibuses. The buses are handicap accessible and provide services throughout the County. The start up program provides service to Ramsey on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Since the program has only recently begun, no meaningful ridership data is yet available. The City should encourage the use of this service for residents as a cost effective alternative to complement transportation service demands. LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT The County's 2010 Transit System Concept Plan indicates that light rail transit could be extended to Ramsey. This, however, is likely to be beyond the 2010 planning period and would parallel the Highway #10 corridor. The City should continue to work with the County as LRT plans are further developed. V. T8AFF/C ANALYSIS ZONES/LAND USE ANALYSIS The City is currently divided into three traffic analysis zones (Figure 10). Discussions with MC's transportation planners have indicated a possibility of further subdividing the City in up to as many as ten traffic analysis zones (TAZ's). Future land use was analyzed by traffic analysis zone to determine potential impacts on the Metropolitan Highway System. Table 7 indicates a total of approximately 1,212 developable business/commercial and industrial acres with approximately 75% of this located in T AZ 462. Table 8 translates the developable acreage into potential building square footage assuming a 15% maximum lot coverage for industrial lands and rural business and 30% lot coverage for commercial businesses in the urban service area. Table 9 indicates the potential number of employees based on Metropolitan Council conversion factors for different commercial and industrial uses. Under these assumptions, the potential exists at this development level for approximately 21 ,000 employees in the City. The majority of these will be employed in T AZ 462. The total number of commercial/industrial trips generated per day at this level of development could approach 120,000 movements. This underscores the need for continued development of frontage roads along T.H. #10, controlling access to T.H. #10 and providing efficient internal circulation in the business and commercial areas of the City. A similar analysis was undertaken for residential trips by T AZ. Table 11 outlines the population, households and number of trips by TAZ. As indicated by the year 2010, with a potential of 6,000 households, nearly 60,000 trips per day are expected to be generated. Table 12 summarizes the total number of daily trips projected through the year 2010. The projected daily residential trips for the year 2010 on T.H. #10 is 35,400, or nearly the same as projected in the County's 2010 plan. During the peak hours, approximately 3,000 residential vehicle trips are projected on T .H. #10. 1 9