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Transportation is Top Concern in Twin Cities

ST. PAUL, MN-The Metropolitan Council thinks proposals to cut back public transportation funding at Minnesota Legislature is "out of step" and says concern over affordable housing is the fastest growing problem.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on June 21, 2001

ST. PAUL, MN-Transportation is the “single most important problem facing the metro area” in this year’s Twin Cities Annual Survey, co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Council and conducted since 1982 by the University of Minnesota Center for Survey Research. Another big concern is the cost or affordability of housing, mostly, which showed the sharpest jump in concern over the past two years.

Just three years ago, only 1% said housing was the No. 1 problem. This year, 16% cited housing as the top issue, up from 10% last year. Of those polled, 23% cite transportation, mostly traffic or congestion, as the No. 1 problem, compared to just 3% to 4% of people responding to the survey between 1993 and 1995. Overall, metro-area residents continueto give the region high marks for quality of life — although that perception is eroding a little.

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