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

BRT Hopeful: New Flyer hybrid bus stops by for a visit
(May. 23, 2006)

Big news in Brooklyn Park: Target's expansion plans hit the ground running
(Mar. 14, 2006)

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Promoting commuting solutions and strategic redevelopment in the County Road 81 corridor

- See our 2005 goals - See our 2005 resolution endorsing a busway in the BNSF rail corridor

By 2030, North Minneapolis and the northwest suburbs along County Road 81 are expected to increase in population by 25 percent. Imagine – in the next generation the corridor will absorb the near equivalent of another Brooklyn Park and Crystal put together!
 
What is this fast-growing part of the metro doing to prepare itself for the changes ahead? How will our communities increase their share of prime investment? What can the public and private sectors do together that neither could do on its own?
 
Since 2000, local governments and business leaders in the County Road 81 corridor have been working in partnership on strategic redevelopment supported by transit.
 

Bottineau Boulevard: the new County Road 81

Ox cart trails built on Indian paths created the transportation corridor that, with help from frontiersman Pierre Bottineau, put towns like Crystal, Osseo and Maple Grove on the map.

Today, these and neighboring cities are again looking to transportation advantages to support their prosperity. The coming of an ultra-modern bus rapid transit (BRT) system will soon begin a new chapter of the historic route’s development.

Fittingly, County Road 81 has been named Bottineau Boulevard along most of its length. (It will keep the name West Broadway in Minneapolis.) And the coming BRT service will be known as the Bottineau Line.

More on the naming of Bottineau Boulevard