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transportation <br />JUNE, 1980 li <br />Thu., Orono.s aeep <br />commuter. , .n4 the gener.l public's ability <br />to experience a slow-paced journey along Lake Minnetonka's most scenxc <br />and most accessible shoreline. <br />MASS TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES ARE SCARCE IN ORONO AND OTHER LAKE <br />MTMMPfpnNKA PITIES Reqion-Wide, mass transit has been the neglected <br />“™pcM?foftJf;os?!2ar auto ioom. Ever since Minneapolis's last <br />n^ee^car ran in ?954, the only public transit has been a less than <br />adequate bus system supplemented by expensive taxis. <br />Mss^-irnnniitan Transit Authority control of the bus network has increased <br />"ervi« levels including the provision of regularly scheduled route, <br />service service is provided through Navarre and most of <br />oSr«o« Sen.;iy populated urban neighborhoods, but schedules are spread <br />out and off-peak service is minimal. <br />ese.4n.Ani*sl ''TonkamoblIs" fixed time-flexible route service is <br />A new ^Mrservice will fill a previous void of service <br />betwle“M*varre and'Excelsior, but additional service within Orono is <br />Still to be desired. <br />RAIL TRANSIT OR LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES DESERVE RENE^D INVESTIGATION <br />?Jere^ bLrno rail passenger service to Orono since the last train <br />^rom Mound ran in 1958. At one time up to 18 trains daily ran on hourly <br />headwayrbe^ween Mound and Minneapolis with five stops inside Orono and <br />twenty^minuta service to downtown. The increased population of the lake <br />area, the increasing energy problems, the increasingly crowde roa s, <br />and the decreasing roadway maintenance budgets all combine to make the <br />time ripe to reinvestigate alternative transportation modes such as <br />light rail transit utilizing the existing under-used rail right-of-way <br />through urban Orono. <br />Bsil freight service operates along both of Orono'8 Burlington Northern <br />i4noe Main line seTvice is provided on the east west line alon? <br />Hlghwiy past thrSrono Industrial Park. Local freight service operates <br />weekly'^on the branch line paralleling County Road 15, although no 0”“° <br />properties are served because this line traverses residential neighborhoods <br />in Orono. <br />m <br />m <br />m <br />a <br />a <br />a <br />a <br />a <br />i <br />■ <br />■ <br />i <br />■ <br />CMP 7-6 I