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I agree that we should always be striving to make our transit system better, but would people provide specific suggestions on how to make the system better? TCmetro, I would also argue that our bus stops are pretty good. Yes the benches could be farther from the street, but I find the amount of info...

Thanks for saying that Uptown sport. ^^^ I agree, the wide swath descriptions are getting a bit tiresome.

Yeah this made me super nerdily excited too

^^^ Very well said mate.

I wasn't criticizing your idea man. I agree that we need to be careful with what we tax and that we do not want to create a environment hostile to economic stability. I was just confused because I understood your statement to be implying that Governor Dayton is intentionally trying to screw over MN....

Again Nasa, are you saying Governor Dayton is intentionally trying to shaft the state of MN? That sounds like a pretty hate filled, accusatory comment. Is it your intention to put this feeling across or are you simply stating you disagree with his politics? I ask, because, negative view of him or no...

I agree. But I also think that yelling at them will just cause them to fortify their own beliefs. This ultimately doesn't get what, I think, we would want in the first place, which is for the bigotry not to exist.

Thanks John. I think there is a wide range of ideas that exist in our city government. Nasa, I just can't agree that one side is more intolerant than the other. Case in point, a vocal part of the right side of the political spectrum is intolerant of homosexuality, while a vocal part of the left is i...

Thanks VA! I know aBRT, just hadn't heard the babyBRT phrase before.

VA- Could you clarify what you mean by Baby BRT? Thanks mate.

I would also add the point that, while they do look cool (which I agree, they do :D ), streetcars are more about moving volumes of people. I was always under the assumption that a streetcar carry more passengers than a bus, articulated bus, etc. I feel like this is what should be pushed when conside...

To be fair, you can be what other people might consider a kook and get elected anywhere if you put your mind to it. I actually think Minneapolis runs pretty well as a city. Granted, I have not lived everywhere, but in the places I have lived, I was suprised by the craziness that exists in government...

I agree 100%. I think there is WAY too much going on in that video.

I think we have had "direct" service the past two years, but we have not had "non stop" service since whenever delta dropped the flight. I think the latter is what the MAC is going for.

Visualizer. Thanks for exapnding on your previous statement and just to be clear, I was not offended by your post. I think one reason it is difficult to meet people in MN is because so many folks who are from here, stay here. I view this as a positive, but this trait can lead to an insular environme...

Visualizer, could you expand on that? I am interested in what you mean, and don't quite grasp what you are trying to say. Cheers.

^^^^ I would love that. I think US transit systems are too sitting focused sometimes. Especially on high frequency and express routes, I think it would be ok to have fewer seats so more people could board the bus.

re Twincitizen's comments: I thought the corridor was shot down mostly because residents didn't want it. In an case, feasibility aside, have resident opinion changed? Is it changing? I am fine with aBRT as well, I just thought it was less ridership levels and more resident opposition that stopped th...

Has anyone heard if opinions of LRT on West 7th in St Paul have changed? I know it was shot down previously, and BRT was preferred, but I was wondering if the popularity of other lines has changed residents' views. The whole idea of the transit triangle really causes me to nerd out hahah.

Where was FSN based before the move?