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r-lennepin-County Nazard MUgation Plan Community Prefle <br /> Land-transportation developed-as people from the-eastern-states and.Europe:.: <br /> settled the area. In the early 1800s, Red River ox carts made the trip from <br /> what is now the Tway Cities to Pembina, Alberta in-Canada in 75-days. -On <br /> July 2, 1862, the first train rolled into St Anthony; it had been transported by <br /> steamboat,fr-om-La-Cros-se-, Wisconsin. After,World,War I the-automobile- <br /> became affordable and in 1920 a State Highway System of 6,700 miles was <br /> -approved. The,automobile-is the-most-heavily used-mode of transportation <br /> today. The Interstate freeway system serves Hennepin County as well as <br /> state-highways,and county roads. <br /> Tbr,ee quarters-of Hennepin County-commuters drive-to-work alone in an <br /> automobile. In the ten years from 1990-2000, bus and car pool users <br /> declined and the workers-who drive-alone-increased. This-ha-s-an-effect on- <br /> air quality, road congestion, and road construction. <br /> M€tro.Transit, the main mass transit-provider in-Hennepin County, has <br /> increased users by 18% in the last four years. The Hiawatha Light Rail line <br /> wall-be c€inpleted from-downtown'Minneapills-to-the MalW-Arnerica and-the <br /> Minneapofs-St. Paul International-airport by summer 2004: <br /> ® o � <br /> v o <br /> - <br /> Drive Alone. 7420/4 74.9% <br /> Carpool 9.8% 9.5% <br /> Bus -7.5% -7-1% <br /> Other 5.2% 4.6% <br /> Worked at Home 13%, <br /> 21 <br /> M%111 (:nmmiinifv Drnfilo rinr <br />