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<br />. Met Council Regional Travel Demand Model - Forecasts total person travel by <br />origin, destination and purpose within the Met Council Region. Includes person <br />travel by auto and public transit. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. St. Cloud APO Regional Travel Demand Model - Forecasts auto person travel by <br />origin, destination and purpose within the St. Cloud Region. Excludes person travel <br />by public transit. <br /> <br />. Met Council and MnDOT 1993 External Travel Survev - Defines characteristics of <br />1993 travel between the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region and places outside the <br />Twin Cities Metropolitan Region. Covers auto trips by origin, destination and <br />purpose. <br /> <br />. St. Cloud APO 1996 External Travel Survey - Defines characteristics of 1996 travel <br />between the St. Cloud APO Region and places outside the St. Cloud APO Region. <br />Covers auto trips by origin, destination and purpose. <br /> <br />. 1990 Census Journey-To-Work Data - Defines 1990 residence and workplace <br />locations by census tract for households within the 15 county Northstar service area. <br />Also defines the mode of travel on a county-to-county basis. <br /> <br />Basic Assumptions <br /> <br />. The proposed alignment for the Northstar Commuter rail service is shown in Figure 1. . <br />It extends from downtown Minneapolis to East St. Cloud. There are two possible <br />alternatives from East St. Cloud - to downtown St. Cloud or to the City of Rice. <br /> <br />. The proposed service would serve a total of 11 stations including the two terminal <br />stations. The assumed location of these stations is described in Figure 2. <br /> <br />. The proposed total rail scheduled time from the downtown Minneapolis station to St. <br />Cloud is 90 minutes assuming the train stops at every station. <br /> <br />. Not all trains would serve every station as shown in Figure 2. During the peak <br />periods (AM or PM) and in the peak direction, only two trains would serve the St. <br />Cloud to Big Lake stations while up to 5 trains would serve the stations within the <br />Twin Cities Metropolitan Region. <br /> <br />. The proposed fare schedule is shown in Figure 3. One-way fares range from a <br />minimum of $2.00 to a maximum of $8.00 based on the distance to the first <br />Minneapolis station. <br /> <br />. Parking at commuter rail stations was assumed to be free and unlimited except at the <br />two Minneapolis stations where no parking was permitted. <br /> <br />. Feeder bus service serving each station was assumed to be in place. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Draft Commuter Rail Technical Feasibility Study <br />December 1998 <br /> <br />3-2 <br />Ridership <br />