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- March 29th, 2024, 1:31 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2974
- Views: 765272
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
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 c...
- March 15th, 2024, 8:33 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
- Replies: 682
- Views: 344332
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
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...
- February 16th, 2024, 10:26 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 952
- Views: 248966
Re: Northstar Commuter Rail
New Northstar Study has dropped. https://www.dot.state.mn.us/passengerra ... index.html
- January 27th, 2024, 4:05 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2974
- Views: 765272
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
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 other m...
- January 22nd, 2024, 6:33 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1323633
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Why am I just now noticing how insanely shortsighted it is that this almost $3B project did not include a trail along the portion of the route stretching from Shady Oak Station to at least Golden Triangle Station, or even better to the end of the line. I offer the ending at Golden Triangle because ...
- December 2nd, 2023, 6:59 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Xcel Energy Center
- Replies: 54
- Views: 119933
Re: Xcel Energy Center
Hmmm.. I'm torn over the public having to put so much money into stadiums. On one hand I have Timberwolves season tickets, enjoy a Twins game every once in awhile and have seen the Vikings play at U.S. Bank. On the other hand Glen Taylor sold the Timberwolves franchise for $1.5 billion. He could ha...
- November 27th, 2023, 9:25 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
- Replies: 615
- Views: 1204036
Re: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
Burger King going to stay open until they get demolished?Guess they're prepping to get started on the East Gateway project. I had completely forgotten about it.
- November 6th, 2023, 6:53 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 640
- Views: 418902
Re: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Great River (TCMC)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231107/59c7789110c622253aafd09735ce1224.jpg I thought it might be worthwhile to build a station over Central Avenue here. Then in the future you could build light rail up Central or if they wanted to build a branch line to the St. Paul Campus and Fairground they c...
- September 28th, 2023, 10:31 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
- Replies: 33
- Views: 78871
Re: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
We could replace it with our very own CopenHill.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49877318
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- September 2nd, 2023, 2:48 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1803
- Views: 1093938
Bicycle Infrastructure
This is just a random thought I had recently but does anyone else kinda feel like places to park/lock you bike is starting to fall behind our current levels of infrastructure? (Obviously we still could do more in terms of paths and protected lanes, just in comparison). I had a little first hand exp...
- August 2nd, 2023, 8:46 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2974
- Views: 765272
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
A friend of mine took a video of themselves riding the D line. I was surprised to see that the buses were not the branded rapid transit buses, but instead the older metro transit articulated buses. Are they not using the branded buses for all the BRT lines? Is there a supply chain problems causing ...
- July 23rd, 2023, 3:17 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1323633
- July 7th, 2023, 8:50 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
- Replies: 33
- Views: 78871
Re: North Loop Neighborhood
I guess shoving waste into the ground in a landfill is better than burning it and getting heat and electricity from it, greatly compacting the size, and recovering the metal from it. I’m curious how the additional emissions from transporting to a non-central location compares to those from HERC tod...
- April 3rd, 2023, 2:08 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 585527
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
I made a mental health decision to stop caring about this project years ago because I had said my piece and it was clear how this effort would ultimately end up. Still, plenty of people have good reason to be frustrated about the years that were wasted on an obviously infeasible plan. However, peop...
- March 14th, 2023, 12:01 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1029043
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
When are we going to admit that we're just bad at designing light rail? I'm not sure that we're bad at design it light rail. It's more that the constraints levied by stakeholders, federal requirements, and budgetary pressures can lead to poor projects. As an agency I do feel Met Council puts more v...
- March 9th, 2023, 10:47 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1323633
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
For what it's worth, the argument went that should buy the railroad so that TC&W wouldn't be a stumbling block in negotiations, not that they would shut it down. They could have done the necessary reroutes and then resold it to a private company as-is, or hired somebody to operate it on their b...
- March 8th, 2023, 3:22 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1323633
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
single-tracking LRT for <1 mile TriMet is currently adding a second track where the decision was made to single track two segments of the Red Line that opened in 2001. It continually caused operational issues that is now being rectified. Single track should be avoided at all costs and if it you mus...
- March 8th, 2023, 11:14 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1803
- Views: 1093938
Re: Bicycle Infrastructure
Maybe it's related to the Bolt battery replacement program.Evie has a whole fleet of cars sitting at the old amtrak depot. Wonder what they are waiting for getting them in service? maybe there are tracking parts that are on back order.
- February 23rd, 2023, 10:22 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1323633
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
But seriously, is there no plan to make a direct trail connection here? It's all county owned and would be a great connection for residents and park users. https://i.imgur.com/h7KhacC.png https://i.imgur.com/TPeNunO.png That trail should be built, and then someone should convert the kenwood water t...
- February 22nd, 2023, 3:02 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1323633
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
There are going to be three really low ridership stops on the Mpls portion of the SWLRT, but the Bassett Creek Valley Station and Bryn Mawr Station bug me more than the 21st Street Station for two reasons. It would be nice to have a understanding of what happens to buses once SWLRT starting up. But...