Last Rapid Transit Line Webinar at Noon

There will soon be more community meetings outlining more specific details like the exact locations of transit stations, the height of buses and if stations will have wifi,

Of people inside.

New on daybreak new on daybreak ?

"* today is the final day for a study that will get rochester a step closer to a new mode of transportatio n.

Kimt news 3's annalise johnson has the details on how you can join this last community webinar.

She joins us live.

Good morning annalise.

Good morning brooke and tyler.

I'm here in downtown rochester.

The goal of the city and destination medical center's rapid transit line is to connect neighborhoods with the downtown area.

Take a look at the most recent models of the transit line.

A rapid transit line will look very similar to a lightrail ?

"* such as in the twin cities ?

"* but operated by buses.

The idea is that this mode of transportatio n would cut down on people driving cars ?

"* as well as time ?

"* with service running every 5 minutes during peak hours at the different stations.

The final meeting regarding the transit?

"* oriented development plan to support the transit system is today.

It looks at the use of land along the future route ?

*- and how to connect people through biking or walking to the transit stations.

Today's webinar will show the public recommendatio ns from the you'll be able to look at future development, how much commercial, how much residential we're planning in that area, and you'll get an idea with how many stories or levels of floors those buildings might be, and then how people might be able to walk from the community from the south of that area to get to the station the meeting is from noon to one today virtually ?

"* because of the pandemic.

If you'd like to sign up to join in on the webinar ?

"* we'll have a link n our website at kimt dot com.

The next stop in the project is to get more community input.

Project leaders have also begun the engineering process.

Live in rochester annalise johnson kimt thank you annalise.

There will soon be more community meetings outlining more spefific details that the public may find particularly interesting ?

"* such as the exact locations of the transit stations ?

"* the height of the buses ?

"* and whether