The city of Duluth's reimagined bus transit system will go into effect in Summer 2022 along green and blue "Go Lines."
The Duluth News Tribune reports new details of the Duluth Transit Authority's (DTA) forthcoming high frequency bus routes, dubbed Go Lines.
Relying information announced in an unlinked press release from the DTA, the article explains that the new Go Lines are intended as "the backbone of DTA service," and will be distinguished from other transit service offered by DTA. In addition to 15-minute headways, Go Line routes will feature limited stops for express service and will go into effect next summer.
"The blue line will operate from Spirit Valley to downtown and on to the University of Minnesota Duluth by traveling on Grand Avenue, Superior Street and 21st Avenue East. The green line will operate from downtown to Miller Hill Mall and on to Walmart by traveling on Superior Street, Sixth Avenue East and Central Entrance," according to the article.
The article also notes that the DTA's remaining system will be pared from 33 routes, down to 14 simplified routes.
Planetizen picked up news of the city's plans to revamp its transit system in July 2021. The system changes implemented by Duluth embody a national trend toward redesigning bus systems around a high-frequency grid. The high frequency grid model is perhaps most famously exemplified by a system redesign completed by Houston in 2015.
FULL STORY: Duluth Transit Authority's 15-minute service dubbed 'Go Lines'
‘Forward Together’ Bus System Redesign Rolling Out in Portland
Portland is redesigning its bus system to respond to the changing patterns of the post-pandemic world—with twin goals of increasing ridership and improving equity.
Duluth Bus Transit Service Getting the High Frequency Treatment
Transit planners in Duluth, Minnesota have released the details of a new plan to concentrate bus transit service on high frequency corridors.
Next Up for Bus System Redesign: Norfolk, Virginia
The Norfolk City Council will vote in February on a draft transit system redesign organized around the principle of a high frequency grid, similar to system redesigns in other cities in recent years.
The state-sanctioned urbicide of Austin
People don’t kill cities. Freeways do.
US to reduce Colorado River water deliveries to Mexico
A new Colorado Treaty amendment reduces Mexico’s Colorado River water allocation by 250,000 acre feet.
New Jersey’s second-largest city bans standalone data centers
Jersey City will continue to allow co-location facilities, such as those meant for research institutions that store their own data.
Amtrak not solely to blame for New Jersey commuter rail's unreliability, report finds
A new study from the Garden State Initiative found that NJ Transit’s budget grew 20% across a 4 year period, but reliability declined significantly over the same period.
EPA erases limits on planet-warming pollution from power plants
Under Monday’s plan, power plants would still have some limits on how much mercury, arsenic and other contaminants they can emit.
Phoenix announces new on-demand transit service, more frequent RAPID buses
Both new services will launch in October, and are part of Phoenix's Project Effective Access Solutions for Easing Congestion.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Nashville Planning Department
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association