METRO Orange Line BRT Capital Investment Program Project Profiles: FY 2017
Metro Transit proposes to implement bus rapid transit (BRT) in the 17-mile Interstate 35W corridor between downtown Minneapolis and Burnsville. The project would serve 11 stations, six of which are already in use and five that would be constructed as part of the project. All stations would include passenger shelters, real-time passenger information and off-board fare collection. The project would also include signal priority at intersections with general purpose traffic, special branding at stations and on vehicles, and the purchase of 11 60-foot articulated buses. The project’s current estimated capital cost is $150.7 million, of which $64.63 million (43 percent) is anticipated from the Small Starts program.