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Would it makes sense to have all the BRT lines have one central station in downtown? With the amount of aBRT lines and BRT lines having them converge into a terminal/station would allow making transfers easy. And if possiblehave a lrt connected with both this station

I thought that for a long ...

Did we route SWLRT on that long detour through the Golden Triangle because of the huge amount of living wage jobs in offices and industry there, or because we envisioned replacing all those jobs with 5 over 1 mixed use with mininum wage burger flipping and store clerk jobs on the ground floor ...

https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/04/10/eden-prairie-prepares-for-light-rail-era-with-millions-in-infrastructure-upgrades/

EP Local News article on Eden Prairie's preparations for light rail service and beyond. Really a mixed bag, in my opinion. Some really good things and some disappointing ...

Some of these options are... interesting. Nicollet (18), 66th Street (515), or Lowry (32) would probably be the best options. American Boulevard is still a missed opportunity in my opinion, but I think we might be running out of good aBRT corridors. The route 2/63 combo is a cool concept, but I feel ...

I’d describe our LRT system as being more in line with the interurban railways that TCRT once operated. I do agree that a regional rail network should probably be downscaled in terms of rolling stock to tram-like vehicles (think River Line in New Jersey, for example). But yes, the LRT definitely ...

Fair enough! Haha

I have this growing feeling that after the road construction is done and both the B *AND* E lines run right through its heart that Uptown is going to see a revival. The streetscape improvements are making it much nicer of a walking environment, and the urban amenities are just too good to be in a ...

https://www.metrotransit.org/northstar

RIP

A couple more updates:
1. There is a small army of about 15-20 minibuses that appeared in the SWT bus yard, presumably for the 686. They appear to have headsigns so I'd imagine they will be the ones used for operation. I'm a little surprised that they didn't use low floor transit buses, but I guess ...

Superliners were used this winter when Horizons couldn't handle the temperatures, correct? I am very happy to see them work with what they've got this quickly!

As cool as repurposing the Northstar fleet sounds, I don't think those coaches would work very well in a long distance setting. The trip is ...

There really aren't any other passenger coaches they could use?

So, first day impressions, at least for me, were very positive. The infrastructure was really smooth running and pretty quick (the 35 minute runtime goes fast). Those flyovers were really impressive to ride over. I especially liked the stations. Nice, roomy shelters with good visibility to prevent ...

Pictures!
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At Woodlane right now, super busy. So exciting!

Some ridership updates to share!
https://www.metrotransit.org/performance
January
Lowest ridership month since the beginning of 2023 with a daily ridership of 124,947 - same month in 2024 was 135,210.
- Blue Line slips further to 13,810, below Jan 2024's 16,117, now within a thousand riders of ...

Network Now Framework has a number of changes to the Network Now plan.
https://www.metrotransit.org/network-now-framework
https://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sites/1/media/network-now/appendix-a-route-changes_metrotransit_030925_reduced.pdf
Notable changes:
- Widened span of service on most high ...

Bakken2016 wrote: March 10th, 2025, 8:20 am
According to the schedule on metrotransit.org

First from Woodlane is at 4:54am, first from Smith & 5th is 5:11am.

Appreciate the correction, I swear it said 6:10 on Pantograph when I checked it but it matches what you said now. Sorry for any confusion!

That’s what it says over on Pantograph.

wingedmolotov wrote: March 8th, 2025, 5:00 pm

angrysuburbanite wrote: March 6th, 2025, 5:57 pm https://www.metrotransit.org/GoldLine
Gold Line countdown and opening events now up on the website.

Free rides on opening day!

Any idea when the first eastbound bus is?

6:10 AM from the Smith Ramp according to the schedule

https://www.metrotransit.org/GoldLine
Gold Line countdown and opening events now up on the website.

Free rides on opening day!