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3.4.3 St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC) Service Area The St. Cloud MTC provides public transportation services in the cities of St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Waite Park. Currently, the MTC's program of services includes fixed-route, Specialized Service, subscription and rideshare services. The MTC's regular fixed route system operates on eleven fixed schedules, Monday --Friday 6:00 AM to 9:45 PM and Saturdays from 7:45 AM to 6:45 PM. Five additional routes provide direct service to St. Cloud State University and operate from September through May. The Specialized Service program provides door-to-door service for persons with disabilties and mobility impairments. The Senior Rider and Metro Express are subscription services. The Senior Rider provides persons 60 and over with curbside bus service between home and primary destinations on a limited daytime schedule. The Metro Express provides curbside bus service for employees working in St. Cloud's Industrial Park West. Ride matching services for commuters in the St. Cloud area for carpooling and vanpooling is coordinated by the St. Cloud MTC. 3.4.4 Regional/Rural Transit Service The RiverRider provides daily bus and volunteer driver transit services in Sherburne and Wright Counties, including limited community-based services. Tri-CAP provides daily bus and volunteer driver transit services in Benton and Steams Counties, including limited schedules from St. Cloud to Foley and three day a week community bus service in Sauk Centre. Both transit programs are planning for and experiencing system growth. Over the next few years, Tri-CAP will include increased schedule frequencies in the rural areas of the counties and expanded community-based services. The RiverRider and Tri-CAP transportation programs provide limited service into the St. Cloud metro area. RiverRider provides transportation from the St. Cloud area to persons participating in a sheltered workshop. Tri-CAP provides limited service to Sartell, primarily for elderly living in residential apartment communities and grocery shopping service in the MTC's transit area for elderly citizens residing in apartment complexes. 3.4.5 Park-and-Ride Facilities Park-and-Ride facilities vary along the TH 10/47 Corridor. Several park-and-ride facilities are available to serve commuters in and around the St. Cloud area. There currently exist two formal park-and-ride facilities for commuters in Steams County. One is located at St. Joseph at 1-94 and CSAH 2, the other is located in Albany at 1-94 and CSAH 10. Both lots were created with the cooperation of Mn/DOT. Informal park-and-ride usage is also occurring at the Holiday Station off of 1-94 and CSAH 75 in St. Cloud. Other informal park-and-ride usage also is occurring along the 1-94 corridor at Sauk Centre, Melrose, Freeport, and Avon. Sherburne County has few park-and ride facilities. Sherburne County is currently working with a group, which includes MN/DOT, Steams and Benton Counties, City of St. Cloud and St. Cloud MTC, to create a formal network of park-and-fide facilities in the region, with several located in Sherburne County. The Mn/DOT Traveler Information Center, located on TH 10 two miles south of St. Cloud, a municipal parking lot along TH 10 in the City of Becker, and the Mn/DOT park- and-ride lot along north TH 169 in Elk River currently are being used for park-and-ride activities. Currently, no transit connections are available for these sites, but should be considered for future transit service expansion or restructuring. Continued planning and development of additional Northstar Corridor Major Investment Study Section 3 - Transportation 10-28-98 3-14