Postby RailBaronYarr » January 21st, 2015, 1:28 pm
If they manage to integrate fares (at least for Metro Transit if not with airlines), a transfer to a Riverview BRT or LRT (which will likely be built by the time this is completed anyway, and if I had to guess at mode LRT will probably be it) could be fairly seamless for Mayo trips. Riverview would drop off right at SPUD's doorstep, so there's no confusion there.
Besides, while there are a lot of jobs in the airport *area* outside the MOA very few of them are connected to MSP (or what would be a rail terminal) directly with pedestrian or transit infrastructure. SPUD, even down in Lowertown, DOES have that, with the Green Line, future Riverview, bus network, and local amenities, plus jobs - roughly 26,000 within a ~0.5 mile walk acc to OnTheMap. The MSP airport area needs to include the MOA and as far west as Portland Ave to hit 30k jobs, and many of those are going to be MOA retail-oriented, not regional/national business-travel draws like downtown.