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- January 1st, 2024, 9:11 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
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Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Where did you find SW Transit's ridership? Looking at SW Transit's schedule there's 21 daily roundtrips (1 on Route 600 + 4 on Route 695 + 16 on Route 698), which split evenly for each one-way trip would be 19 riders assuming there's 800 total daily riders. 15-20K average daily ridership in 2030, or...
- December 27th, 2023, 11:15 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1306280
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Looking at the Green Line Extension construction website, they anticipate the Kenilworth Trail to reopen in 2025, so I wonder if it means at that point the heavy construction phase of the tunnel will be done and they just have to install the tracks and utilities in the tunnel.
- December 24th, 2023, 3:04 pm
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Hudson WI Area
- Replies: 0
- Views: 22470
Hudson WI Area
I didn't know where to post this, so I figured I'd just start a new thread for the area in and around Hudson. Hudson's city council approved a shared-ride program that's already in use in New Richmond and River Falls, though there's disagreements on how much the fare should be and who it should be c...
- December 21st, 2023, 11:11 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
- Replies: 55
- Views: 250083
Re: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
Some people actually think it looks like Somalia's flag? Just put them together and you'll see they aren't similar in any way besides both of them having a star.
- December 18th, 2023, 12:37 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington - General Topics
- Replies: 332
- Views: 141491
Re: Bloomington - General Topics
Looking at aerials from Google Earth and Hennepin County the building was demolished between 2006 and 2008.
For anyone curious here's Hennepin County's aerial photo website: https://hennepin.maps.arcgis.com/apps/w ... 75254b6cad
For anyone curious here's Hennepin County's aerial photo website: https://hennepin.maps.arcgis.com/apps/w ... 75254b6cad
- December 15th, 2023, 11:57 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
- Replies: 545
- Views: 212723
Re: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
Well Elon Musk does have the mind of a 14-year old.
To me the Cybertruck looks like something out of a cyberpunk dystopia, and I sincerely hope the design doesn't catch on to other vehicles. Not that I think most vehicles today look much better than it.
To me the Cybertruck looks like something out of a cyberpunk dystopia, and I sincerely hope the design doesn't catch on to other vehicles. Not that I think most vehicles today look much better than it.
- December 15th, 2023, 11:52 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1015997
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
I'm alright with it as long as trains get signal preemption through those crossings.
- December 13th, 2023, 1:39 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
- Replies: 140
- Views: 177448
Re: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
It's also worth mentioning all the opt-outs are members of the Suburban Transit Association, which "is the legislative advocacy group assuring regional suburban transit needs are prioritized properly by elected leaders" (from their website: https://www.suburbantransitassociation.com/). On ...
- December 12th, 2023, 9:46 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
- Replies: 140
- Views: 177448
Re: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
Considering that all the opt-outs are in the west metro (MVTA is kind of in the east metro, but most of their service is in the west metro), has any east metro suburb had an opt-out service or considered opting out of Metro Transit's service? The last thing we need is another opt-out, so I hope none...
- December 8th, 2023, 1:47 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1306280
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
I forget if this has been brought up before, but as I biked on the trail through Hopkins and St. Louis Park a few days ago it seemed like the trail is an inch or two narrower than the old trail. Whether or not that's the case the multi-year long closure and construction could've/would've/should've b...
- December 8th, 2023, 10:42 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Fantasy maps
- Replies: 310
- Views: 155077
Re: Fantasy maps
Regional rail station concepts on Union Pacific's Montgomery Subdivision. A few years ago this rail line lost its biggest shipper, but freight trains still run on it, and Union Pacific hasn't shown any signs of abandoning this branch line. Abandonment or not, I hope someday regional rail is seriousl...
- December 5th, 2023, 7:09 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 576640
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
With this evening's CAC meeting concluded here's some notes I took: One of the CAC members asked about the possibility of extending the Gold Line west to the airport and Mall of America as an alternative to the streetcar and aBRT options. One of the planners responded that the idea has been tossed a...
- December 4th, 2023, 12:01 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1803
- Views: 1082016
Re: Bicycle Infrastructure
Has there been any proposal to have any kind of rail their downtown in the past 30 years? Considering the debacle the Green and Blue Line extensions and Northstar have been, after Riverview is done are we going to have any more of some kind of rail anywhere in the metro in the next 30 years? Is a 3...
- December 4th, 2023, 11:46 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 576640
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Streetcar Option 1 looks the best to me. Most of the route has dedicated right-of-way plus center-running on West 7th should help with speed and reliability. My only hope is that later on they'll give the route dedicated right-of-way through downtown since I can't see mixed-traffic operation workin...
- December 3rd, 2023, 10:10 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1803
- Views: 1082016
Re: Bicycle Infrastructure
In downtown Chaska a trail is being built under Chestnut Street on the former Union Pacific railroad right-of-way, so I guess it's pretty clear they have no interest in any kind of rail coming to their downtown. I'll keep myself from going into a full blown rant and just say it's shortsighted and di...
- December 1st, 2023, 3:29 pm
- Forum: Cities Around the World
- Topic: Oslo, Norway (my home away from home)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5290
Re: Oslo, Norway (my home away from home)
I just looked at the map and noticed that the Oslo airport (unlike ours) is a sensible distance away from the city. That it is! But there's frequent and high-speed train service between Oslo and Gardermoen Airport as the airport has a station on the railway from Oslo to Lillehammer and Trondheim. F...
- December 1st, 2023, 12:36 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 372647
Re: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
I'm going a little into fantasy about this, but for many years I've thought it would be nice to start fresh with a Terminal 3 for all international arrivals and departures. This hypothetical T3 would have a sterile connection to the existing terminals, so if you're connecting to a flight at a differ...
- December 1st, 2023, 11:58 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 576640
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Streetcar Option 1 looks the best to me. Most of the route has dedicated right-of-way plus center-running on West 7th should help with speed and reliability. My only hope is that later on they'll give the route dedicated right-of-way through downtown since I can't see mixed-traffic operation working...
- December 1st, 2023, 10:09 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Fantasy maps
- Replies: 310
- Views: 155077
Re: Fantasy maps
Concept for a regional rail station in Little Canada along CPKC's St. Paul Subdivision: https://photos.app.goo.gl/SCzFRLUP1wpREJfA8 Side-by-side comparison with the area today: https://photos.app.goo.gl/gmmXbecfRmUYgw6V7 Present day I believe this is the northern terminus for most Route 62 buses, an...
- December 1st, 2023, 9:47 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 372647
Re: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
No official announcement yet, but Ethiopian Airlines plans to introduce two new North American destinations per year for the next few years, and MSP is on the list.
https://simpleflying.com/ethiopian-airl ... tinations/
https://simpleflying.com/ethiopian-airl ... tinations/