1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to mass transit; requiring Metropolitan Council to design, construct, and 
1.3 	fund certain aspects of bus rapid transit projects;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2022, section 473.4485, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.4485, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3.Bus rapid transit project infrastructure. (a) The Metropolitan Council must 
1.9 	design, construct, and fully fund the following elements of all bus rapid transit projects, 
1.10 	regardless of the project's scope: (1) sidewalk curb ramps and signals meeting the most 
1.11 	current Americans with Disabilities Act standards at all intersection quadrants in intersections 
1.12 	affected by construction of a bus rapid transit station; and (2) transit priority infrastructure, 
1.13 	including but not limited to red transit pavement marking and traffic signal modifications.
1.14 	(b) Intersections impacted by the requirements under paragraph (a) must include 
1.15 	infrastructure serving the bus rapid transit station from the opposite side of a street or from 
1.16 	a nonadjacent mid-block location. This paragraph must be construed to require full and 
1.17 	complete intersection upgrades to the most current Americans with Disabilities Act design 
1.18 	standards, notwithstanding any conflicting or lesser minimum requirements or suggestions 
1.19 	set forth in separate laws, regulations, advisories, or other published Americans with 
1.20 	Disabilities Act materials.