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Mayor and City Council/Northstar <br />December 21, 1998 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />Corridor compare quite favorably. They seemed to feel the project is feasible <br />in terms of both capital and operational costs. <br /> <br />Ridership Forecast <br /> <br />Ridership estimates also came in favorably. Ridership at start up (2003) was <br />estimated at 7350 rides per day and in the year 2020, increase to 8200 rides <br />per day. The consultant estimated that in the year 2003, 939 people would <br />board the train in Elk River and go into Minneapolis. The ridership estimates <br />were better than average when compared to other commuter railroad <br />systems. The consultant estimated that 87% of the people riding the train <br />would be commuting to work and 97% would be commuting in the peak <br />direction. <br /> <br />CBD Visioning Process <br /> <br />As part of the Central Business District visioning process, the public <br />improvement committee will be gathering information to assist in possible <br />station locations and designs. During the initial meeting on October 23rd , one <br />of the topics that kept being brought up was the desire to have the station <br />downtown. Other possible locations include east Elk River along Tyler Street <br />and the northeast side of the Proctor Avenue railroad crossing. <br /> <br />\\elkriver\sys\shrdoc\planning\scott\ncdadec.doc <br /> <br /> <br />