FAQ & Alternative Routes

420

Change: Route adjusted to serve 157^th St. Station in Apple Valley. 

Rationale: Provide coverage to all MVTA Park & Ride facilities. 

Alternatives: No alternatives needed. 

460

Change: Select midday trip reductions on all weekdays. Select trip reductions on Fridays 

Rationale: Optimize service at times when fewer riders are using the system. 

Alternatives: 

Midday Southbound trips (1:35 PM, 2:26 PM): 

• Board route 465 or Metro Orange Line at stops along Marquette Av. 

Fridays (all times) 

Check schedules. Friday times may be different than Monday through Thursday. 

465

Change: Select trip reductions on Fridays 

Rationale: Optimize service at times when fewer riders are using the system. 

Alternatives: 

Fridays (all times) 

Check schedules. Friday times may be different than Monday through Thursday.

470

Change: Route extended to Blackhawk Park & Ride and Rosemount Transit Center. Select trip reductions on Fridays. 

Rationale: Optimize service at times when fewer riders are using the system. Reduce duplication by combining routes. Provide more trips for riders at Rosemount Transit Station and Blackhawk Park & Ride. 

Alternatives: 

Eagan Transit Station (all times) 

• Current 470 riders should continue to board at Eagan Transit Station NB and at the same stops SB. 

Fridays (all times) 

Check schedules. Friday times may be different than Monday through Thursday. 

472 

Change: Route discontinued. Service to Rosemount Transit Station and Blackhawk Park & Ride replaced by extended route 470. 

Rationale: Optimize service at times when fewer riders are using the system. Reduce duplication by combining routes. Provide more trips for riders at Rosemount Transit Station and Blackhawk Park & Ride. 

Alternatives: 

Rosemount Transit Station (all times) 

• Board route 470 at Rosemount Transit Station to downtown Minneapolis. Additional trip times will be available. 

Palomino Hills Park & Ride 

• Service to downtown Minneapolis will not be available from Palomino Hills Park & Ride. Please board route 470 at Blackhawk Park & Ride. 

Blackhawk Park & Ride 

• Board route 470 at Blackhawk Park & Ride to downtown Minneapolis. Additional trip times will be available. 

Fridays (all times) 

Check schedules. Friday times may be different than Monday through Thursday. 

475

Change: Select trips reduced for summer UMN service on all weekdays. Select trip reductions on Fridays. 

Rationale: Optimize service at times when fewer riders are using the system, including while the University of Minnesota is on summer schedules. 

Alternatives: 

Morning Northbound Trips (9:35 AM) 

• This trip will not be available during the Summer service change. Please board an earlier or later route 475 trip. 

Afternoon Southbound Trips (2:43 PM, 3:43 PM, 5:43 PM) 

• These trips will not be available during the Summer service change. Please board an earlier or later route 475 trip. 

Fridays (all times) 

Check schedules. Friday times may be different than Monday through Thursday.

477

Change: Single midday trip reduction on all weekdays. Select trips extended to 157^th St. Station in Apple Valley. 

Rationale: Optimize service at times when fewer riders are using the system. Provide coverage to all MVTA Park & Ride facilities. 

Alternatives: 

Afternoon Southbound Trip (1:29 PM) 

• Board route 475 at stops along Marquette Av. 

Fridays (all times) 

Check schedules. Friday times may be different than Monday through Thursday

480

Change: Select trip reductions on Fridays. 

Rationale: Optimize service at times when fewer riders are using the system 

Alternatives: 

Fridays (all times) 

Check schedules. Friday times may be different than Monday through Thursday. 

484

Change: Route discontinued. 

Rationale: Reduce lowest ridership services to optimize the transit system. 

Alternatives: 

Rosemount Transit Station (all times) 

Service to downtown St. Paul will not be available from Rosemount Transit Station Please board route 480 at Apple Valley Transit Station. 

489

Change: Route discontinued. 

Rationale: Reduce lowest ridership services to optimize the transit system. 

Alternatives: 

Reverse commute (all times) 

Reverse commute service from downtown St. Paul to Eagan will not be available on route 489. Please board route 54 in downtown St. Paul and exit at MSP Airport Terminal 1. Board route 436 at MSP Airport Terminal 1 to travel to destinations in Eagan. 

490

Change: Select trip reductions on Fridays. 

Rationale: Optimize service at times when fewer riders are using the system.  

Alternatives: 

Fridays (all times) 

Check schedules. Friday times may be different than Monday through Thursday. 

493

Change: Select trip reductions on Fridays. 

Rationale: Optimize service at times when fewer riders are using the system 

Alternatives: 

Fridays (all times) 

Check schedules. Friday times may be different than Monday through Thursday.