MINNESOTA VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY

The 'Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA)' is a public transportation agency that provides transit services in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Rosemount, Savage, and possibly in the future Lakeville & Farmington. The name refers to the river valley along the Minnesota River. In 2002 Prior Lake withdrew membership from the MVTA. These areas are in Dakota County and Scott County and are part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The MVTA also provides express service from these areas to Minneapolis and St. Paul and local service to the Mall of America in Bloomington and the 46th Street Station on the Hiawatha Line in south Minneapolis.

Contents

Routes

Transit centers and park-and-rides

Upcoming Projects

Proposed/Possible Routes (2009)

See also

External links

Routes

Routes last effective: September 8

Route	Destination Points		Area of Service	Route Type / Notes	Transit stations / Points of Interset	Link
'420'	Apple Valley Transit Station	Rosemount Plaza	Apple Valley Rosemount	Flex Route	157th Street Station Apple Valley Transit Station	Link
'421'	Burnsville	Savage	Burnsville Savage	Flex Route		Link
'422'	Savage Loop	Burnsville Transit Station	Burnsville Savage	Shuttle Route		Link
'426'	Southern Burnsville	Burnsville Transit Station	Burnsville	Shuttle Route		Link
'436'	46th Street Station	Thomson West	Mendota Heights Eagan	Local / Reverse Commute	46th Street Station Brown Collage Thomson West	Link
'440'	Apple Valley Transit Station	Mall of America/Minnesota Zoo	Apple Valley Eagan Bloomington	Flex / Local (Weekdays Only)	Apple Valley Transit Station Blackhawk Park & Ride Mall of America	Link
'441'	Apple Valley Transit Station	Mall of America/Minnesota Zoo	Apple Valley Eagan Bloomington	Local (Weekends Only)	Apple Valley Transit Station Blackhawk Park & Ride Cedar Grove Mall of America	Link
'442'	Burnsville Center	Mall of America	Burnsville Apple Valley Bloomington	Local Route (Express Mall Connector / Weekdays Only)	Burnsville Center Apple Valley Transit Station Palomino Park & Ride	Link
'444'	Savage Park & Ride	Mall of America	Savage Burnsville Bloomington	Local Route	Savage Park & Ride Burnsville Center Burnsville Transit Station Mall of America	Link
'445'	Mall Of America	Dodd & Opperman (Thomson West / Eagan YMCA)	Eagan Bloomington	Local Route	Blue Cross / Blue Shield Cedar Grove Thomson West Eagan Transit Station	Link
'446'	46th Street Station	Braddock & Diffley (Eagan High School)	South Minneapolis Eagan	Local Route	46th Street Station Brown Collage Eagandale Eagan Transit Station Eagan High School	Link
'460'	Heart of the City Park & Ride	University of Minnesota	Burnsville to/from University of Minnesota	Express Route		Link
'464'	Savage Park & Ride	Downtown Minneapolis	Savage to/from Downtown Minneapolis	Express Route		Link
'465'	Apple Valley Transit Station	University of Minnesota	Apple Valley, Minnesota/Burnsville to/from University of Minnesota	Express Route		Link
'470'	Northern Eagan / Southern Eagan / Eagan Transit Station	Downtown Minneapolis	Eagan to/from Downtown Minneapolis	Express Route		Link
'472'	Central Eagan / Blackhawk Park & Ride	Downtown Minneapolis	Eagan to/from Downtown Minneapolis	Express Route	Federal Reserve Bank	Link
'476'	142nd Street & Pilot Knob Road (Eastern Apple Valley) / 140th & McAndrews (Western Apple Valley)	Downtown Minneapolis	Apple Valley to/from Downtown Minneapolis	Express Route		Link
'477'	157th Street Station (County Road 46/County Road 31)	Downtown Minneapolis/Mall of America	Apple Valley to/from Mall of America/Downtown Minneapolis	Express Route		Link
'480'	145th & Pennock Avenue (Apple Valley High School)	Downtown Saint Paul	Apple Valley, Minnesota/Burnsville to/from Downtown Saint Paul	Express Route		Link
'484'	Western Eagan	Downtown Saint Paul	Eagan to/from Downtown Saint Paul	Express Route		Link
'489'	Thompson West	Downtown Saint Paul	Mendota Heights Eagan Downtown Saint Paul	Reverse Commute		Link

Routes 460, 464, 465, 470, 472, 476, and 477 make stops at any I-35W station between Bloomington and Downtown Minneapolis (including the Lake Street Freeway Station).

Transit centers and park-and-rides

★ Burnsville Transit Station (1995)

★ Apple Valley Transit Station (1999)

★ Eagan Transit Station (2002)

★ Savage P&R (2002)

★ Blackhawk P&R (Unknown)

★ Palomino Hills P&R (Unknown)

★ Heart of the City P&R (2003)

★ 157th Street Station (2006)

★ Cedar Grove Park & Ride (2014)

★ 180th Street Station (2014)

★ Rosemont Park & Ride (2014)

★ Lakeville Transit Station (When Lakeville joins Transit Tax Base?)

★ Farmington Park & Ride (When Farmington joins Transit Tax Base?)

Upcoming Projects

There is a project for Bus Rapid Transit on Cedar Avenue (State Highway 77/County Road 23) due to extreme traffic congestion between Highway 62/Mall of America & County Road 42. The Cedar Avenue Corridor Project (Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Line - Route 423) is in the mist of being compeleted. Changes include: The addition of two new park & ride lots, Cedar Grove Park & Ride & the 180th Street Station and Changes to existing bus feeder routes & three new new ones. Favoring for Bus Rapid Transit also exists on I-35W from Lakeville & Farmington)

Proposed/Possible Routes (2009)

Route	Destination Points		Route Type / Notes	Transit stations and Local Connections	Link
443	Burnsville Transit Station	157th Street Station / Cedar Grove Park & Ride	Local Route		No Link
447	Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Airport	157th Street Station	Local Route		No Link
479	180th Street Station / Farmington (197th Street & Pilot Knob)	Gateway Ramp	Express Route		No Link

See also

★ Metro Transit (Minnesota)

★ Southwest Metro Transit

External links

★ MVTA Official Website