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- August 21st, 2023, 8:20 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1024861
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Imagine a history where instead of assuming railroads would play nice in swampy low-intensity corridors, we had done elevated driverless automated light metros from the start with 3-4 minute headways regardless of driver shortages.
- August 21st, 2023, 8:17 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
- Replies: 964
- Views: 368147
Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
The history of hotels outside the CBD is fascinating. Back when I worked at WFHM, some of our consultants who'd fly in to work with us would stay at the Midtown Sheraton because it was close enough to walk, but others would stay downtown or in the burbs. Anyone know the disposition of the old Midtow...
- August 21st, 2023, 8:07 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1317750
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
The core work for the flying junction was done when Hennepin County built the *second* Target Field Station was built, a few years after the first TFS was built as part of Northstar contruction. There were great diagrams showing how the junction and tail track would come together which appear to hav...
- August 15th, 2023, 3:19 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
- Replies: 183
- Views: 168037
Re: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
The point is there's nothing between Northfield and Minneapolis/St. Paul that merits regional rail service. A suburban park and ride station, if necessary, could go somewhere on either route and serve SOTR just fine. Track between those two destinations is a means to an end to get from one place to ...
- August 15th, 2023, 3:03 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Fantasy maps
- Replies: 310
- Views: 157831
Re: Fantasy maps
IMO go for the Yahara Station idea in Madison and upgrade transit on the ithsmus.
- August 9th, 2023, 11:01 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
- Replies: 260
- Views: 126626
Re: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
Taking demographics out of it, why would a seller want to sell to someone with more complicated financing and a more difficult path to closing versus easier financing? Same reason why cash is king over financing - less risk to close.
- August 8th, 2023, 9:41 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
- Replies: 183
- Views: 168037
Re: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
the Dan Patch Line seems like another Northstar Commuter Line Agreed. The lesson from Northstar is that peak-oriented commuter trains don't have much benefit. Less now than before COVID sent many office workers home for good, and it was even a struggletrain in the before times. Pivot towards a regi...
- August 8th, 2023, 9:36 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 635
- Views: 415115
Re: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Great River (TCMC)
https://www.wuwm.com/2023-07-14/why-yes ... a-lot-more
Yet another recent article expecting to start before EOY, though timetables are still TBD.
Yet another recent article expecting to start before EOY, though timetables are still TBD.
- July 18th, 2023, 2:07 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line LRT
- Replies: 1297
- Views: 102178
Re: Green Line LRT
You called me out, and you are correct. It was a quick comparison not fully thought out, more of a derision on the Mpls examples than the Lowertown example.
- July 17th, 2023, 9:46 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line LRT
- Replies: 1297
- Views: 102178
Re: Green Line LRT
OMF + CHS Field is to Lowertown what the 4th Ave Parking Ramp Wall is to Downtown East or ABC ramp wall is to the Royalston area.
- June 19th, 2023, 9:10 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 521
- Views: 533086
Re: Northern Lights Express
The Sandstone O&M idea was an attempt to placate opposition on the route.
IMO, assuming this and TCMC both use Amtrak Midwest trainsets, it makes the most sense to find an area near Minneapolis for O&M with expansion potential. Something along Northtown Yard for example.
IMO, assuming this and TCMC both use Amtrak Midwest trainsets, it makes the most sense to find an area near Minneapolis for O&M with expansion potential. Something along Northtown Yard for example.
- June 9th, 2023, 9:54 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 376021
Re: MSP Airport
I found my source map from a decade ago and did some quick ideation based on their current plans. https://i.imgur.com/tHnYv7G.png Facilities: - New T1b/International curbside (black) and headhouse (green) midfield atop the parking pay area, with direct connections to the proposed rebuilt A concourse...
- June 8th, 2023, 8:29 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 376021
Re: MSP Airport
I also understand that both of the existing trams are approaching the end of their lifecycle, so there may be more ambitious plans for those when they get replaced. With the extension of the G concourse, that side will likely also need a tram, and if the new F gets aligned with G (and same with E a...
- June 8th, 2023, 8:57 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 376021
Re: MSP Airport
Anyone found details on how T1 FIS could be expanded? As seen above, this is the second highest priority project on their draft list and it says "ex. site" for the location. Expanding at the existing site seems difficult for two reasons. First, the actual FIS space is constrained by being ...
- June 5th, 2023, 11:50 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
- Replies: 516
- Views: 183654
Re: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
It was a few years ago now, but I added up the daily flights on all airlines in the MSP-RST-LSE-MSN-MKE-CHI corridor and it was pushing 60 flights per day.
- June 2nd, 2023, 10:27 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 635
- Views: 415115
Re: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Great River (TCMC)
Would there ever be a market for a night train to Chicago, possibly even a private operator? Current Empire Builder block time is 7:55. Imagine a 10:30 p.m. departure and 6:30 a.m. arrival in both directions. Not an efficient use of rolling stock, but maybe the type of thing a private operator could...
- June 1st, 2023, 9:55 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
- Replies: 538
- Views: 236900
Re: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
20 years ago there were studies of extending the freeway from 140th St south to 160th St or beyond. Alas, the stroad remained.
- June 1st, 2023, 9:53 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 376021
Re: MSP Airport
This just feels like more of a hack - at what point has this thing been hacked up too much? - Rebuilding E and F is needed, but this will still have a dead end alley between the two. Curious why not rebuild as an island pier parallel to the headhouse and Rwy 4/22 instead of keeping the two finger pi...
- June 1st, 2023, 8:25 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 376021
- May 31st, 2023, 1:19 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
- Replies: 538
- Views: 236900
Re: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
However, hypothetically speaking.. There has been a major transit station at 155th St since the mid-1990s, consistently one of the highest ridership stations in the metro. It was expanded and moved across the street with platforms and a skyway on Cedar in 2009. Red Line "BRT" started serv...