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- May 31st, 2023, 1:19 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
- Replies: 538
- Views: 236978
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...
- May 31st, 2023, 12:57 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
- Replies: 183
- Views: 168097
Re: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
I don't see Dan Patch ever making sense for commuter rail competing with buses on 35W and 77 (nor do I see commuter rail and increasingly commuter bus as viable in general) but I do think Dan Patch could have a place in a larger regional corridor. It could be a nice intercity trunk for Spine Line ra...
- May 24th, 2023, 11:13 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 521
- Views: 533872
Re: Northern Lights Express
At one point, NLX was going to be a unique trainset to operate at higher speeds. Now, if speeds are only 90 MPH max, is it assumed these will run with Venture/Charger trainsets in the Midwest pool? IMO all regional rail should stop in Minneapolis *and* St. Paul even if that means a back-up between M...
- May 16th, 2023, 7:47 pm
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Rochester
- Replies: 591
- Views: 462498
- April 19th, 2023, 9:34 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2970
- Views: 760670
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
The Red Line was not about transit, it was about adding through lanes and turn lanes to Cedar Ave in Apple Valley, consolidating access, replacing millions of dollars worth of aging stoplights, etc. If 350 people get to ride a bus each day that's just a bonus.
- April 6th, 2023, 11:31 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 582216
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
I'm curious what's better... - "Streetcar" LRVs in mixed traffic, lack of signal priority, and other hobbling factors BUT with dual-track ROW - Traditional LRT-spec with minimized grade crossings, TSP or railroad signals, 3+ LRV trains, and strategic grade separation BUT with significant s...
- March 14th, 2023, 10:18 am
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Duluth - General Topics
- Replies: 65
- Views: 90061
- March 10th, 2023, 2:29 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1318846
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Oh yeah I wrote this 9 years ago https://streets.mn/2014/02/11/southwest-lrt-plan/
- March 7th, 2023, 5:59 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Harmonia - 255 2nd Ave S - 25ish / 20ish / 10ish stories
- Replies: 31
- Views: 34257
Re: Harmonia - 255 2nd Ave S - 25ish / 20ish / 10ish stories
"Current 12 foot ceilings" underground... sounds perfect for that bus layover facility to replace Gateway Ramp and allow for the next block to redevelop...
- March 7th, 2023, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Street Design
- Replies: 45
- Views: 56434
Re: Minneapolis Street Design
I say this as a former candidate endorsed by Mpls firefighters union a decade ago, and without prejudice to the merit of their staffing or operations desires... but they've been bringing up those same points about NFPA standards since at least 2013. What categories are those 55,000 calls in? How man...
- March 4th, 2023, 10:20 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Heritage lines, excursion trains, and other railroad attractions in MN
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8618
Re: Heritage lines, excursion trains, and other railroad attractions in MN
I saw on Wikipedia that a heritage train used to be run from Mpls to the Renaissance Fest in the 80s along a now-abandoned ROW. Would it be possible to run a seasonal train like this today from Union Depot instead? Yes that HCRRA line was the Chicago & Northwestern line to Minneapolis via Hopki...
- February 13th, 2023, 9:51 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
- Replies: 183
- Views: 168097
Re: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
I can't imagine Dan Patch as a branch of SWLRT. It *could* make sense as a regional rail link between existing lines at Northfield and Savage to the Iron Triangle near the West End to bring passenger trains to Downtown Minneapolis. Imagine passenger rail from the metro to Sioux Falls via Mankato/Wor...
- February 13th, 2023, 9:25 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Heritage lines, excursion trains, and other railroad attractions in MN
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8618
Re: Heritage lines, excursion trains, and other railroad attractions in MN
My son thanks you - we now have more places to go check out trains. Except he does not yet understand that I can't summon a train to show up just because we're near train tracks. Since we're plugging depots, historic rail spots, and railfan sites: - Depot Bar & Grill in Downtown Faribault. This ...
- January 31st, 2023, 2:16 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 521
- Views: 533872
Re: Northern Lights Express
Will NLX use Amtrak Airo/Siemens Venture trainsets? From a service standpoint, how could the Northstar Bombardier Bi-Levels be integrated into a common regional rail service brand? Northstar's 6 trainsets are woefully underutilized and could probably support 4-6 trips per day to St. Cloud and Mankat...
- January 30th, 2023, 10:37 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis LRT Tunnel Discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 23149
Re: Downtown Minneapolis LRT Tunnel Discussion
Back in the Minnescraper days, possibly before Target Field, I pined for a 6th Street tunnel. It would have leveraged the Target Field and Metrodome excavations for eastern and western portals. And, because it was already full unreality, I suggested a two-level tunnel akin to Market Street in SFO or...
- January 13th, 2023, 1:54 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
- Replies: 615
- Views: 1200358
Re: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
Does that mean they'd close the existing east and west bank facilities minus the children's hospital? Or just close the east bank hospital?
- December 22nd, 2022, 9:29 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 521
- Views: 533872
Re: Northern Lights Express
The bridge over the river is double-tracked, but there are tiny single-track choke points at the Target Field Station throat and the southern leg of the Mpls Jct wye. Somewhere in a thread long ago I suggested converting these to double crossovers so there are effectively two mains from Mpls Jct to ...
- December 22nd, 2022, 9:13 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) Clinic Expansion
- Replies: 124
- Views: 110643
Re: Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) Clinic Expansion
My first reaction was wanting to see the Swedish Hospital building facing Elliot Park preserved, but that's only a small part of that superblock. Between demolition of the Parkside ramp, and hypothetical reconstruction or reconfiguration of those old MMC facilities between Swedish Hospital and the b...
- December 21st, 2022, 3:57 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) Clinic Expansion
- Replies: 124
- Views: 110643
Re: Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) Clinic Expansion
So they plan to expand the parking ramp on their block facing Thrivent, then demo their parking ramp near Parkside Professional Bldg/North Central University where they will build a bed tower. While that may be a fine plan, I'm not sure what it has to do with either (a) shrinking their footprint or ...
- December 20th, 2022, 1:13 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 521
- Views: 533872
Re: Northern Lights Express
Yes. There's been talk about a station at Foley Park & Ride serving Amtrak, NLX, and Northstar. While that would probably be fine, something in NE Mpls would be better. Now into full fantasy territory, sure seems like a station at the Minneapolis Junction wye (to allow direct service on NLX and ...