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Metro Transit is having a poster contest for the opening of the Green Line entries due by April 11

Disappearing Car Doors: A Revolutionary Concept in Car

Hiawatha Light Rail trail from 11th Avenue South and 15th Avenue South will reopen today

No Pants Light Rail Ride 2014 this Sunday
Anyone going?

A off topic, but are pavers a nuisance to maintain? I like the look, but I'm thinking about doing my driveway in concrete just for the ease of maintenance. I know the ones at the rail stations and places always look good, but there's an army of people tramping over them, and people paid to maintain...

I have no firm date but by guess is most likely June. Just because the construction is almost done. There is there is still a lot of testing to be done.

Have they considered gauntlet track rather than single track? Signaling would be required to prevent intrusion, but it would be much less complicated than switching. Here is a great example of light rail systems using interlaced (gauntlet) and bi-directional single track. jOTnmci9dJA https://encryp...

Is there even the slightest hope of the LRT and transit center being moved to closer to the new center of the mall? Or is that just a pipe dream, as I suspect?

In my opinion it is a pipe dream

WCCO is running a story right now about how cameras on buses and trains are able to help identify and catch criminals in transit crimes. Worth a watch online later.

Metro Transit Cameras Capture Suspect Who Robbed Blind Man

The would have been me operating in the U of M today. Dead wire testing and live wire was finished today between Chatsworth St and Robert St. The Green Line now has power from Minneapolis and St Paul.

The last of the catenary system is finish between Farmington and Robert St. Dead car tow line test was done today. Live wire will be done soon. I was out to the OMF this week and saw that the track has been laid for the yard and the parking lot look ready. by mamundsen They were doing testing in Low...

Found this on the Bottineau Transitway website. It is flyover simulation video of the Bottineau Transitway.

Again, maybe I'm being obtuse on this, but what in the world is the reason for doing this? Besides, of course, eliminating a very high demand bus stop in the heart of campus and generating potential conflicts between buses and LRT vehicles? Oh, and making it more difficult to transfer from bus to L...

I hope everyone is just being cautious to start out with, since that doesn't seem like a very fast pace. They'll probably have to always go slowly past the platform edge at the East Bank station, though.

Buses will not go over 15 MPH

Metro Transit buses training on the new Washington Ave Transit Mall at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. The buses will be running on the Metro Green Line right of way through the campus area.