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Item At A Glance: Sustainable Tourism Report 2014 - Air Quality and Environmental Purchasing(University of Minnesota Tourism Center, 2014)Results from 426 questionnaires collected from MN industries in 2013 regarding sustainability. Includes Air Quality and Environmental Purchasing practices, completed and ongoing. Full report available at tourism.umn.edu.Item OnePass: A Vision for a Modern and Equitable Pass System(2023) Denten, Kaitlyn; Lehman, Joseph; Narayana Moorthy, KribashiniThe ways people are living and working in the Twin Cities are changing, which brings both uncertainty and opportunity to Metro Transit. This report explores how commuting patterns have changed during the Pandemic and beyond. Due largely to the Pandemic and the rise of telework, Metropass, the employer subsidized transit program has declined heavily. It is known, however, that transit is still needed and used by some of the region’s most vulnerable communities who are not currently served by the Metropass product. This report analyzes Metropass as a fare product in the context of the new normal due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendations in this report cover equity, ridership, and finance/resilience themes and goals. These recommendations provide a baseline for how to modify the Metropass product to meet the changing needs of Twin Cities residents today. Our recommendation, OnePass, has the potential to incentivize greater transit ridership, making transit safer and providing increased accessibility for all.Item Planning for Essential Destinations: An analysis for the future arterial bus rapid transit F Line(2022-05) Brokl, Grant; Greteman, Laura; Lubben, Dan; Randle, HanaMetro Transit’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) office requested that the capstone team evaluate essential destinations along the future arterial bus rapid transit F Line. The F Line is scheduled to replace route 10 and run along the Central Avenue corridor from downtown Minneapolis to the Northtown Mall in Blaine. While providing transit service for essential destinations has been a long-term goal of Metro Transit, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the need to shift from a commuter centric system to an all-day service model. Metro Transit’s own 2021 Rider Survey clearly showed a shift in travel patterns as a result of the pandemic. The share of commuter trips on the bus rapid transit (BRT) system dropped to 17% in 2021, down from 22% in 2016. Similarly, the survey showed a marked increase in BRT trips taken for running errands, comprising 34% of trips in 2021, up from 20% in 2016.1 Providing transit for non-work trips is more challenging than serving commuter trips. Work destinations tend to be clustered together, typically around a central business district. However, non-work destinations are more spread out, and are located across the entire region. This increases the need for effective accessibility analyses when determining the suitability of a planned route. An additional consideration when evaluating the project context is the impact of socioeconomic status on the travel behavior of riders. Riders below 100% of the poverty level are more likely to need transit service outside of the traditional peak hours than their wealthier counterparts.Item Washington County Microtransit(2022-05) Do, Don; King, Robbie; Moore, Gordy; Robb, Maxwell; Zielinski, JakeA recommendation made by Washington County in the Highway 36 Transit Feasibility study was to improve transit availability in Stillwater, Bayport, and Oak Park Heights by implementing microtransit. This report looks to assess the feasibility of microtransit service in Stillwater, Bayport, and Oak Park Heights, as recommended by the Highway 36 corridor study, and other areas of the county. It identifies key components of a microtransit solution by surveying services around the United States and makes recommendations guided by those case studies and stakeholder interviews. The purpose of this study is to expand transit access for county residents to access jobs and services, and improve mobility for those residents who rely on transit or do not have access to a car. Microtransit is a novel public transit service, so this report provides a toolkit of best practices to educate decision makers and residents alike on how microtransit may fit into a long-term sustainable transportation strategy for the county.