Metro B Line (Minnesota)

Metro B Line
The B Line will travel on Lake Street in Minneapolis in these bus only lanes.
Overview
System	Metro
Operator	Metro Transit
Vehicle	60' Artic
Status	Construction (Begin operation June 2025)
Predecessors	21, 53 Selby-Lake Streetcar
Route
Route type	Bus rapid transit
Locale	Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota
Start	West Lake Station
Via	Lake Street
End	Union Depot
Route map Legend West Lake Station  Green Line  Lake & Dean/West Bde Maka Ska Lake & Knox/East Bde Maka Ska Uptown Transit Station  E Line  Lake & Lyndale Lake & Nicollet I-35W & Lake Street  Orange Line  Lake & 4th Ave Chicago-Lake Transit Center  D Line  Lake & Bloomington Lake & Cedar Lake Street/Midtown  Blue Line  MN 55 Lake & Minnehaha Lake & 31st Ave Lake & 36th Ave Lake & 44th Ave Lake Street-Marshall Bridge over the Mississippi River Marshall & Otis Marshall & Cretin Marshall & Cleveland Marshall & Fairview Snelling & Dayton  A Line  Selby & Hamline Ayd Mill Road Selby & Lexington Selby & Victoria Selby & Dale Selby & Western Downtown fare zone limit John Ireland & Marshall I-35E Smith Avenue Transit Center Gold Line 5th St & Rice Park 6th St & Hamm Plaza      5th St & Minnesota 6th St & Minnesota     Green Line 5th St & Robert 6th St & Robert     Purple Line Union Depot & Wacouta Union Depot & Sibley              Union Depot Transit Center Purple Line   Identified Route Recommended Route all stations accessible This diagram: view talk edit [1] ← {{{previous_line}}}  {{{system_nav}}}  {{{next_line}}} →

The Metro B Line is an under construction bus rapid transit route in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The route will operate mostly on Lake Street in Minneapolis before crossing the Mississippi River into St. Paul and operating mostly on Selby Avenue and ending in downtown St. Paul. The route was identified in Metro Transit's 2014 Arterial Transitway Corridors Study as one of eleven local routes to be upgraded to bus rapid transit. The route will have "train-like" features to speed up service, such as signal priority, all-door boarding, further stop spacing, and specialized vehicles. Planning and design was completed in 2021, with construction beginning in May 2023. The line will join a number of Metro Transit's future Metro system lines, as well as the currently operating A Line, C Line, and D Line. Full funding for the line was secured in October 2020 with a final $35 million from the state of Minnesota.

Construction on the line began in 2023 on the eastern portion of the line. The 2024 construction season is expected to focus on the western portion of the line with an opening in June 2025.^[2]