Top 10 routes in Minneapolis/St Paul area:
5 - Chicago-Fremont: 17,808 riders per day. Starts in Brooklyn Center, through the north side, downtown, hospital district, and the south side to the Mall of America. To be replaced by D Line rapid bus in the next few years.
21/53 - Selby-Lake: 14,710 riders per day. Operates between Uptown Minneapolis and Downtown St. Paul via Lake St and Selby Ave. 53 is the peak-hour limited stop variant, that uses I-94 instead of Selby. To be replaced by B Line rapid bus in the near future, and a grade-separated streetcar in the long term.
18 - Nicollet: 12,802 riders per day. Operates from Downtown Minneapolis due south via Nicollet Ave. Potentially being replaced by streetcar or rapid bus in the future.
10/59 - Central: 10,691 riders per day. Operates from Downtown Minneapolis to NE Mpls and Northtown Mall via Central Ave. 59 is a peak-hour limited-stop version. To potentially be replaced by rapid bus or streetcar.
6 - University-Hennepin-Xerxes-France: 10,182 riders per day. Operates from the University of Minnesota to Downtown Minneapolis, then south through Uptown, Southwest Minneapolis, Southdale, and Edina. A portion of this line is due to become the E Line rapid bus.
19 - Penn Ave N: 7,969 riders per day. Connects Downtown Minneapolis to the north side and Brooklyn Center. Due to be replaced by the C Line rapid bus in the next few years.
3 - Como-Front: 7,952 riders per day. Connects Downtown Minneapolis and Downtown St. Paul via the University of Minnesota and some student-heavy neighborhoods.
17 - St. Louis Park - Washington St NE: 7,789 riders per day. Connects the Knollwood area through Uptown and Downtown Minneapolis to NE Mpls. Overlaps parts of routes 6, 10, and 18.
4 - Johnson NE-Lyndale S-Penn S: 7,079 riders per day. Connects NE Mpls and New Brighton to South Minneapolis and Southtown.
22 - Lyndale Ave N - Cedar/28th Ave S: 6,695 riders per day. Connects Brooklyn Center to the VA Hospital via the north side, Downtown Minneapolis, and the south side.
Data from MN Geospatial Commons:
https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/us-mn...ngs-alightings