Brooklyn Center Transit Center
Brooklyn Center Transit Center (BCTC) is a transit center in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Owned and operated by Metro Transit, it is one of the busiest single boarding locations in the Twin Cities. The transit center is not a park and ride, but provides free 10-minute parking and free outdoor bike racks. June 8, 2019 Metro Transit's second bus rapid transit line, the METRO C Line, opened with Brooklyn Center Transit Center as the line's northern terminus. The center will also be the northern terminus for the planned METRO D  Line, expected to open 2021. The transit center opened December 4th, 2004 and cost $1.9 million. Before opening of the C Line, charging stations were installed for end-of-the-line charging of 8 battery electric buses used on the C Line. Renovation. In mid-2020 Metro Transit plans on renovating the 15-year-old transit center to provide a better experience for customers. Since the opening of the Metro C Line in June 2019, the transit center has seen an increase in traffic. In an interview, Metro Transit Spokesperson Howie Pandilla said "When you have a transit center that 's been used as much as this has, it can come to look used. It needs a facelift every once in a while." The renovation is not funded as part of either the C Line or D Line projects, but through Metro Transit's capital improvements budget. Current plans call for replacement of concrete and crosswalks, as well as other accessibility improvements, additional lighting both inside and outside the facility, canopies for plazas at either end of the building, bench replacement, additional bike racks, a renovated waiting area and restrooms, and a renovated drivers' lounge. In February 2020, Star Tribune  insinuated that a police substation would be added to the existing building, but there are no plans to construct police facilities. The renovation is expected to be complete late 2020.