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Environmental B~nefit~: By managing the corridor to improve safety and provide multimodal improvements, transportation capacity can be maximized within existing right-of-way. By making more and better connections possible using transit, vehicle miles of travel in the corridor can be reduced, producing fewer pollutant emissions. Congestion Mitigati~)n: The two major transportation planning agencies in Twin Cities region, Mn/DOT and the Metropolitan Council, have just completed comprehensive transportation plans for the metropolitan transportation ne.~work. Major highway capacity improvements will not be feasible under current and projected funding conditions. As a result, living with congestion will be a given for the Twin Cities. The attached figure from Mn/DOT's Metro Division Transportation System Plan illustrates that TH 10 will be congested in year 2015 even with full metro highway system management. The Council's focus, like Mn/DOT's, has been on preserving and managing the existing system. As previously noted, the Council considers transitways to be a system and congestion management tool to be proactively developed in key corridors. By improving travel time and connections for transit users, a transitway increases the attractiveness, competitiveness, and efficiency of transit as a mode of travel. A transit facility within this high growth corridor offers the potential to reduce the growing volume of cars flowing into the Twin Cities principal arterials in this section of the metropolitan area. Safe _ty Benefit~: The close proximity of the railroad and the roadway network presents safety problems which have been growing along with the movement of people and goods in the corridor. Access management is also a growing issue, as land use and development patterns are undergoing rapid change. This project offers the opportunity to address safety in a comprehensive, proactive manner, taking into consideration all of the transportation movements projected to occur in the corridor. 13. Has the project received funding through the State's federal aid highway apportionment, or in the case of a transit project, through Federal Transit Administration funding? If not, why not? The project has not received Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration funding. This request is the first to be submitted. 14. Is the authorization requested for the project an increase to an amount previously authorized or appropriated for it in federal statute (if so, please identify the statute, the amount provided, and the amount obligated to date), or would this be the first authorization for the project in federal statute? If the authorization requested is for a transit project, has it previously received appropriations and/or received a Letter of Intent or has FTA entered into a Full Funding Grant Agreement for the project? This would be the first authorization for the project. 6