Promoting transportation options and strategic redevelopment in the Bottineau Boulevard Corridor

Local public officials and business leaders formed the Bottineau Boulevard Partnership in 2000 to mobilize resources and offer civic leadership to guide the redevelopment of the Bottineau Corridor (County Road 81).  A new, high quality transit investment has been a consistent priority for the Partnership.  Hennepin County is currently leading an Alternatives Analysis to study Light Rail Transit and other options for this Corridor, which will identify a Preferred Alternative by Summer 2009. 

The Bottineau Boulevard Partnership is also studying lessons learned and best practices in Transit Oriented Development from around the United States. 

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Transit and Development: Successes, Challenges & Innovation in Portland (Part 3 of 4)

Transit and Development: On the Fast Track in Denver (Part 2 of 4)

Transit and Development: The Transit Space Race & TOD Planning in St. Paul (Part 1 of 4)

News

Transit and Development: Austin, Charlotte & Lessons Learned
(Apr. 30, 2009)

Back on Tracks? A renewed LRT v. BRT debate surfaces along Bottineau Boulevard
(Mar. 13, 2007)

The Bottineau Transitway Alternatives Analysis Process

Stage 1 – Summer 2008
Problem Statement
Goals and Objectives
Universe of Alternatives
Screening Level Evaluation Criteria

Stage 2 – Fall 2008
Detailed Definition of Alternatives

Stage 3 – Spring/Summer 2009
Evaluation of Alternatives – Ridership, Costs and Impacts

Community Open Houses TBA

State 4 – Summer/Fall 2009
Final Definition of Alternatives
Locally Preferred Alternative

For more information, visit the official study site at www.bottineautransitway.org.

About the July 2008 Open Houses for the Bottineau Transitway Alternatives Analysis Study

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