FUTURE OF THE EAST METRO TRANSIT
Downtown
White Bear
Lake
WHITE
BEAR LAKE
Marina
Triangle
35E
Cedar Avenue
GEM LAKE
T
he Rush Line Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) Project is a future 15-mile
transit route with 21 stops
between Union Depot in Lowertown
Saint Paul and downtown White Bear
Lake, as shown to the right. Rush Line
BRT construction is anticipated to begin
in 2024 and operations are expected to
begin in 2026. Rush Line BRT will arrive
every ten minutes during rush hours and
every 15 minutes other times, operate
primarily in dedicated bus lanes, and
have stations with amenities like shelter,
light and heat. Rush Line BRT will
connect people with more than 106,000
jobs within a ten-minute walk of the 21
planned stations and with education,
healthcare and recreation destinations.
Stations at Buerkle Road and at the
intersection of County Road E and
Highway 61 will serve the Vadnais
Heights area. An example station from
Orange Line BRT is shown above.
The County Road E station will also
include a park-and-ride at the Vadnais
Sports Center. This park-and-ride
will be designated for transit users
during weekday business hours, and
all spaces will be available for use by
business patrons and Vadnais Sports
Center visitors in the evening and on
weekends.
Additional improvements to pedestrian
safety will be made to reduce the
distance for pedestrians to cross both
County Road E and Highway 61 and
58
Northeast Metro Business
County Road E
Metro Orange Line BRT I-35W & Burnsville Parkway Station
encourage drivers to slow down when
making right turns by removing
right-turn islands.
VADNAIS
HEIGHTS
Buerkle Road
694
At the Buerkle Road
station, a new signalized
intersection and sidewalk
improvements along
Buerkle Road will be
added.
St. John’s
Boulevard
Maplewood Mall
35E
Next steps for the
project include preparing
an Environmental
Assessment, which
will be available for
public comment in
late 2020. Vadnais
Heights City Council
Member Craig Johnson
and Vadnais Heights
Economic Development
Corporation Executive
Director Liz Moscatelli
represent Vadnais
Heights on the Policy
Advisory Committee
35E
for the Rush Line
BRT Project. Visit
Cayuga
www.rushline.
Street
org for more
information.
Mt. Airy
Regions/
Green Line
5th/6th Street
Highway 36
36
MAPLEWOOD
36
Frost
Avenue
Larpenteur
Avenue
Maryland Avenue
Arcade
Street
Payne
Avenue
Olive
Street
94
10th Street
Union
Depot
SAINT PAUL
Cook Avenue