Tom, I rarely drive on the highways during rush hour, so I can't really comment on the effect of buses on the shoulders on the rest of the traffic.
A quick check of the Metro Transit route map along Bloomington shows the most of the east-west routes are not on 494 but adjacent traffic corridors. http://www.metrocouncil.org/transit/sysmaps/bmap605.htm One of the big issue with this is that the transit system by the time you get to 494 is mostly focused on routing traffic towards the central cities. The east west routes are most likely hitting what developed commercial corridors and residential areas in the near south suburbs. We don't have pedestrain/transit friendly development of the suburban office parks. This may not solve the problem of suburb to suburb transit, but it couldn't hurt. I am glad to see that my neighbors will be able to travel via buses without having to juggle their lives around their friends schedule. I live 1/2 block from Lake St and within 4 blocks of Chicago Ave. Josh Kroll Minneapolis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Searles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 9:11 PM Subject: [TCMetro] How was your commute today? > My commute was fantastic on 494 this morning. The busses rolling again > really relieved the congestion. > > Okay, so I'm being a bit sarcastic. I almost never see a MTC bus on 494. One > person I work with commented that her traffic moved better without the > busses. It seems that the buses travel on the shoulder of 35W, and traffic > will slow whereever the buses are present? > > Has anyone else noticed the same thing (traffic slowing near the buses on > the shoulder)? Do the buses traveling on the freeway shoulders create a > hazzard for you? > > Just curious. > > Tom Searles > Waconia, Twp. > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum > http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro > Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day. _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
