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57 <br />Transit Systems <br />Little Canada has 10 fixed-route buses that travel through the city,and over 90 bus stops total.These routes <br />are a mix of local and express lines.Providing a number of different shared transportation options for <br />residents.Transit serves an important role in Little Canada,providing mobility for those who don’t have a <br />personal vehicle or who wish to limit their trips for cost/environmental reasons.Transit can be a major tool for <br />increasing the accessibility of employment centers,commercial areas,as well as local and regional areas of <br />interest. <br />Table 15: Little Canada – Transit Routes <br />Route Type High Frequen- <br />cy <br />Route 62 Local No <br />Route 71 Local No <br />Route 223 Local No <br />Route 262 Limited Stop No <br />Route 263 Express No <br />Route 265 Express No <br />Route 270 Express No <br />Route 272 Express No <br />Route 275 Express No <br />Route 860 Express No <br />Source: Metrotransit <br />Further improving the viability of Little Canada’s transit service are two park and ride facilities in the city,one <br />being at Highway 36 and Rice St and the other at Little Canada Rd &McMenemy St.Currently the lot at Little <br />Canada and McMenemy can hold 20 vehicles,while the one at Rice and Highway 36 has a much larger capacity <br />of 280.This capacity is expected to expand to 300 by 2030.The smaller lot is located along Route 71,a local bus <br />that takes commuters to downtown Saint Paul and Inver Grove Heights.The park and ride along Highway 36 is <br />a hub for a number of bus routes.Routes 263 and 270 are expresses to downtown Minneapolis,while Route <br />62 is a local bus which travels to downtown Saint Paul. <br />However,while Little Canada has a number of lines and transit facilities,it is still a suburban community with <br />some challenges.Little Canada’s overall density and layout make it less appealing to provide High frequency <br />transit service too,meaning the even local routes in the city only come every 15 minutes at the busiest hours. <br />Certain routes are even more infrequent,such as Route 223,which comes every 90 minutes and only during <br />the week.In addition,the majority of transit routes are either express or limited stop routes,making them <br />useless for shorter local trips.Accounting for how a person travels to these routes is necessary in order to plan <br />effectively around them.