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Does anybody have a spitball take as to what it would cost to make Metro Transit free? Assuming, I suppose, that routes could stay at current levels, which almost certainly isn't true as demand would increase. Based on Metro Transit's 2017 Facts , 25 percent of revenue is derived from fares. This w...

Is it, uh, too late to... 1. Eliminate 21st St Station 2. Single track the LRT between West Lake and Penn Ave 3. Not do the shallow tunnel, but instead run a single track of LRT next to a single track of freight 4. Save piles and piles of money? Ultimately adding a second track at later date comes ...

Can you buy them with cash from a bus operator as well? I honestly don't remember, though I know you could buy a 24-hour pass (at least historically) from a bus operator. (The A Line platforms do sell day passes.) I really wish that the GoTo cards would automatically cap at the price of a day pass ...

Looks like they’re currently disassembling the tower crane. Must have only needed it for forming the service level.


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The team has posted this short drone video of construction progress.

https://www.mnufc.com/post/2017/11/14/l ... ianz-field

Some info here, but I don't have access.

Site near United FC stadium prepares for suitors
http://finance-commerce.com/2017/11/sit ... r-suitors/

City council to vote on Allianz Field roads, stormwater — and a ‘Great Lawn’

http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/10/ci ... PV161W1wrf

Too bad they don't have a video of the "C" section inside, which I think is the only difference between II and IIa vehicles. What is different? I don't believe anything. These were order on options from the Central Corridor order. The Type IIIs on order for Southwest and Bottineau have be...

http://www.twincities.com/2017/09/20/mi ... adium/amp/

Rainbow closes tomorrow, comes down in November.

^That would be awesome. Can I ask where you heard that?

Apparently residents were sent an email.


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Sounds like Venn Brewing will be opening in December.


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Tim Horton's is coming! Tim Horton's is coming! Get ready for your double-doubles and maple-glazed donuts! (Tim's is seriously my favorite chain coffee shop by far.) http://www.twincities.com/2017/04/11/on-the-old-macys-rooftop-they-broke-ground-for-the-new-mn-wild-practice-rink/ Got to keep those ...

http://www.startribune.com/gop-lawmakers-seeking-to-divert-southwest-light-rail-money-to-road-bridge-projects/414281213/ It looks like SWLRT could be dead if some suburban and rural lawmakers get their way. Too bad for them it doesn't work that way. Ask Wisconsin, Florida, and Ohio who turned down ...

SWLRT has been approved to enter engineering by the FTA.
https://metrocouncil.org/Transportation ... est-L.aspx

Macys to redevlop 50 more stores
http://fortune.com/2016/11/10/macys-real-estate-sales/

Also of note: The downtown Portland store has been sold and will close in the new year.

Well at least new renderings indicate that the project isn't completely dead. Good sign I guess?

Completely dead?

A few design tweaks to the stadium.
55.1 Article.
http://fiftyfive.one/2016/10/minnesota- ... face-lift/

Comparison of renderings:
https://goo.gl/njKIW3

Visualization of the upcoming Type III light rail vehicles. Biggest difference is that the seats in the center section will all face each other, increasing capacity. https://i.imgur.com/X2uCcmT.png I've always hated the four-person rows, where you're knocking knees with the person across from you. ...

Here's some loathing of an ESG design in Portland.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpos ... tcount=801

We could've had a glass bottom bridge for only $3.4 million.
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/08/22 ... med-bridge