1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing requirements governing project development 
1.3 	for certain transit and highway projects; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. TRANSIT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
1.7 	the meanings given.
1.8 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation.
1.9 	(c) "Highway 252/I-94 project" means the project on marked Trunk Highway 252 and 
1.10 	marked Interstate Highway 94, as selected in the corridors of commerce program from the 
1.11 	appropriation under Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 1, section 16, subdivision 11.
1.12 	(d) "I-94 project" means the project on marked Interstate Highway 94 in a study area of 
1.13 	downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul, also known as the Rethinking I-94 project.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Bus rapid transit project development; appropriation. (a) $....... in fiscal 
1.15 	year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the Metropolitan Council to complete 
1.16 	planning and predesign that incorporates bus rapid transit into the Highway 252/I-94 project 
1.17 	and the I-94 project, in consultation with the commissioner. The bus rapid transit service 
1.18 	may be identified as separate routes or a continuous route.
1.19 	(b) The design for bus rapid transit in the Highway 252/I-94 project must include (1) an 
1.20 	online station at marked Interstate Highway 94 and Lowry Avenue North, (2) an inline 
1.21 	station at marked Interstate Highway 94 and Dowling Avenue North, (3) an inline station 
2.1 	at marked Interstate Highway 94 and 49th Avenue North, and (4) stations along marked 
2.2 	Trunk Highway 252.
2.3 	(c) The design for bus rapid transit in the I-94 project must include an online station at 
2.4 	marked Interstate Highway 94 and Snelling Avenue and a station that serves the University 
2.5 	of Minnesota.
2.6 		Subd. 3.Highway 252/I-94 project limitations. (a) The commissioner must not 
2.7 	encumber or expend any funds for final engineering or for construction of the Highway 
2.8 	252/I-94 project, unless:
2.9 	(1) the commissioner completes an alternatives analysis for transit service in a corridor 
2.10 	serving residents in Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, and north Minneapolis, which must 
2.11 	include analysis of bus rapid transit;
2.12 	(2) the commissioner incorporates the preferred alternative identified under clause (1) 
2.13 	into the Highway 252/I-94 project; and
2.14 	(3) the Metropolitan Council includes the preferred alternative in its transit operating 
2.15 	planning.
2.16 	(b) The commissioner must perform the alternatives analysis in consultation with the 
2.17 	Metropolitan Council.

2.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective July 1, 2021, and 
2.19 	applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.