Brooklyn Center Transit Center

Brooklyn Center Transit Center (BCTC) is a transit center in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Owned and operated by Metro Transit, it is one of the busiest single boarding locations in the Twin Cities. The transit center is not a park and ride, but provides free 10-minute parking and free outdoor bike racks.[2] June 8, 2019 Metro Transit's second bus rapid transit line, the METRO C Line, opened with Brooklyn Center Transit Center as the line's northern terminus.[3][4] The center will also be the northern terminus for the planned METRO D Line, expected to open 2021. The transit center opened December 4th, 2004 and cost $1.9 million.[5] Before opening of the C Line, charging stations were installed for end-of-the-line charging of 8 battery electric buses used on the C Line.[6]

Brooklyn Center Transit Center
Metro bus rapid transit station
Brooklyn Center Transit Center in 2020
Location2900 Bass Lake Road
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Coordinates45°3′34.74″N 93°19′5.98″W
Owned byMetro Transit
Line(s)  C Line 
Connections5, 19, 22, 717, 721, 722, 723, 724, 761, 762, 801
Construction
Parking10-minutes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedDecember 4, 2004 (transit center)
June 8, 2019 (BRT service)
Passengers
20192,638 (average daily)[1]  3.23%
Services
Preceding station Metro Following station
Terminus C Line Xerxes & 56th Ave
toward 7th-8th Street & Park

Renovation

In mid-2020 Metro Transit plans on renovating the 15-year-old transit center to provide a better experience for customers.[7] Since the opening of the Metro C Line in June 2019, the transit center has seen an increase in traffic. In an interview, Metro Transit Spokesperson Howie Pandilla said "When you have a transit center that's been used as much as this has, it can come to look used. It needs a facelift every once in a while."[8]

The renovation is not funded as part of either the C Line or D Line projects, but through Metro Transit's capital improvements budget.[9] Current plans call for replacement of concrete and crosswalks, as well as other accessibility improvements, additional lighting both inside and outside the facility, canopies for plazas at either end of the building, bench replacement, additional bike racks, a renovated waiting area and restrooms, and a renovated drivers' lounge.[7][9] In February 2020, Star Tribune insinuated that a police substation would be added to the existing building, but there are no plans to construct police facilities.[9] The renovation is expected to be complete late 2020.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Transit Stops Boardings and Alightings" (XML). gisdata.mn.gov. Metropolitan Council. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Brooklyn Center Transit Center - Metro Transit". www.metrotransit.org. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  3. "Station Plan: Brooklyn Center Transit Center" (PDF). www.metrotransit.org. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  4. "Station Plan: Shared C Line and D Line Stations in Brooklyn Center" (PDF). www.metrotransit.org. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  5. "These routes changed Dec. 4". www.metrotransit.org. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on 11 December 2004. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  6. "Metro Transit Electric Bus Charging Design". SRF Consulting. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. "Brooklyn Center Transit Center Station". www.metrotransit.org. Metro Transit. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. Goins, Sonya (2 January 2020). "Upgrades Planned for Brooklyn Center Transit Station". CCX Media. Northwest Community Television. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  9. Harlow, Tim (14 January 2020). "Makeover planned for Brooklyn Center Transit Center". Star Tribune. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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