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- May 14th, 2024, 9:02 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2971
- Views: 760736
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Not to throw too many questions at you, but I am curious what LRT training is like? Are you trained for both Blue and Green? Are the different LRVs different to drive? It sounds like such a fun yet nerve-wracking job... For now we’ve only been trained on the Blue Line but in the next couple weeks w...
- May 12th, 2024, 7:16 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 521
- Views: 533893
Re: Northern Lights Express
It's just really difficult because we essentially have three hubs for different modes of transportation in the Twin Cities: Amtrak is primarily in St. Paul, Local travel is centered around Downtown Minneapolis, and air travel is out of Bloomington. As the plans stand today, it would be annoying to ...
- May 12th, 2024, 1:40 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 521
- Views: 533893
Re: Northern Lights Express
it's kinda annoying that the only rail connection between Minneapolis and St Paul (ignoring the green line) is this roundabout back in/out through the junction, but I agree maybe it would be better to route at least one NLX to SPUD since unless we pay for the twins to get a new stadium (bad idea for...
- May 11th, 2024, 7:40 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 372
- Views: 156463
Re: Interstate 94
(Do people have a legitimate problem with CityNerd? Or is it just a taste thing? His voice is a bit grating to my tastes, but I enjoy his content.) His voice is fine to me and his takes are solid, but what gets me is that he can come off as a bit arrogant and smug like some early 2000s reddit debun...
- May 3rd, 2024, 12:18 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2971
- Views: 760736
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but when ever looked into the history behind the blue line, Jessie Ventura's name pops up both self claiming that he's the reason why it got built despite the GOP and DFL digging in their heels and that there would of been more lines built if he had gotten a second te...
- May 2nd, 2024, 10:43 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2971
- Views: 760736
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Not to be too much of a downer, but I would of thought that after 20 years we would of had more then 2 frequent train lines in the cities (although tbf I was 6 and probably didn't know anything beyond it was cool) I wonder how we compare to other cities in terms of how long it takes to add more rail...
- May 1st, 2024, 3:46 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 637
- Views: 415541
Re: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
I'm guessing the 30 mins time saving comes from the chargers running around with maybe 3 or 4 horizon cars instead of the full empire builder sleeper train consist Also here's hoping it doesn't take another 9 years to add a 3rd train, maybe if we ever get up to 4 a day SPUD will actually start to fe...
- April 30th, 2024, 8:13 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Red Rock Corridor
- Replies: 62
- Views: 11571
Re: Red Rock Corridor
I forgot this thing existed, maybe they saw some DMU's like the staddler or what ever siemens has (sprinter?) and thought that since there about LRT size and not as big as Northstar they must be LRT But still thought this project was just another thing that "we'll could make an official study a...
- April 25th, 2024, 10:09 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Street, Road and Highway Projects
- Replies: 1407
- Views: 651479
Re: Street, Road and Highway Projects
I think some people might disagree, but thinking about some of the discussion about burying/cap and covering I-94, I kinda think highway 7 between 100 and 494 might be better suited in small sections in Hopkins and SLP. I kinda view that section of 7 as what my parents used to say 169 was like befor...
- April 22nd, 2024, 5:15 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 372
- Views: 156463
Re: Interstate 94
Found this somewhat relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5pPKfzzL54 Does freight exist? Does that bed in a box you ordered from Amazon magically coalesce inside the Amazon van when it pulls up in front of your house? Like the transporter in Star Trek? The guy has some great jargon that he's j...
- April 19th, 2024, 8:50 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Orange Line / 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown Project
- Replies: 1125
- Views: 259664
Re: Orange Line / 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown Project
I'm just surprised that the college didn't at least try and petition a shuttle too and from 98th station since it is still a major transfer point even without the orange line, But no only the U gets fancy stuff like that. I no longer go there but I recall hearing that the schedule for the 539 and 54...
- April 18th, 2024, 8:40 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Orange Line / 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown Project
- Replies: 1125
- Views: 259664
Re: Orange Line / 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown Project
Out of curiosity does anyone have ridership numbers for the old 535 and 465/460 pre orange line? The former is arguable what the line replaced and I remember some packed buses when I used to go to Normandale, although I'm not sure how low it got when the pandemic hit. The later while I wounding say ...
- April 17th, 2024, 6:03 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Gold Line BRT - Downtown St. Paul to Woodbury
- Replies: 495
- Views: 168933
Re: Gold Line BRT - Downtown St. Paul to Woodbury
Well TIL there are important Metro Transit staff members who are members of the forum.
- April 15th, 2024, 7:36 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Fantasy maps
- Replies: 310
- Views: 158293
Re: Fantasy maps
Rapid transit and regional rail system in the Twin Cities: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=13NeeHKhZe60AcQHPFarz1vPavi6iibs&usp=sharing Regular bus services in the Twin Cities coinciding with the rapid transit and regional rail routes: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1PjuQ...
- April 12th, 2024, 6:36 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Gold Line BRT - Downtown St. Paul to Woodbury
- Replies: 495
- Views: 168933
Re: Gold Line BRT (Gateway Corridor)
That video did a pretty good job describing the differences between the "types" of BRT, but hung onto the cost thing a bit more than I would have liked. Also, the people he were interviewing (assuming Metro Transit reps) said some pretty refreshing things, especially the network vs corrid...
- April 12th, 2024, 12:08 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Gold Line BRT - Downtown St. Paul to Woodbury
- Replies: 495
- Views: 168933
Re: Gold Line BRT (Gateway Corridor)
Interesting little takeaways I didn't consider before is one of the reasons LRT is much more expensive is that there's not many construction firms who specialize in building out LRT where for better or worse I'm sure there's serval dozen companies in the state alone who have been fine tunning road ...
- April 12th, 2024, 9:18 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Gold Line BRT - Downtown St. Paul to Woodbury
- Replies: 495
- Views: 168933
Re: Gold Line BRT (Gateway Corridor)
Found this scrolling online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q-UHd9tFNk Interesting little takeaways I didn't consider before is one of the reasons LRT is much more expensive is that there's not many construction firms who specialize in building out LRT where for better or worse I'm sure there's ser...
- April 7th, 2024, 8:13 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1318884
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
I think there might be plans to reroute the 612 off mainstreet unfortunately since downtown hopkins station has a planned loop built in and its awkward to get to coming down 7th, There might be a case to increase the 615 to half an hour frequency since it gets close to 3 or 4 of the stations but tha...
- April 6th, 2024, 10:45 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
- Replies: 140
- Views: 180799
Re: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
Yeah while I say this as someone who works along the 42 corridor and would greatly benefit from this is unlikely. if MVTA really wanted to test the waters they could make the 444 a half hour service along the route (currently iirc its an hourly service because half the schedule service terminates at...
- April 2nd, 2024, 7:07 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Hopkins - General Topics
- Replies: 374
- Views: 146320
Re: Hopkins - General Topics
Yeah the southbound 169 to westbound Excelsior is annoying since half the drivers keep going at highway speeds on to excelsior, and the other half will come to a complete stop and almost case a few fender benders cause that right hand turn can seem a bit sharp. If I'm coming home and don't have some...