Minneapolis North Siders demand transit improvements
Minneapolis’ North Side is not getting its fair share of transit amenities, despite having a heavily transit-dependent population, a group of residents told Metropolitan Council representatives over the weekend.
At a packed meeting on Saturday in the offices of Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC), bus riders said that north Minneapolis lacks adequate shelters — particularly heated ones — and that increased fares have strained already tight budgets.
“Riders notice the drastic difference between service and amenities in other parts of the city like Uptown and the south side,” said NOC’s transit organizer, Michael McDowell, who has been surveying transit riders. “And how the service is significantly better and they have more amenities at their stops than [in] north.”
