Section 174.50 — Minnesota State Transportation Fund.
174.50 MINNESOTA STATE TRANSPORTATION FUND. Subdivision 1. Legislative findings; purpose. State assistance is needed to supplement local effort and the highway user tax distribution fund in financing capital improvements to preserve and develop a balanced transportation system throughout the state. Such a system is a proper function and concern of state government and necessary to […]
Section 174.51 — Minnesota State Transportation Bonds.
174.51 MINNESOTA STATE TRANSPORTATION BONDS. Subdivision 1. Purposes. For the purpose of providing money appropriated to agencies or subdivisions of the state from the Minnesota state transportation fund for the acquisition and betterment of public land, buildings, and capital improvements needed for the development of the state transportation system, when such appropriations or loans are […]
Section 174.30 — Operating Standards For Special Transportation Service.
174.30 OPERATING STANDARDS FOR SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Applicability. (a) The operating standards for special transportation service adopted under this section do not apply to special transportation provided by: (1) a public transit provider receiving financial assistance under sections 174.24 or 473.371 to 473.449; (2) a volunteer driver, as defined in section 65B.472, subdivision […]
Section 174.315 — Special Transportation; Ambulance Service Prohibited.
174.315 SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION; AMBULANCE SERVICE PROHIBITED. Subdivision 1. Prohibition. Special transportation services shall not provide or offer transportation to persons who might reasonably require ambulance service, as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 3, while in the special transportation vehicle. The commissioner of transportation shall investigate all complaints alleging violations of this section. When requested, the […]
Section 174.35 — Light Rail Transit.
174.35 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT. The commissioner of transportation may exercise the powers granted in this chapter and chapter 473, as necessary, to plan, design, acquire, construct, and equip light rail transit facilities in the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. The commissioner shall not spend state funds to study light rail transit […]
Section 174.23 — General Powers And Duties.
174.23 GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. Subdivision 1. General. (a) The commissioner shall have all powers necessary and convenient to carry out the provisions of sections 174.21 to 174.27 including the power to: (1) review applications for financial assistance, execute contracts, and obligate and expend program funds, upon conditions and limitations as the commissioner deems necessary […]
Section 174.24 — Public Transit Participation Program.
174.24 PUBLIC TRANSIT PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Establishment; purpose. A public transit participation program is established to carry out the objectives stated in section 174.21 by providing financial assistance from the state, including the greater Minnesota transit account established in section 16A.88, to eligible recipients outside of the metropolitan area. Subd. 1a. Greater Minnesota transit […]
Section 174.247 — Annual Transit Report.
174.247 ANNUAL TRANSIT REPORT. (a) By February 15 annually, the commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature on transit services outside the metropolitan area. The Metropolitan Council and any public transit system receiving assistance under section 174.24 shall provide assistance in creating the report, as requested by the commissioner. (b) The report must include, […]
Section 174.255 — Paratransit Program; Accessibility; Insurance.
174.255 PARATRANSIT PROGRAM; ACCESSIBILITY; INSURANCE. Subdivision 1. Accessibility for people with disability. The commissioner shall require any paratransit project receiving assistance under section 174.24 that includes the operation of two or more vehicles other than automobiles or taxis to provide at least one vehicle that is accessible to disabled individuals and may require additional accessible […]
Section 174.256 — Park-and-ride Program.
174.256 PARK-AND-RIDE PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to encourage citizens of Minnesota to transfer from low-occupancy vehicles to multioccupancy vehicles, to reduce the use of the automobile and provide for more efficient usage of existing facilities in heavily traveled corridors and congested areas, to divert automobile drivers from parking […]