Scope Team Topic Presentation- Light Rail

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Scope Team Topic Presentation-Light Rail

• Topic Transportation
• Presenter Nick Stanley
• Fall 2004, University of Minnesota

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Introduction

• We are the Scope Team
• Scope What is the project going to accomplish?
• Light Rail Mass Transportation System of the
  Metro Area

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Mass Transport - History
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Horse Cars
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Steam Cars
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Electric Streetcars
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Electric Expansion
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Electric Out, Buses In
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Streetcar hits Grocery Store
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Light Rail - Present
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About the Train

• Electrically Powered by wires 16-feet overhead
• Each Car is 94-feet long
• Manufactured by Bombardier
• Top Speed of 55 mph, general speed of 40 mph, and
  slower in downtown
• Seating for 66 and standing room for 120 per car
  with 4 doorways

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Fares

• Self service, barrier free, proof of payment
  system
• Same as bus fares
• 100 fine for fare evasion

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Opening Day
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Light Rail Scope

• To preserve livability
• To strengthen neighborhoods
• To attract new employment opportunities
• To improve alternative transportation options
  within the city
• To promote growth, accessibility and economic
  vitality of Downtown

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Time Goals

• Initial time goals were not met
• Supposed to open April 3, 2004
• Opened for partial service June 26, 2004

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Light Rail - Milestones

• Broke Ground January 17, 2001
• 12 Stations Completed
• 13 Rail Cars Delivered
• Mined Airport Rail Tunnels
• Installed All Track in Minneapolis
• Relocated Utilities in Downtown
• As of now construction is 97 complete

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Construction Funding (Cost)

• Federal
  334.3
• State of Minnesota
  100.0
• Metropolitan Airports Commission
  87.0
• Hennepin County
  84.2
• Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality Grant
  49.8
• Transit Capital Grant
  39.9
• MnDOT
  29.1
• Total 715.3
• (Amounts given in millions of United States
  Dollars)

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What went right?

• Ridership is higher than expected
• No major breakdowns
• Only one major delay

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One Major Delay
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Conclusion

• Next phase scheduled to be complete on December
  4, 2004
• Rider ship is higher than expected
• Will not know if scope goals have been
  accomplished until 2020
• Jessie Ventura did not invent Light Rail

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References

• Star Tribune articles
• - LRT crash killed driver about to give up
  keys (09/28/2004)
• - Light rails next phase opens Dec. 4
  (09/28/2004)
• - September light-rail ridership exceeds
  goals (10/09/2004)
• Websites
• - Metropolitan Rail Office Hiawatha Light Rail
  Project website (http//www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/
  lrt/)
• - Metropolitan Council Transportation
  Hiawatha Light Rail Transit website
  (http//www.metrocouncil.org/transportation/lrt/lr
  t.htm)
• - Planning Division (department of community
  Planning and Economic Development) website
  (http//www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/light-ra
  il/planning/index.html)
• - Star Tribune Photo Gallery websites
  (http//www.startribune.com/images/ss/1185_0.html
  and http//www.startribune.com/images/ss/1188_0.ht
  ml)