Metro G Line (Minnesota)

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{{Short description|Planned bus rapid transit line}}{{Infobox bus line

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|number = Metro G Line

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|system = Metro

|status = In planning and engineering

|locale = (Ramsey County)
Little Canada, Minnesota
Roseville, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota
(Dakota County)
West Saint Paul, Minnesota

|start = Little Canada Transit Center

|end = Dakota County Northern Service Center

|stations = 30

|operator =Metro Transit

|length = {{convert|11.5|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Arterial BRT Corridor Concepts |url=https://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sites/1/media/network-next/nn-brt-concepts_dec2020.pdf |website=metrotransit.org |publisher=Metro Transit |access-date=February 19, 2021 |pages=39–42 |date=December 2020}}

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|predecessors=[https://www.metrotransit.org/route/62 Route 62] and [https://www.metrotransit.org/route/68 Route 68]|via=Rice and Robert Streets}}

The Metro G Line,{{cite web | url=https://www.metrotransit.org/g-line-project | title=G Line Project - Metro Transit }} previously known as the Robert Street Corridor, is a proposed bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, from Little Canada to West Saint Paul via downtown Saint Paul on Rice and Robert Streets. Robert Street is named after Captain Louis Robert, an early resident of Saint Paul.Empson, Donald L. (2006). The Street Where You Live: A Guide to the Place Names of Saint Paul. University of Minnesota Press. p 232. {{ISBN|0-8166-4729-1}} {{ISBN|978-0-8166-4729-3}}. The corridor's population is expected to grow 45% and 27% more jobs are expected to come to the area from 2000 to 2030.{{cite web|title=Robert Street Corridor|url=http://www.co.dakota.mn.us/EnvironmentRoads/Transit/Robert/default.htm|publisher=Dakota County|accessdate=September 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901221847/http://www.co.dakota.mn.us/EnvironmentRoads/Transit/Robert/default.htm|archivedate=September 1, 2012}} In the 2006 state bonding bill, $500,000 was set aside to study the feasibility of adding mass transit.{{cite news|last=Lindsay|first=Meggen|title=WISH LIST GRANTED -- SORT OF - MINNESOTA ZOO AND BUS LINE WIN, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER LOSES OUT|newspaper=Saint Paul Pioneer Press|date=May 25, 2006}} Robert Street, the south portion of the corridor, was also studied for light rail improvements.{{cite news|last=Berg|first=Steve|title=LRT or BRT? It depends on the potential of the corridor|url=http://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2011/02/lrt-or-brt-it-depends-potential-corridor|accessdate=October 8, 2012|newspaper=MinnPost.com|date=February 2, 2011}} Robert Street was one of nine arterial streets recommended for BRT by the Metropolitan Council's 2030 Transportation Policy Plan. Six of the nine corridors were to be built by 2020 and the remaining three would be built by 2030.{{cite web|title=2030 Transportation Policy Plan Summary|url=http://www.metrocouncil.org/planning/transportation/TPP/2008/TPPSummaryBrochure.pdf|work=2030 Transportation Policy Plan|publisher=Metropolitan Council|pages=6–7|accessdate=October 8, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106214841/http://metrocouncil.org/planning/transportation/TPP/2008/TPPSummaryBrochure.pdf|archivedate=November 6, 2012}}{{cite news|last=Dornfield|first=Steve|title=Could bus rapid transit increase ridership 30 percent in the Twin Cities?|url=http://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2011/10/could-bus-rapid-transit-increase-ridership-30-percent-twin-cities|accessdate=October 8, 2012|newspaper=MinnPost.com|date=October 31, 2012}} In February 2021, the corridor was selected to be implemented as the G Line.{{cite news |last1=Harlow |first1=Tim |title=Metro Transit eyes Central Avenue for next BRT line |url=https://www.startribune.com/metro-transit-eyes-central-avenue-for-next-brt-line/600025160/ |access-date=February 19, 2021 |work=Star Tribune |date=February 19, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Roth |first1=Katie |title=Network Next Outcomes: F, G, H Line Recommendations |url=https://metrocouncil.org/Council-Meetings/Committees/Metropolitan-Council/2021/2-24-21/Info-Item-Network-Next-Outcomes-PPT.aspx |website=metrotransit.org |publisher=Metro Transit |access-date=February 19, 2021}}

Engineering is slated to be complete by 2026, while the route itself will be constructed and opened in two phases to align with planned construction on Robert Street. The first segment is between Little Canada Transit Station and downtown, and will be constructed in 2026 and 2027. The second, southern segment to Dakota County Northern Service Center is set to be built by the end of 2028.{{Cite web |title=G Line Project - Metro Transit |url=https://www.metrotransit.org/g-line-project |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.metrotransit.org}}