2005 Minnesota Statutes - 473.391 — Route planning and scheduling.

     473.391 Route planning and scheduling. 


    Subdivision 1.    Contracts.  The council may contract 
 with other operators or local governments for route planning and 
 scheduling services in any configuration of new or 
 reconfiguration of existing transit services and routes, 
 including route planning and scheduling necessary for the test 
 marketing program, the service bidding program, and the 
 interstate highway described generally as legislative routes 
 Nos. 10 and 107 between I-494 and the Hawthorne interchange in 
 the city of Minneapolis, commonly known as I-394.  


    Subd. 2.    Route elimination; service reduction.  The 
 council shall, before making a determination to eliminate or 
 reduce service on existing transit routes, consider: 


    (1) the level of subsidy per passenger on each route; 


    (2) the availability and proximity of alternative transit 
 routes; and 


    (3) the percentage of transit dependent riders, including 
 youth, elderly, low-income, and disabled riders currently using 
 each route. 


    HIST: 1987 c 278 s 22; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 95; 1995 c 265 art 1 
 s 2; 1996 c 464 art 2 s 5