Minnesota Statutes 473.1466 – Transportation System Performance Evaluation
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 473.1466
- area: means the area over which the Metropolitan Council has jurisdiction, including only the counties of Anoka; Carver; Dakota excluding the cities of Northfield and Cannon Falls; Hennepin excluding the cities of Hanover and Rockford; Ramsey; Scott excluding the city of New Prague; and Washington. See Minnesota Statutes 473.121
- council: means the Metropolitan Council established by section 473. See Minnesota Statutes 473.121
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Minority: means with respect to an individual the period of time during which the individual is a minor. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
- Policy plan: means a long-range comprehensive plan of the Metropolitan Council. See Minnesota Statutes 473.121
- transit: has the meaning given in section 174. See Minnesota Statutes 473.121
- transit system: means , without limitation, a combination of property, structures, improvements, equipment, plants, parking or other facilities, and rights, or any thereof, used or useful for the purposes of public transit. See Minnesota Statutes 473.121
(a) Prior to each major revision of the transportation policy plan, the council must carry out a performance evaluation of the metropolitan area‘s transportation system as a whole. The performance evaluation must:
(1) evaluate the area’s ability to meet the need for effective and efficient transportation of goods and people;
(2) evaluate trends and their impacts on the area’s transportation system;
(3) assess the region’s success in meeting the currently adopted regional transportation benchmarks; and
(4) include an evaluation of the regional transit system, including a comparison with peer metropolitan regions with regard to key operating and investment measurements.
(b) The council must update the evaluation of the regional transit system every two years.
(c) The council shall use the results of the performance evaluation to make recommendations for improving the system in each revision of the transportation policy plan.
(d) The council must conduct a peer review of the performance evaluation using at least two nationally recognized transportation and transit consultants.
(e) The council must submit the performance evaluation to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation finance and policy.