Metrolink operates fixed-route bus routes Monday-Friday during peak periods with limited midday service.

A state law passed in 1981 allowed select cities to "opt-out" from contributing their full share of taxes to the MTC in exchange for providing their own transit service.

Residents of the city of Plymouth paid $770,000 in property taxes to the Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC) in 1981 but did not receive bus service in return.

[2] MTC did not operate in Plymouth due to the presence of privately-operated but state-subsidized bus service from Medicine Lake Lines.

[3][4] A state law passed in 1981 allowed cities to "opt out" of contributing funds to the MTC provided they met two criteria.

[5][6] Plymouth began investigating opting out in 1982 and considered partnering with the city of Maple Grove to provide transit service.

An estimated 15 percent of existing riders to Plymouth were reverse commuters coming from Minneapolis and nearby suburbs.

[4] For Plymouth to successfully withdraw from the MTC system, MnDOT and the Metropolitan Council were required to approve the proposal.

The Minnesota state attorney general agreed with Plymouth's interpretation based on a levy provision which was added to another section of the law.

[9] Plymouth's proposal was approved for an 18-month period in May 1983 with the agreement to withdraw only $277,000 of around $1 million in generated in property taxes by the city, rather than a full 90%.

Up to 90% of property taxes previously dedicated to metropolitan transit operations through MTC could be diverted to fund service in Plymouth.

[28] A state constitutional amendment to dedicated the motor vehicle sales tax (MVST) revenue to transportation purposes, including a portion to transit, was passed in 2006 by a vote of Minnesota voters.

Four bus routes travel into downtown Minneapolis on weekday morning with one continuing on the University of Minnesota campus.

A reverse commute route serving riders traveling from downtown Minneapolis to businesses in Plymouth operates weekdays as well.

[35] All routes travel on Interstate 394 which has two-lane reversible high-occupancy toll lanes as part of E-ZPass Minnesota.