Transit Resources
MVTA Board Educational Opportunities
This section is being developed in conjunction with the MVTA Board's Strategic Plan Update in 2013. Education is a key strategy in the Leadership & Governance area. This section is designed to give Board members easy access to information about upcoming conferences and to track minutes or issues related to our mission.
If there are additional Boards or web-sites to be added to this section, please contact the website administrator.
2014 Transportation Policy Plan Draft Comments
MVTA is collecting the comments submitted by our cities and counties. They will be posted as received.
Studies & Projects
Dakota County Human Transportation Services Study conducted by U of M Center for Transportation Studies (CTS)
Highway BRT Study (I-35E)
Ziprail(Rochester-Twin Cities)
Driver Assist System(DAS)
Links to Articles
- Star Tribune 8/26/2014 Pedestrian bridge in the works for Vikes stadium
- Star Tribune 7/30/2014 Vote on south metro transit merger set for August
- Star Tribune 7/29/2014 Marschall Road Transit Station Opens
- Star Tribune 4/15/2014 Second BRT Line to Dakota County is being planned
- Star Tribune 4/11/2014 Transit Equity Means More than Light Rail
- Minnesota Public Radio 4/8/2014 Southwest Twin Cities Light Rail Plan Faces Crucial Vote
- Star Tribune 3/28/2014 Minnesota Valley Transit Considers Additional Wi-Fi Service
- Sun This Week 3/14/2014 Burnsville eyes pedestrian bridge at 13 and Nicollet
- Star Tribune 3/15/2014 Burnsville Looks into a Pedestrian Bridge Over Highway 13 (Orange Line)
- Star Tribune 2/20/2014 Southwest Corridor light-rail line now faces drop-dead date for route approval
- Metro Magazine 1/28/2014 Texas Transit Rolls Out BRT NOTE: The NLC Conference is in Austin this fall - if anyone goes, give BRT a try!
- Passenger Transport 1/24/2013 Inspections - Electronic Newsletter
- MPR 1/23/2014 MoveMN Pushes for Road Money
- Star Tribune 1/22/2014 Light Rail Connecting Minneapolis, St. Paul downtowns Opens June 14
- Star Tribune 1/22/2014 South Metro Legislative Wish List
- InTransit (MPTA) January 2014 Newsletter
- Pioneer Press 1/17/2014 Red Line Boosts MVTA 2013 Ridership
- Star Tribune 1/4/2014 - Cedar Avenue Red Line bus rapid transit fix recommended
- Star Tribune 1/4/2014 - News Briefs (MVTA Wi-Fi demo, bus inspections)
- Star Tribune 11/3/2013 - Officials Look for a Way to Speed Up Red Line Stop in Eagan
- SUN Thisweek 10/18/2013 - Bus Rapid Transit trumps $1.2 billion for rail project
- SUN Thisweek 10/4/2013 - Light Rail Project Deserves to go Forward
- Star Tribune 10/16/2013 - Scott County Buses Could be Folded into Bigger Entity
- Star Tribune 10/14/2013 - Costs Released for Three MnPass Lane Options on Cedar Avenue
- Star Tribune 9/23/2013 - Bike Racks on Metro Red Line Buses
- Pioneer Press 9/24/2013 - Metro Transit Seeks Funding for Rapid Bus Lines along Snelling, West 7th
- MPR 9/24/2014 - Minneapolis pursues streetcar rather than improve bus service
- Prior Lake American 9/20/2013 - Shakopee, Prior Lake to pursue transit merger with MVTA
- SunThisWeek 9/24/2013 - Met Council chair reports on light rail transit plans
Web Links
- Transportation Advisory Board (TAB)
- TAB Policy Committee
- TAB Programming Committee
- TAB Technical Advisory Committee
- Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee
- Transportation Policy Plan (TPP)
- Regional Service Improvement Plan (RSIP)
- Regional Transitway Guidelines
- Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP)
- Regional Vehicle Fleet Policy
- Dakota County Regional Railroad Authority
- I-35W Solutions Alliance
- Scott County Transit Review Board (TRB)
- Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB)
- US Highway 169 Corridor Coalition
- Robert Street Corridor
- Cedar Grove Transit Station Access Engineering
- Highway 77 Managed Lanes
- Minnesota Transportation Alliance
- Transit for Livable Communities (TLC)
- BikeMN
- SouthWest Transit
- MnDOT Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan (STP)
Upcoming APTA Conferences
American Public Transit Association (APTA) Annual Meeting and Expo 2014
APTA web-site with program and conference details - registration is open
October 12-15, 2014
Houston, TX
Rail-Volution
Registration is now open. See Program
September 21-24, 2014
Minneapolis, MN
Future Conference Dates:
- October 4-7, 2015
San Francisco, CA - September 9-11, 2016
Los Angeles, CA - October 8-11, 2017*
Atlanta, GA
Upcoming MPTA Conferences
Minnesota Public Transit Association (MPTA) Conference & Expo
MPTA web-site with preliminary program and conference details
2014 MPTA Annual Conference
Registration is open - see tentative program
St. Paul River Centre - St. Paul, MN
September 9-11 2014
2015 MPTA Annual Conference
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center - Duluth, MN
October 19-21, 2015
2016 MPTA Annual Conference
Mayo Civic Center - Rochester, MN
October 17-19, 2016