An official website of the POLICY 20: Coordinate transit service
This policy states:
Coordinate transit service delivery and operations to create a high-quality rider experience.
Actions
- Investment Priority (IP): Actions tagged with (IP) provide direction to regional investment processes directed by the plan. This includes the Regional Solicitation, which will complete an evaluation to determine the appropriate framework and application of these actions to the Regional Solicitation. Actions could be applied in the Regional Solicitation in a variety of ways including qualifying requirements, application categories, or scoring measures. These actions can also apply to other regional highway and transit funding programs. Investment priorities targeted exclusively at local governments are tagged as local planning (see below).
- Local Planning (LP): Actions tagged with (LP) are requirements or guidance for agencies to incorporate into the transportation element of their Comprehensive Plans, corridor plans, transit provider plans, and other plans that are not regional or statewide. Major items are noted but this is not intended to be a comprehensive list. Local planning tag may also indicate actions with potential local investment priorities that would help support regional goals and objectives that are not tied to regional or statewide investment programs.
- Technical Capacity Building (CB): Actions tagged with (CB) are technical assistance and support activities to provide guidance and best practices to agencies that builds regional technical capacity.
- Partner (P): Actions tagged with (P) are activities that support the regional goals and transportation objectives where the plan is directing partners to take a direct lead. This tag applies primarily to regional or state partners; the local planning tag provides direction to local partners.
- Work Program (WP): Actions tagged with (WP) are work program activities, including staff time and consultant studies, to be worked on until the next scheduled update of the plan in five years. These items are necessary to further research and policy guidance to support the region in achieving its goals and transportation objectives. Work program items are listed at the end of each policy. More complete descriptions of work program items are provided in the Imagine 2050 TPP Work Program.
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Met Council | MnDOT | Counties | Cities | Transit | Other |
| 20A. Provide and maintain accurate information on transit services. Improve the accuracy of real-time transit information for riders. Action types: Investment Priority Partner |
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| 20B. Coordinate and connect fares across transit agencies for all service types to provide easier use of multiple services. Regional transportation service providers should coordinate the use of technology solutions to allow for easier booking of transit passenger trips between various modes and providers (for example, connecting fare payment platforms across transit agencies). (See 22A for related action.) Action type: Partner |
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| 20C. Provide fare products that balance attracting new riders, retaining existing riders, providing equitable service to disadvantaged communities, and sustainable funding. Action types: Investment Priority Partner |
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| 20D. Improve service coordination between regional transit providers. Establish guidelines for services being provided across transit provider service areas. Maintain guidelines on connections between fixed-route services and other service types like microtransit, dial-a-ride, and vanpool. Action types: Technical Capacity Building Local Planning Partner |
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| 20E. Coordinate roadway and transit projects to ensure all users’ needs are considered and projects are not more disruptive than necessary for transit users. Action types: Local Planning Partner |
