In case you have not heard, there's lots of talk about giving Penn Avenue a major makeover. The ideas being floated through the Penn Avenue Community Works project include a new Arterial Bus Rapid Transit line and reconstructing the street through 10 neighborhoods between I-394 and 49th Avenue N. to better accommodate pedestrians, cars, trucks, buses and bicycles.
A final open house at which the public can help shape the final plans will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 19 at the North Regional Library, 1315 Lowry Avenue N. in Minneapolis. Feedback can also be submitted online.
Hennepin County is working in conjunction with the City of Minneapolis and Metro Transit to come up with the final plan that envisions the corridor as a Complete Street with sidewalks or trails and green space. One concept would have bike lanes and no on-street parking. Another would have on-street parking but no bike lanes. A third would retain bike lane and parking bays.
Here is one of the concepts that is being considered:
Metro Transit is proposing a new BRT Line, which would provide frequent service between Brooklyn Center Transit Center and downtown Minneapolis beginning in 2016. Known as the C-Line, buses would run every 10 minutes and stop only at stations every half mile along the line. Here is a map with the proposed stations. Service would begin in 2016.
