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A little difficult to see, but it looks like it's dated 1938. Those were the days when high speed urban roads were considered to be a extension of the parks system - the era of the Bronx River Pkwy, the Arroyo Seco Pkwy, Lake Shore Drive, and locally with Lilac Dr (now Hwy 100). I believe these plan...

Some Purple Line updates from the meeting on Wednesday. The Larpenteur/White Bear station is moving to Idaho/White Bear. On the north end, one option is to end at Maplewood Mall Transit Center, the other option is to extend to Hazelwood Ave & County Road D with a stop at St. Johns Hospital. The ...

The minimum width between the new spans is about 20 ft and the max is about 33 ft. It seems like it could be challenging.

A new option for Lowry was presented yesterday which would place the station at street level. This would realign the Lowry/Wirth Pkwy intersection and would allow access to the hospital and neighborhood without the use of elevators or stairs. https://metrocouncil.org/Transportation/Projects/Light-Ra...

The urban/suburban divide will exist either way. A lot of suburbs in the Metro Transit service area have bad service, so it largely shows which suburbs have prioritized transit service and which ones have not.

No, only the south/west metro suburbs opted out. Minnetonka is also an opt-out but has an agreement with the Met Council to provide additional service instead of having their own system. The opt-out suburbs tend to be wealthier and wanted high quality downtown express service to be competitive. Almo...

Why not just use Marquette and 2nd? The infrastructure is all there and underutilized and I doubt the express bus network is ever coming back like it once was.

For the MOA terminal I don't see why they can't just build a third terminal track where a bus bay is. The streetcar is only supposed to be 80 feet long as it is. Moving the light rail terminal across the street is a terrible idea and doesn't seem like it will provide an improvement for transfers or ...

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 o...

If it's a project by the university would it be exempt from going through the city?

The 442 and 444 also serve MOA to Cedar Grove (and stop adjacent to the mall instead of in the freeway median). 442 also stops at Palomino Hills which has a few apartments and trailer parks nearby. The 140th St Station seems really poorly placed for where riders would be coming from. 147th and AVTS ...

MVTA has been improving the 475 to the point that it runs hourly midday now. Improving that more might be an even better solution than the Red Line as it gives a direct connection that skips the MOA stop.

Rosenthal Furniture at 5th St N & 1st Ave N is closing.
https://www.fox9.com/news/downtown-minn ... n-business

Previously, the city of Burnsville identified opportunity for a transit station in a redevelopment of the mall. With the roadway revisions happening at 35W & 42 I would hope that extending the Orange Line is considered. I recall that the study said an extension to Lakeville wouldn't generate a l...

There's a maintenance facility being planned beyond the end of the line at Oak Grove which would have to be relocated. It also looks like Oak Grove is being planned as something analogous to Bloomington's South Loop with higher density housing.

My guess is that the ridership isn't that strong and they're trying to make new connections to increase ridership. The extended route with lower frequency still uses the same amount of resources. The south end of the route from Burnsville Center and Fairview Hospital to Apple Valley Transit Station ...

Looks like meetings are back on: Community Advisory Committee meeting tentatively Dec 4-6, 2023 Policy Advisory Committee meeting tentatively Dec 13, 2023 Station Area Planning Task Force meeting tentatively Dec 2023 https://www.ramseycounty.us/residents/roads-transportation/transit-corridors-studie...

Ramsey County needs to figure these issues out. IIRC, the renovation cost around $250 million which is a lot of money for a facility that largely serves as a parking garage and bus layover (and a wedding venue). Amtrak leaving would really cement the renovation as being a colossal waste of money.

Looks like the start date for the B Line is June 2025, according to the project's FAQ page.

https://www.metrotransit.org/b-line-FAQs

I think bringing back the 27 and extending to the North Side via Lyndale and Dunwoody/Van White could be a pretty interesting concept. On the east side it's a little bit trickier but perhaps something on 2nd or Washington then along 4th/University to Jones/Eddy Hall, West Bank, Cedar, Minnehaha to t...