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- April 19th, 2016, 7:10 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
- Replies: 733
- Views: 368314
Re: Rush Line Corridor (Alternatives Analysis)
Went to the meeting as well. I feel it's likely that dedicated BRT or LRT on White Bear Avenue won't go through simply because businesses and homeowners wouldn't want White Bear Avenue widened, and certainly wouldn't want a lane taken out. My hope is that, for now, arterial BRT is chosen to White Be...
- April 19th, 2016, 6:59 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Type II LRVs - Siemens S70
- Replies: 153
- Views: 32448
Re: Type II LRVs - Siemens S70
Wig-wags?! Those are supposed to be called ditch lights!Metro Transit is adding wig wag to the trains.
Already seen a few with that design. Problem is, people still don't pay attention.
- April 17th, 2016, 6:56 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: 2015 Minnesota State Rail Plan
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8566
Re: 2015 Minnesota State Rail Plan
...I never suggested Amtrak would be interested in a line from Northfield to Minneapolis. I suggested a line from Minneapolis to Kansas City. If you guys can't be bothered to actually read my comments then I clearly am just wasting my time here. To Kansas City is what the Spine Line is for. If this...
- April 17th, 2016, 9:43 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: 2015 Minnesota State Rail Plan
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8566
Re: 2015 Minnesota State Rail Plan
Amtrak wouldn't have anything to do with regional rail (i.e. the Dan Patch corridor), so contact them would be useless. MnDOT may not have much, if anything, because 2002 legislation specifically prohibited future planning along the Dan Patch corridor. That legislation prohibits MnDOT, the Metropol...
- April 16th, 2016, 9:53 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: 2015 Minnesota State Rail Plan
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8566
Re: 2015 Minnesota State Rail Plan
I've tried contacting MnDOT about what exactly they would plan with the Dan Patch Corridor but no luck. From a Star Tribune article I read awhile ago the plan is for passenger trains going non-stop between Minneapolis and Northfield, and if that is the plan, that is completely idiotic and none of th...
- April 16th, 2016, 9:34 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Type II LRVs - Siemens S70
- Replies: 153
- Views: 32448
Re: Type II LRVs - Siemens S70
General question-Sometimes there is a loud buzzing noise at the front/back of the cars when it's accelerating/decelerating. What is it? It happens more often in cold weather so I feel like it has something to do with the brakes but I'm not sure. Never heard it on the Type I vehicles, just the Type II.
- April 16th, 2016, 9:26 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Mall of America Transit Station
- Replies: 146
- Views: 52365
Re: Mall of America Transit Station: Master Plan
What I find ridiculous is that it takes 4 minutes just to get between the MOA Station and 28th Avenue Station. They should've gone with the original plan of having the station along 28th Avenue across the street from the East Parking Ramp. Right now the area is just an overflow lot and used for Stat...
- April 16th, 2016, 9:00 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
- Replies: 140
- Views: 177437
Re: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
I tried Route 494 twice. Once for fun, but the second time was actually convenient since I was biking in Shakopee and didn't want to bike all the way back to Bloomington. It took awhile since I had to connect to Route 694 at SW Station but better than having to bike up the river valley. I'd like to ...
- April 15th, 2016, 7:31 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: What if We Shut Down Our Transit System?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1239
Re: What if We Shut Down Our Transit System?
The typical congestion argument (transit reduces congestion!) has always been a loser for the pro-transit crowd. I think it's pretty safe to say that transit doesn't impact congestion in any meaningful way and won't for the foreseeable future. Indeed if we completely shut down our transit system, m...
- April 15th, 2016, 12:25 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: What if We Shut Down Our Transit System?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1239
What if We Shut Down Our Transit System?
For a moment, let's pretend we actually agree to what the anti-transit, pro-automobile groups say. The Met Council is either stripped of it's power or is taken over by a much more conservative leadership. No more light rail, as in the extension of the Blue and Green lines are dropped. And to make su...
