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Yes. There's been talk about a station at Foley Park & Ride serving Amtrak, NLX, and Northstar. While that would probably be fine, something in NE Mpls would be better. Now into full fantasy territory, sure seems like a station at the Minneapolis Junction wye (to allow direct service on NLX and ...

It would also be easier to share trainsets between NLX and TCMC if there was one primary Amtrak station/terminal in the metro.
Instead, we'll have Empire Builder and additional Chicago services stopping at SPUD, NLX terminus at Target Field, and a servicing facility at Midway Station.

FBOs are terminals, just not commercial air service terminals- that may explain the naming question. Regarding filling in the lake, remember this plan which DID put a commercial terminal on the northwest corner? Funny but related, I can no longer find the source but I once read the reason Terminal 1...

Long Term Plan updates are nearing a final recommendation. Here's a presentation from a few months back: https://www.mspairport.com/sites/default/files/2022-08/ExperienceMSP_%233_FINAL.pdf Likely changes include: - Crossover taxiway between the north and south sides of T1 close to Hwy 5 across the a...

5401 Chicago Ave
A new, four-story mixed-use building with 50 dwelling units and approximately 3,800 square feet of commercial space.
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/download ... aff%20memo

The cash vaults used to be down there. Like pallets of cash. They’re elsewhere in Minneapolis now.

Want to get between transit stations on opposite corners of the intersection? Good luck!

https://www.startribune.com/man-run-ove ... 600185591/

That's a great idea. Too bad MVTA and Metro Transit have different stations. ReGiOnAl

Could the two lanes of southbound Hennepin be pick-up/ drop-off during events? Seems like there should be a way to make those lanes on Hennepin from Lake to Lagoon a little more dynamic. A median in the middle could have helped with drop-offs too if done right.

Hah, maybe they'll follow Mayo with plans to put a luxury hotel on top of a clinical tower (that's the most recent yet on-hold plan for adding another 10 stories to the Gonda tower)... always thought it would be weird to stay in a hotel like that for any non-medical reason. Agreed on the appeal of t...

put those woefully underutilized northstar trainsets to use

The problem with eliminating the 133 is that it removes a good route from the Bloomington Avenue corridor between 46th and 54th, an area that is already transit-poor. Seriously, a major downgrade for the Cedar and Bloomington area of West Nokomis.

Extending the C Line down Cedar would fix this.

Is there another thread where we're tracking MPD's precinct HQ plans for this site?

It's also about ride quality. Swerving in and out of traffic is one of the main reasons riding the bus can become sickening.

one of the buildings is on fire https://twitter.com/SEMFireNews/status/ ... 0749988890

It's almost like this is a back door way to get $2.8 million from the Feds to subsidize existing routes.

The Walkin' Dog is the only amenity Northstar needs.

To serve the Red Line, it would likely use Diffley to connect from T.H. 13 to I-35E, with a short spur up Nicols Rd to Cedar Grove Station. Long term, there should really be an infill Red Line station at Cliff Road. The Burnsville situation is even more ridiculous, since there are three major yet di...

MVTA has an odd Regional Solicitation request for an express bus from Burnsville and Eagan transit stations to Rice Street Station in St. Paul. But since MVTA doesn't operate them, it fails to connect to the Orange Line and Red Line BRT stations along the route, removing this as an express + BRT con...

The plan is to add a third main from Coon Creek Jct (where the main to Superior cuts off) to Northtown Yard. If shovel-ready NLX gets funded, it will take care of that. Widening/rebuilding the Hwy 610 underpass is likely required, but that fits in with a potential NLX/Northstar Station at the Foley ...