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)

Orange Line

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

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