Half a billion dollars sounds a little crazy when you hear it's for a BUS route. Join me on a trip to the Twin Cities, and let's look at all the BUS RAPID TRANSIT routes (Minnesota has a lot of them!) And see how this might end up being a really good deal for Minnesota financially.

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Sources and additional reading:
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"Gold Line Project," Metro Transit
https://www.metrotransit.org/gold-lin...
https://www.metrotransit.org/gold-lin...
https://www.metrotransit.org/gold-lin...
https://www.metrotransit.org/gold-lin...
https://www.metrotransit.org/gold-lin...

"D Line Project: Frequently Asked Questions," Metro Transit
https://www.metrotransit.org/d-line-faqs

"Ramsey County Rail Right-of-Way Design Guide," Rush Line BRT, 2020
https://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sit...

"METRO Green Line, Minnesota," Railway Technology, 2016
https://www.railway-technology.com/pr...

"Gateway Corridor: Alternatives Analysis Final Report," Regional Railroad Authorities of Washington and Ramsey Counties, 2013
https://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sit...

"Future Rapid Transit Network," Metro Transit
https://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sit...

"METRO Green Line Fact Sheet," Metro Transit, 2014
https://www.metrotransit.org/data/sit...

"Minnesota Wants to Be the 'Bus Rapid Transit Capital of North America," Governing, 2022
https://www.governing.com/community/m...

"Renovated transit station opens at Mall of America," Minneapolis Star Tribune, 15 Oct 2019
https://www.startribune.com/renovated...

"Orange Line plans ready for comment," Finance and Commerce, 30 Apr 2014 via Metro Transit
https://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sit...

"Mall of America: By the Numbers," Mall of America, 2016
https://www.mallofamerica.com/upload/...

"The Scorecard," Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
https://www.itdp.org/library/standard...

"Mall of America Transit Station," City of Bloomington
https://assets.senate.mn/committees/2...

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Time sections:
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Introduction (0:00)
Light Rail is Expensive (0:33)
BRT is Cheaper to Build (2:13)
Arterial BRT (3:10)
Freeway BRT (7:57)
Mall of America (9:14)
Guideway BRT (9:59)
Good Doesn't Have to Be Expensive (10:52)