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Rode the Blaisedell and Nicollet lames today. Boy do the ones on Nicollet feel substandard coming off the monster lanes on Blaisdell!

The Gold Line's news release has a map. Not sure why none of the news sources used it.

If only the Met Council had some capital money laying around it could use to fill the gap. Not the whole gap, but maybe about $6 million?

No idea where the could've found that amount of money though.

CTIB agrees to provide $37.5 million out of its original $45 million commitment for construction of the orange line. Link

I just saw that Metro Transit has posted for a full-time Associate Communications Specialist, who will "Review and track all real-time system detours and disruptions in order to maintain accurate information posting on various social media sites, metrotransit.org and other media sources as dete...

They have $1.8 million left of the $2 million the legislature gave them. Not sure how expensive this service is though.

MVTA starts the newest version of the Suburb to Suburb demonstration project with Route 495. It will provide hourly service between MOA, Burnsville Transit Station, and Marschall Road Transit Station in Shakopee from 4am to midnight 7 days per week. Three trips per day will also stop at Amazon's bui...

Rode the Red Line today for no particular reason. Couple observations: The smaller stations finally have ticket vending machines! There are no benches in the indoor waiting area, only outside. The bus I took didn't even pull up to the indoor waiting area, instead it pulled up short and left the back...

16th Street Mall. I've got to say, it blows Nicollet Mall out of the water in almost every way. It's got active street frontages for most of its length.

But do they have skyways?

During my limited time, I don't remember seeing a single one!

Just got back from Denver. I was stuck in their convention center the whole time, so I didn't get a whole lot of chances to explore the city. But from what I saw, the standout feature was the 16th Street Mall. I've got to say, it blows Nicollet Mall out of the water in almost every way. It's got act...

Question on an unrelated, but somewhat related topic. Is the C- line still delayed by one year?


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I haven't heard anything indicating it isn't.

Jordan, MN has one still (I think).

Drove through it about a month ago. Can confirm.

Which is the same approximate timeframe as the Hennepin Ave aBRT, right? Maybe we can have that extend all the way to the U and cut the 6 off to be just its current southern portion. It does line up with the reconstruction of Hennepin in Downtown, which is when I would guess MT would want to implem...

The 4 and 17 are also really close to HFN standards. That being said, the HFN isn't well branded (no maps at bus stops, etc), so there probably isn't much interest from MT for expanding the network. Secondly, branding routes under HFN means it's less feasible for cuts that reduce service to non-HFN...

Last night when writing the A-line, I talked to one of the drivers, and he mentioned that the C-line would have articulated buses with three doorways. Is that true?

It is.

It's just post-hoc justification. Members likely knew that this exact proposal was going to come out and wanted to set up the RFP to exclude practically everything else.

As a DMNA volunteer, I can say that's not true.

A NexTrip pylon was installed at 7th St & Nicollet Mall in Downtown. I assume they'll install them at the other pilot stations as well (7th St & Hennepin and two at Olson & 7th St N).

Transit Maps app, multiple transit agencies with an attractive "hand drawn" look to the map. The Twin Cities metro is supported. LRT, BRT, commuter rail... Metro Transit, MVTA, Plymouth, SouthWest Transit, Scott County Transit, University of Minnesota, Prior Lake, Maple Grove... Uber and ...

I'm here now and it seems like they have it figured out. It's a pretty quick process to get in and wander through the stadium. And they don't herd you anywhere.