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Ridership and Trip Analysis Study for the Northstar Commuter Rail Stat/on in Northeast Minneapolis Executive Summary The planned Northstar Commuter Rail line would provide service between the St. Cloud area and downtown Minneapolis, with several intermediate stops. One of these stops is a proposed location near the 7th Street NE overpass in Northeast Minneapolis, known as the Northeast Station. Land use north of the station is primarily residential, while commercial property dominates the land use immediately south of the station. This area is now and will be served by a number of bus transit lines, and the station itself is likely to be a convenient transfer point between commuter rail lines, when and if the proposed Red Rock Commuter Rail line (Hastings to Minneapolis) is implemented. Because of these factors, residents of the area and planners are concerned about the impact this station will have on the local environment, including parking and access (walk, bike, transit and auto), both to and within the station area. This report was prepared to clarify these issues, as they relate to the proposed NE station. Specifically, the report address the following questions (answers fo#ow in parentheses): 1. What is the travel demand for the station? About 200 persons per day w/ii use the station in year 2020. Somewhat more (about 250) if the Dan Patch Corridor is included. Typically, each person would board and alight once per average weekday. (Chapter I, Sect/on 1.2) 2. How many autos can we expect from people driving to the station? Due to the station's proximity to downtown, and/ow reverse-commute demand, only about 5-15 autos per day are anticipated in year 2020. The demand est/mate grows to 20-30 autos per day if the Dan Patch line is included. (Chapter I, Sect/on 1.2) 3. Is there sufficient available parking for the auto-access demand identified above? Yes, current on-street parking is adequate to accommodate the demand. (Chapter V) 4. What measures may be taken to "nuisance" parking by commuters? A number of actions may be taken, induding res/dent/a/perm/ts, signing and gating, providing private off-street/eased parking, encouraging walk and bike access and organ/zed local enforcement of park/ng restn'ct/ons. (Chapter V, sect/on 5. 4) 5. What impact does this station have on the ridership of the Hiawatha Light Rail line? Very little, if any, change in ridership on Hiawatha would occur with the presence or absence of the NE Stat/on. (Chapter I, sect/on 1.3) 6. ls the station designed to properly accommodate all access modes? In genera/, yes. Specific issues are discussed in Chapter 2. 7. What is the magnitude of potential reverse-commute demand at the NE station? The reverse commute demand ranges from 15persons/day without the Dan Patch Line, to ,t5 persons/day with the Dan Patch//ne, in year 2020. (Chapter III, sect/on 3.2) 8. TS the proposed feeder-bus service adequate? Yes, Chapter IV discusses the feeder-bus service. 9. What might a coordinated Northstar/Red Rock train schedule look like at the NE station? Chapter VI presents a possible consolidated weekday train timetable for the NE stat/on, showing when transfer opportunities might take p/ace. 10. What is the anticipated train-to-train transfer demand at the proposed NE station? A total ofabout 1,150 transfer movements per day are anticipated in 2020 if both the Northstar and Red Rock lines are operating and use this station as the transfer point. (Chapter VI, Table 6.1) I:L. Will the station design accommodate this demand? Yes, based on a peak movement demand of 180 persons, this number of passenger transfers can be accommodated w/thin the B-minute transfer window. (Chapter VI, section 6.3) Execut/ve Summary Page i