Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
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| Founded | 1990 |
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| Headquarters | Burnsville, Minnesota |
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Minneapolis-St. Paul (southern region), including: Burnsville Eagan Apple Valley Savage Rosemount Lakeville Shakopee Prior Lake |
| Service type | Bus |
| Routes | 30 |
| Fleet | 160 |
| Daily ridership | 9,500 (Q3 2012) |
| Operator | Schmitty and Sons |
| Executive Director | Luther Wynder |
| Website | http://www.mvta.com |
The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority, also known by the acronym MVTA, is a public transportation agency that provides fixed-route and demand-responsive public bus services between various communities in the southern portion of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, and to select destinations within Minneapolis and St. Paul, located in Minnesota.
The agency's name refers to the river valley along the Minnesota River in the region.
The MVTA service area currently includes the cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Lakeville and Rosemount in Dakota County; and the cities of Savage, Shakopee and Prior Lake in Scott County.
MVTA also provides service from these areas to key destinations in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as the Mall of America in Bloomington.
MVTA was created in 1990 through a joint powers agreement between the member municipalities and counties. The agreement was executed under a 1984 Minnesota statute that allowed suburban communities in the metropolitan area to create their own transit agencies independent of Metro Transit, the region's primary public transit provider. MVTA was one of several suburban transit agencies (also known as "opt-outs") that were formed as a result.
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