Status Proposed | Locale Saint Paul | |
Type Light rail transit or bus rapid transit | ||
The Robert Street Corridor is a proposed light rail or bus rapid transit corridor, from downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, to its southern suburbs. Robert Street is named after Captain Louis Robert, an early resident of Saint Paul. The corridor's population is expected to grow 45% and 27% more jobs are expected to come to the area from 2000 to 2030. In the 2006 state bonding bill, $500,000 was set aside to study the feasibility of adding mass transit. The corridor will most likely be bus rapid transit due to low ridership levels. In the Metropolitan Council's 2030 Transportation Policy Plan Robert Street is one of nine arterial streets that are recommended for bus rapid transit. Six of the nine corridors would be built by 2020 and the remaining three would be built by 2030.