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- November 30th, 2023, 12:46 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 581356
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
If it's not a fully dedicated LRT, I would rather this just be a bus. Let's not waste a billion dollars and immense amounts of political capital on a streetcar please. This project is also the evidence we need to prove that transit planning in the Twin Cities is woefully broken. The fact that the M...
- November 30th, 2023, 8:30 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 581356
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Along with, we could have had aBRT in 2017, to waste all the time looking at a rail option and then go back to aBRT would be a massive waste.I’m a fan of option 1. The fact that the bus option can’t interline with the blue line is a pretty big downside.
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- November 30th, 2023, 8:11 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 581356
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Long awaited update. Slide presentation for the Dec 5th CAC meeting available: https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Roads%20and%20Transit/Riverview/2023-12-05%20RCEPE_CAC_Presentation_final.pdf The big change is that they are looking at Kellogg for the downtown routing for the streetcar ...
- November 28th, 2023, 8:28 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
- Replies: 615
- Views: 1199952
Re: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
https://themixmn.com/Guess they're prepping to get started on the East Gateway project. I had completely forgotten about it.
It has a new development name and website. It's called The Mix.
- November 23rd, 2023, 8:28 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 241460
Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
We started a new thread under Politics to talk about the flag, FYIDown to the final 6 flags, any bets on which one it's gonna get chosen?
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/11/2 ... state-flag
- November 22nd, 2023, 10:00 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
- Replies: 55
- Views: 252562
- November 22nd, 2023, 10:00 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
- Replies: 55
- Views: 252562
- November 20th, 2023, 5:03 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
- Replies: 538
- Views: 236892
Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Huh, ridership shouldn't be a primary metric of a transit agency? The Red Line cost $115 million to build in 2013 dollars and now has fewer than 350 riders per day. There's got to be some connections to spending millions of dollars and the number of people who will ride the service. Maybe this regi...
- November 15th, 2023, 9:23 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
- Replies: 140
- Views: 180034
Re: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
It's probably time to revive the Orange Line Extension, and connect it down to the Burnsville Center area at least.
- November 13th, 2023, 8:54 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1024811
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Metro transit re-ran the projected ridership numbers using the new FTA formula... it's not good. 18.5k daily riders down from 26.6k. Combine with the higher costs of this route with the new alignment and it's gonna be tough to get a federal match on this project so says Scott Dibble. https://kstp.c...
- November 2nd, 2023, 10:04 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2961
- Views: 758749
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
December 2023 Service Changes for Metro Transit: https://www.metrotransit.org/Quarterly%20service%20changes%20begin%20Saturday,%20Dec.%202 3rd Ave Bridge Reopens, though buses returned on Nov 1st. A few big changes for routes 21 and 724! Route 21 - Extend the 21 to Lake & France, increase Minnea...
- October 31st, 2023, 8:51 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 721
- Views: 233005
Re: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
Gold - March 2025yes we should get the B, E and Gold line all launching in 2025. They had to push the opening due to delays on getting the additional road work completed in the area
B - June 2025
E - Dec 2025
- October 30th, 2023, 3:34 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2961
- Views: 758749
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Don’t forget, also routes 250, 264 and 270!Now that the 3rd Avenue Bridge is finally open, Rts 10, 17, and 25 will end their detour and return to that bridge on Wednesday, Nov. 1st.
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- October 2nd, 2023, 11:54 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2961
- Views: 758749
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
https://www.metrotransit.org/performance Metro transit ridership data has been released for August. Slight increase in ridership over July, with most services modestly increasing in ridership. Noticeable jump in riders on the Orange and A lines, noticeable drop in riders on the D line. Overall a po...
- September 26th, 2023, 6:39 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2961
- Views: 758749
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Having worked at Metro Transit for a couple years a decade ago and being close to some folks in Service Development, I can't help but notice the stop consolidation and better bus route stuff is coinciding with several recent retirements of an old guard of route planners, and subsequent rise in the ...
- September 25th, 2023, 1:10 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1024811
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
The presentation materials I've seen suggest extending 8th Avenue only to 4th Street, and that is just a dashed line on a single map. If they did extend it to 3rd Street (and by extension to Washington using the existing street), that would help somewhat. But even then, you lose the connection thro...
- September 25th, 2023, 11:48 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1024811
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
I believe that is in the proposal for the project!Extending 8th Ave between 3rd St and 5th St would be a good way to keep the access between North Loop and Oak Lake Ave.
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- September 25th, 2023, 10:40 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2961
- Views: 758749
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Surprise (to me, at least) stop consolidation and TSP coming to the Minneapolis portion of the Rt. 10 in a couple weeks. Looks like it will generally drop stop spacing down to every other block in the areas that currently have a stop every single block. https://twitter.com/h_pan3/status/17063256143...
- September 25th, 2023, 9:35 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1024811
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
A few of us in the North Loop are in the early stages of starting a pro Blue Line Extension group as well, more on that soon!
- September 24th, 2023, 8:47 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1024811
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
In a twist no one could have expected, the gambit to avoid the NIMBYs on Lyndale by routing down 10th and Washington has run into NIMBYs on 10th . Just submitted a letter to the editor due to their one-sided reporting, they didn't interview a single person that lives near 10th Ave(like me) that sup...