- April 15th, 2016, 9:33 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Robert Street Corridor Arterial BRT
- Replies: 107
- Views: 24596
Re: Robert Street Corridor Arterial BRT
I suggested a trolleybus (buses with overhead wires) as a compromise between ABRT and streetcar. I forget the reason why it wasn't looked at but I feel it would be a good compromise for this corridor; cheaper bus, but permanence of a streetcar line.
- April 14th, 2016, 8:00 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2953
- Views: 749469
Re: Public Transit News and Current Happenings
Here's a presentation about improvements to the High Frequency network over the next two years, as well as general service improvements. http://metrocouncil.org/Council-Meetings/Committees/Transportation-Committee/2016/April-11,-2016/2016-Hi-Freq.aspx New additions planned seem to be the the 2, 54 ...
- April 13th, 2016, 8:40 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: C Line - Penn Avenue North Rapid Bus
- Replies: 240
- Views: 56155
Re: "C Line" Penn Avenue aBRT & Community Works Project
Delayed a year. http://www.startribune.com/north-minneapolis-rapid-bus-project-on-penn-avenue-faces-new-delay/375587041/ But of course we have $2 million to waste on a few dozen riders along the 169 corridor. To be fair at least they cut their losses instead of trying to make it last for two years ...
- April 13th, 2016, 3:06 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Fantasy maps
- Replies: 310
- Views: 155059
Re: Fantasy maps
https://www.flickr.com/photos/141802592@N05/shares/2349oz I also have concept maps of the Metro and Metro Arterial system, but those are currently in progress. Here is a suburban regional rail system that would be similar to Germany's S-Bahn with all day service in each direction. Highest frequency ...
- April 5th, 2016, 10:25 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Minnesota Valley regional rail (Shakopee, Mankato, beyond)
- Replies: 55
- Views: 13894
Re: Minnesota Valley regional rail (Shakopee, Mankato, beyond)
An update on this project: http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/mankato-to-metro-passenger-rail-back-on-the-agenda/article_d18d24e2-d681-11e5-94b9-cf2c9723094e.html Talks about starting with bus service between Mankato and Shakopee. I'm guessing travelers would connect to/from the MVTA at one of the...
- April 5th, 2016, 2:14 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line LRT
- Replies: 1297
- Views: 99952
Re: Green Line (Central Corridor LRT)
I apologize if this has been asked before, but far down the road if they wanted to tunnel under the East Bank to improve travel time and keep all the idiots on Washington Avenue from walking in front of a train would there be vibration problems like what occurred with the current project, and how ca...
- April 2nd, 2016, 1:28 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Como-Harriet Streetcar Line
- Replies: 66
- Views: 11918
Re: Como-Harriet Streetcar Line
This winter I walked some of the old ROW of this streetcar route in south Minneapolis and Edina. It would be great to have streetcar service extended to Southdale or Hopkins, but as a potential compromise to save on cost, lessen the worry from residents about noise and other impacts, and assuming th...
- April 2nd, 2016, 12:41 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Midtown Greenway Trail [not the transit thread]
- Replies: 108
- Views: 45523
Re: Midtown Greenway
It was suggested somewhere else before, but with the spur leading towards U of M's East Bank abandoned it would be a good opportunity to have the Midtown Streetcar go across the river and head north to the U connecting with the Green Line's Stadium Village Station. Whether it would be alongside the ...
- April 2nd, 2016, 12:15 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Dakota Rail Corridor
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1294
Re: Dakota Rail Corridor
The TC&W corridor or a corridor to the north (Luce Line) wouldn't serve destinations that the Dakota Rail Corridor would other than Hutchinson. The Dakota Rail Corridor's purpose would also be to serve some of the communities of Lake Minnetonka. This would most likely replace the current bus ser...
- March 31st, 2016, 7:49 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Freight Rail News and Happenings
- Replies: 247
- Views: 131862
Re: Freight Rail News and Happenings
In addition to TC&W rehabbing the Dan Patch Bridge (Savage Swing Bridge) on the MN&S, CP Railway improved curves on the line to allow 20 mph. speed, up from 10 mph.