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HF 672

1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:40am

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A bill for an act
 relating to transportation; authorizing use of freeway shoulders by transit buses
and Metro Mobility buses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.306.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.306, is amended to read:


169.306 USE OF SHOULDERS BY BUSES.

(a) The commissioner of transportation deleted text begin maydeleted text end new text begin is authorized tonew text end permit the use by transit
buses and Metro Mobility buses of a shouldernew text begin , as designated by the commissioner,new text end of a
freeway or expressway, as defined in section 160.02, deleted text begin in the seven-county metropolitan
areadeleted text end new text begin in Minnesotanew text end .

(b) If the commissioner permits the use of a freeway or expressway shoulder by
transit buses, the commissioner shall deleted text begin alsodeleted text end permit the use on that shoulder of a bus new text begin (1) new text end with
a seating capacity of 40 passengers or more operated by a motor carrier of passengers,
as defined in section 221.012, subdivision 26, while operating in intrastate commercenew text begin or
(2) providing regular route transit service, as defined in section 174.22, subdivision 8, or
Metro Mobility services, and operated by or under contract with the Metropolitan Council,
a local transit authority, or a transit authority created by the legislature. Drivers of these
buses must have adequate training in the requirements of paragraph (c), as determined by
the commissionernew text end .

(c) Buses authorized to use the shoulder under this section may be operated on the
shoulder only when main-line traffic speeds are less than 35 miles per hour. Drivers of
buses being operated on the shoulder may not exceed the speed of main-line traffic by
more than 15 miles per hour and may never exceed 35 miles per hour. Drivers of buses
being operated on the shoulder must yield to merging, entering, and exiting traffic and
must yield to other vehicles on the shoulder. Buses operated on the shoulder must be
registered with the Department of Transportation.

(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "Metro Mobility bus" means a motor
vehicle of not less than 20 feet in length engaged in providing special transportation
services under section 473.386 that is:

(1) operated by deleted text begin the Metropolitan Council, or operated bydeleted text end new text begin or under contract withnew text end a
public or private entity receiving financial assistancenew text begin to provide transit servicesnew text end from the
Metropolitan Councilnew text begin or the commissioner of transportationnew text end ; and

(2) authorized by the deleted text begin councildeleted text end new text begin commissionernew text end to use freeway or expressway shoulders.

(e) This section does not apply to the operation of buses on dynamic shoulder lanes.