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Have there been any recent studies or discussion on an Orange Line Extension? IIRC there were some open houses in 2019 about an extension to Burnsville Center with buses operating on I-35W between Burnsville Parkway and County Road 42, and the exact alignment into the Burnsville Center area was up i...

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2023/11/14/united-properties-senior-co-op-edina-public-works.html?csrc=6398&utm_campaign=trueAnthemTrendingContent&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0c2QRh3Fio428ebOXM7jayo76d30FoAncMBffomV8vwGO3F4PyEv81zbc Another propos...

https://www.mvta.com/news-items/winterservicechange/ MVTA winter service changes include Route 495 service to MSP Airport Terminal 1 and extension of the Orange Link to Blackhawk Park & Ride and Apple Valley Transit Station. The Orange Link will also go from 30 minute frequency to 60 minute fre...

https://www.mvta.com/news-items/winterservicechange/

MVTA winter service changes include Route 495 service to MSP Airport Terminal 1 and extension of the Orange Link to Blackhawk Park & Ride and Apple Valley Transit Station.

Brooklyn Center residents and mayor oppose plan to make Highway 252 a freeway:
https://www.startribune.com/brooklyn-ce ... 600317277/

Curious how much if any change in ridership there's been at the Snelling Avenue Station since Route 94 started serving I-94 & Snelling. I had to take the Green Line to a destination nearby, but going to downtown to make my connection with the Orange Line I took the 94 bus instead since I only ha...

Aerial view of Rosemount Transit Station with the addition of a regional rail platform: https://photos.app.goo.gl/YCi9oU6AZ5g4NiVAA Side-by-side comparison with what it looks like today: https://photos.app.goo.gl/P2d3yh1YZLT3McbQ9 This assumes regional trains would use the Eagandale Line through Eag...

Repairs would definitely need to be made to the Midway Depot if they went through with the relocation. Hasn't it been pretty much abandoned since Amtrak left in 2014? My hope is Ramsey County and MnDOT wake up and remember what Union Depot was supposed to be when it was renovated; a regional and int...

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/townhome-proposal-would-bring-176-new-rentals-for-young-couples-to-lakeville?fbclid=IwAR11hfv8IbW04fXcx96faaB50kU3kTDXI6GZiRkTbHDif4BO1biDj9oUgMo Development proposal consisting mostly of townhomes but also some single-family homes and a couple medical build...

MnDOT has a survey about the 2nd daily train between the Twin Cities and Chicago:
https://bit.ly/408kkD9

A piece from 5 Eyewitness News that's both hit and miss. They bring up a few good points both in favor and against NLX, but I'm not sure getting viewpoints from a conservative think-tank is balanced reporting, and they never mention NLX will have 4 daily roundtrips instead of North Star's 1 daily ro...

While nothing beats reconstructing roads, I think that widely decreasing speed limits in residential areas might lead (over time) to culture shifts in the state that will save lives. As would, I hope, making information about crash outcomes at different speeds something that every license applicant...

Article about the results of Luxembourg's fare-free transit: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-07/inside-luxembourg-s-experiment-with-free-public-transit I think this part sums it up well: "Given these criticisms — that free transit has yet to succeed either as a means of reducing...

The rail connection blocked by Hennepin County was between CP and BNSF tracks. The wye track mattaudio is referring to is MN&S Junction: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.0453865,-93.3719889,544m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu If a train from the west were to go south it would have to go all the way to H...

MVTA at their last board meeting has said they want to expand Connect by 350%. I guess you can kiss a huge chunk of their regular routes goodbye. It's beyond time for opt-outs to be banned. The only good opt-out is a non-existent opt-out. Banning opt-outs I'm definitely not opposed to, especially i...

A little history lesson on the Dan Patch Line: With a north-south route that has/had several connections to east-west railroads and avoiding the busy rail yards in Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Dan Patch Line was quite successful with interchange traffic going from one major railroad to another majo...

MVTA at their last board meeting has said they want to expand Connect by 350%. I guess you can kiss a huge chunk of their regular routes goodbye. It's beyond time for opt-outs to be banned. The only good opt-out is a non-existent opt-out. Banning opt-outs I'm definitely not opposed to, especially i...

I agree with what Tom H said. There's a difference between "badly needed" road improvements and road projects that just help continue auto-centric sprawl that will sooner or later lead to more traffic and the same problems as before. Redesigning the at-grade intersections is a cheaper opti...

Sun Country is expanding its MSP network next summer including to Toronto and Montreal. https://www.stories.suncountry.com/post ... new-routes

A new pedestrian bridge across Highway 169 in Shakopee opened today. It's located approximately midway between Canterbury Road and County Road 21.