DC Metro recently changed all their signage to indicate when routes go "via downtown DC."
That seems sensible to me, considering what a destination downtown is in comparison to Brooklyn Park.
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- March 6th, 2024, 12:54 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1033250
- March 5th, 2024, 1:51 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
For everyone who laments the mistaken alignment of SW light rail (2c was far superior - should have gone thru uptown - would have saved money (no tunnel) and improved ridership), I would urge you to NOT support a street car. Why can't this be light rail? Either build light rail, or go with ABRT. Do...
- March 4th, 2024, 3:45 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Good luck getting MnDOT to cooperate with a dedicated lane on Highway 5 by the airport. The traffic by the airport is rarely backed up as far as the highway. You would not need a bus lane along the freeway to avoid the 54 being caught in traffic at the terminal. Bus shoulders would do the trick whe...
- March 4th, 2024, 2:40 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Has anyone here ever actually tried taking Route 54 on Glumack Rd to or from Terminal 1 during Uber/Lyft drop off peak hours? If you had, you would understand the problem with buses on this corridor. A problem that could probably be solved with some red paint and a new bus lane. A $2-3 billion doll...
- March 4th, 2024, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
I am a big supporter of SWLRT. Even with higher costs, it's an amazing, bang-for-our-buck project that's compared to similar projects nationwide. It provides a service that currently isn't offered and enhances surrounding services and will support massive development opportunities in currently under...
- March 3rd, 2024, 10:18 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Look, I know LRT is best for Riverview, but quite a few of you are making perfect be the enemy of good. I think there should instead be a focus on the options Ramsey County has put on the table and advocating for the best one, which is Streetcar Option 1. It's not LRT, but it's pretty close to it w...
- March 1st, 2024, 11:25 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
That's the thing: this can never be easily converted to a real, full LRT without completely rebuilding everything north of the shared portion with the Blue Line. By the time we get around to an LRT conversion in 2060, it will be a $10 billion project. It's unacceptable that the best possible outcom...
- February 29th, 2024, 10:23 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
That's the thing: this can never be easily converted to a real, full LRT without completely rebuilding everything north of the shared portion with the Blue Line. By the time we get around to an LRT conversion in 2060, it will be a $10 billion project. It's unacceptable that the best possible outcome...
- February 29th, 2024, 3:36 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1033250
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Whenever I see Blue Line plans or otherwise, it's always stipulated that West Broadway in Minneapolis will also be reconstructed even though the train is no longer running along it. I wonder if that's in the project budget. Realistically, that reconstruction is like $40 million tops, maybe like $80 ...
- February 29th, 2024, 3:30 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
If I were a state legislator, I would write a bill to kill this. I can smell from a mile away that is gonna see massive overruns and fail to enhance transit ridership or experience. Fund Blue Line Extension and a regionwide LRT study, but this project in its current form needs to be stopped before i...
- February 23rd, 2024, 11:45 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
The Riverview Corridor meeting slides for next week are up. They focus on the Arterial BRT option which would be similar to the 54 bus. It is modeled to have 8,000 riders per day in 2040 at a cost of $121 million and a 40 min travel time. Obviously this is much cheaper as it is mixed-traffic and wo...
- February 2nd, 2024, 2:15 pm
- Forum: Updates - Announcements - Problems - Suggestions
- Topic: Forum Maintenance & Technical Issues
- Replies: 385
- Views: 141720
Re: Forum Maintenance & Technical Issues
Yeah I'd be happy to help with managing/running the forum, but I don't have any experience on such stuff. Let me know if there's a way I can help.
- February 1st, 2024, 10:40 am
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Owatonna
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24673
Re: Owatonna
Owatonna is a well-positioned city. Near enough to Rochester, Mankato, and the Cities to serve as a satellite, but not so close as to be subsumed.
In the last few years, the Census recognized that Owatonna is part of the MSP combined statistical area. Its future is, apparently, bright.
In the last few years, the Census recognized that Owatonna is part of the MSP combined statistical area. Its future is, apparently, bright.
- January 31st, 2024, 11:57 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Both options assume mixed traffic operations north of Grand, and it sounds like the push is for less dedicated right of way, not more. If that's the case, this should be shelved for aBRT. I know I'm a broken record on this, but this project sucks. Way too much money for worse transit is not somethi...
- January 30th, 2024, 6:13 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
The Met Council still needs to communicate who and why made the short decision that prevent the interlining with Green Line I can't remember where I read it (buried in some document or post). But, the challenges cited with Green Line interlining had to do with the steep approach on 5th st ending in...
- January 30th, 2024, 2:44 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Train length is another issue... Will these stations only be built for 1-LRV trains? Hiawatha was built with some 2-LRV platforms but with a pathway to extend those platforms (happened within a few years). I think the current plans show one-car long stations, which would more-or-less preclude any f...
- January 30th, 2024, 2:43 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
How about we just don't build a streetcar and build light rail Agreed, but if we can only choose one of the streetcar options then I'd say Option 1 because it has the best chance to be converted to 100% dedicated right-of-way later on. From the meeting last evening, it sounded like the main or only...
- January 30th, 2024, 12:36 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
How about we just don't build a streetcar and build light rail
- January 26th, 2024, 9:51 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 590730
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Slide deck for next week's meeting: https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Roads%20and%20Transit/Riverview/RCEPE_20240129_CAC%20presentation_final.pdf The main points for the streetcar options are: - $2.1 billion budget - Appx 43-45 mins running time - 11,200 - 11,600 riders per day (depen...
- January 22nd, 2024, 6:20 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1327682
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Why am I just now noticing how insanely shortsighted it is that this almost $3B project did not include a trail along the portion of the route stretching from Shady Oak Station to at least Golden Triangle Station, or even better to the end of the line. I offer the ending at Golden Triangle because ...