Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities AreaThe Historical Transit Routes layer contains streetcar, horsecar, ferry, 1948 bus and steampower routes in the Twin Cities seven county metropolitan area. One shape and one corresponding record exists for each dated route segment. The line work for the dataset was developed by referencing the Metropolitan Council's functional class road dataset. Attributes include type, corridor, year start, year end, year restart and private right-of-way. To identify all locations in the Twin Cities metropolitan area where horsecars, streetcars, ferries, steam powered and 1948 bus routes traveled.Routing information is accurate to reflect knowledge of transit history and referencing the book Isaacs A. & Diers J.W. 2007. Twin City Lines. The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul. University of Minnesota Press. Attributes randomly checked by Metropolitan Council staff.Filesus-mn-state-metc-trans-historical-transit-routesengPublicHistorical Transit Routes - Twin Cities Metropolitan Area [Minnesota]DatasetsMinnesota--Anoka CountyMinnesota--Carver CountyMinnesota--Dakota CountyMinnesota--Hennepin CountyMinnesota--Ramsey CountyMinnesota--Scott CountyMinnesota--Washington CountyMinnesota--Twin Cities Metropolitan AreaMinnesota2007-11-01Minnesota Geospatial Commons