MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
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We absolutely can't subsidize trains, but we sure can subsidize highway 52.
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What a Scott Walker wanna be. His initial claim to fame was this tweet which he then retracted:
"Let's be honest, 70% of teams in NBA could fold tomorrow + nobody would notice a difference w/ possible exception of increase in streetcrime."
Dooooah!
"Let's be honest, 70% of teams in NBA could fold tomorrow + nobody would notice a difference w/ possible exception of increase in streetcrime."
Dooooah!
Re: Zip Rail to Rochester
MnDOT is citing a large number of public comments for delaying the completion of the Final Scoping Decision document until November 15th.
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/newsrels/14/ ... prail.html
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/newsrels/14/ ... prail.html
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Somehow I doubt the "large number" of public comments are mostly positive. Some of the towns along the way are not going to go without a fight on this project.MnDOT is citing a large number of public comments for delaying the completion of the Final Scoping Decision document until November 15th.
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/newsrels/14/ ... prail.html
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There were people at the meetings I attended who literally thought this would cut off any way to get from one side of the line to the other between Dodge Center and Hampton.
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I'm not surprised that there are people pushing for this, but does it have any chance of passing (especially getting past the Senate and Dayton)?
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After the destination medical center wrangling, I can't imagine Dayton or the Senate torpedoing a complimentary high-speed rail service.
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I'm honestly surprised this isn't a bill aimed at stopping the NLX project rather than Zip Rail. Over Christmas, I got into quite the debate with my dad about the purpose of intercity rail and he was very adamant about how NLX was being foisted upon people by politicians of a certain party (if you can't guess, he's got a bit of an ideology...haha).
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The Final Scoping Decision Document has been released, along with a couple of large appendices. The files are here, with today's date: http://goziprail.org/info_center/
Mike Hicks
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Man, the FHWA is really not a fan of this project. Understandably, I suppose.
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On the last page of the document, they explicitly state:
I guess I understand the reasoning there, given the complete uncertainty of MSP-CHI HSR, but it sure would seem odd to plan this without any consideration for it.This project is not a connected action related to the Twin Cities to Chicago HighSpeed Rail project. The Chicago-Milwaukee-Twin Cities Passenger Rail Corridor Project is a wholly separate project.
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True, but the current MSP-CHI "HSR" is 110 MPH on the River Route. So while I don't think they're planning MSP-RST as an explicit component of MSP-CHI, I don't think anyone sees it as out of the question in the long term. Future MSP-CHI just can't be used to justify it, which is a shame.
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These comments in Appendix B are entertaining. At least there's a page of mostly support due to people from the Twin Cities and Rochester commenting.
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If anyone was looking to update their press distribution list... check out Appendix A.
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I don't see streets.mn anywhere on that email blast list...
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I am a huge supporter of Pine Island's request for a Light Rail stop for their bio-business park.
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Judging by the tone of the report, I'd say they are leaning towards the Union Depot via Robert street route in the north and the "hybrid" route near US-52 in the south. Its likely the lowest cost with no new river crossings while maintaining the highest possible speed. The Eagan/airport shuttle station idea seems pretty stupid and inefficient. I am impressed they are still talking about true electrified HSR (they repeatedly mention 186 mph+ top speeds) along this stand-alone corridor, even though I think that's overkill. I still would have hoped they would at least give us some indication of what service speeds they were considering for the corridor.
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Biggest takeaway? While cursive may be all but dead in the Twin Cities and Rochester, it's alive and well in and around Kenyon.
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