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UrbanMPLS wrote:Couldn’t they do some of these repairs during the overnight hours? I thought this was one of the benefits to only running 18 hours a day.

Usually to repair rail brakes you’ll need more than a few hours for the elastomeric grout to set up.

Concerns raised by some folks in attendance were mostly about getting stuck behind a bus, since buses would be stopping in the lane (similar to all aBRT routes that run on streets with a single lane in each direction).

As I've noted before, this is a choice. Stopping buses in the traffic lanes ...

twincitizen wrote:Improvements to crosswalks at Hiawatha & 46th and a new signalized pedestrian crossing at 45th: https://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/proje ... haavempls/

Great news. This will help provide more direct access from the senior housing east of Hiawatha to the station.

First images I've seen of the proposed renovation of the X, et al. Assuming all the images are accurate and up to date here is what I'm seeing going through each image

Looks like a full rework of the entrance at 7th and Kellogg, including relocating the ticket office and possible a restaurant with ...

The DGX at 5th and Nicollet has liquidation signs in the windows ahead of a closure.

Remind me how long was it for both the green and blue lines to go from "construction is finish" too "the line is officially open" because I can think of a few horror stories about some lines that where fully built, but took 3+ years to start service because of some issue found while testing.
They ...

angrysuburbanite wrote:

HuskyGrad wrote:A bus?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus
Trolleybus!

There won’t be another one of those built. The technology is being supplanted by battery-electric buses. For the infrastructure costs, you may as well build a streetcar.

angrysuburbanite wrote:Hope they consider trackless trolleys for future routes. Nicollet and West 7th are both good candidates because of how straight they are. Selby-Lake would have been a good one too.

A bus?

There will be roughly 6 months of testing before opening. I’m guessing hiring trends are playing into the conservative opening date as well.

Here's a question that I don't think anyone asks around HERC - let's say we agree that a garbage burner truly is the most ecological way to deal with waste we can't recycle or compost. If we agree that's true, why do we also need to also agree that the right place for it is directly adjacent to the ...

I do hope when ever Amtrak release it's full year end report they give passenger numbers for each station because I can't be the only one how sees the "numbers are inflated because they removed a Hiawatha" argument
We’ll get a good view when they update the state fact sheets for 2024.

https://www ...

I still think it makes most sense to do a dual level bridge with a nice MUP and dual LRT on an upper level, with existing TH-5/Shepard Rd traffic underneath. This would eliminate MAC’s lane concern too.

Unfortunately, this would have the tracks run straight through the Historic Fort Snelling ...

Wezle wrote:That's such a bold variance request to push for a 1 story bank in a 6 story minimum transit 20 parcel. I can't imagine they would allow that.

Why don’t they just lease the space in the existing apartment building to the north?

On the topic of said arena being built in that location, could metro transit just have the blue line trains go there and stop at the new arena when events are happening at the arena? During the spring summer and fall it’s not that bad of a walk I would assume but during winter that’s a different ...

In terms of when the line might open, this is like trying to coordinate a party to celebrate the graduations of a group of a dozen 11th-graders and one 9th-grader. I have not heard of anything opening early, and am reluctant to say that anything will actually happen. Still, I'd definitely encourage ...

Amtrak stations all over the country are getting their platforms rebuilt, along with lighting updates, fixes to other walkways, signage, and changes to their parking lots. This is to bring them into ADA compliance. I had noticed that changes were being done at Columbus station, where it appears to ...

Metro Transit is presenting an update on the LRT train size plans to the Met Council. Looks like 2-car service will start on weekends (unless there's a Twins or United home game) April 13th, extending to 7 days a week (except event days) with the June service change. Then, with the August service ...

If any of these had to be dropped for budget considerations, I don't think the improvements at "Area I" are that critical. A "nice to have", sure, but some of the ped-bike (and bike-bike) conflicts there could be improved with some striping alterations and signs asking people to slow down / yield ...

New Northstar Study has dropped. https://www.dot.state.mn.us/passengerra ... index.html

So, why would a card have to be contactless to have it work on a bus? Swiping it worked just fine everywhere else, including vending machines of the era.


I'm truly not aware of any transit system that implemented swipe to pay via credit card board moving vehicles. I don't think Cubic or any ...