Green Line LRT

[IllogicalJake]

For anyone riding the train today – An incident on University has interrupted service. Not sure what happened.

[Snelbian]

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_ ... pedestrian

[mulad]

I'm not sure what the pedestrian crossing timing should be, but I know I'd measured the green+yellow time for east-west traffic along University at Snelling at around 30-35 seconds, versus 60-65 seconds for north-south traffic. It's about 85 feet curb-to-curb to cross Snelling, vs. about 100 feet for crossing University. If we assume the east-west timing is nearly at the minimum, then I'd expect the minimum for the north-south crossing to be 35-41 seconds.

Some quick poking around suggests that pedestrian signals are normally timed assuming a crossing speed of 3.5 feet per second, which works out to 24-25 seconds for 85 feet and about 29 seconds for 100 feet. There's some padding at the start and end of that period.

[MinnMonkey]

For anyone riding the train today – An incident on University has interrupted service. Not sure what happened.

LRT vehicle struck a pedestrian at Chatsworth. Unfortunately this was one of the intersections that just received higher train priority last week.

[Silophant]

Did that higher priority go into effect yet, or was it just approved? I was on a train that got stopped at Grotto at about 12:15am on Saturday night, which kinda took me by surprise.

[MinnMonkey]

Did that higher priority go into effect yet, or was it just approved? I was on a train that got stopped at Grotto at about 12:15am on Saturday night, which kinda took me by surprise.

Not sure. I rode through that area twice on Saturday during the day and didn't get stopped at those intersections at all.

[VAStationDude]

I rode the line in frog town during the lunch hour today. It was moving pretty well and making the Western, Mackubin, Grotto, Victoria and Chatsworth lights. The two trains I was on barely missed the light at Dale. There has to be a way to extend the University signal fifteen seconds at the busy intersections.

[bubzki2]

Very small sample size (1), but I rode the full length Saturday and the train felt like it was making far better time than usual. Especially eastbound.

[TommyT]

From Kare11

"ST. PAUL, Minn. - A pedestrian was struck by a westbound Green Line train in St. Paul on Monday afternoon, according to a report from Minnesota Public Radio.

A witness told MPR that the person was riding a long-board skateboard across University Avenue at Chatsworth Street when he was struck.

The incident occurred at about 1 p.m. It briefly delayed Green Line traffic for about an hour. Metro Transit spokesman Drew Kerr told MPR that the pedestrian was taken to Regions Hospital. The extent of the injuries were not known.

Metro Transit is investigating the incident."

[grant1simons2]

Oh my god of course it was a longboarder. His board probably got stuck in the tracks. That's why you always carry your board over them

[MinnMonkey]

From KSTP: http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3542238.shtml

The person was hit by the westbound train while illegally walking in a non-designated crosswalk area at the intersection, according to Metro Transit spokesman Drew Kerr.

[grant1simons2]

Best place to grab a bite to eat on the line? Nothing too pricy like around or under $10

[David Greene]

Best place to grab a bite to eat on the line? Nothing too pricy like around or under $10

More than $10 but if you haven't been to Mai Village, you have to go there.

[EOst]

Best place to grab a bite to eat on the line? Nothing too pricy like around or under $10

There are a bunch of cheap but good restaurants at Victoria right next to the station. Hop out and eat whatever looks best.

[MNdible]

Cheng Heng is super tasty.

[Nathan]

I like on's Thai kitchen

[grant1simons2]

I'm just going to eat somewhere around the stadium village. Got off at Victoria and got yelled at by a group saying "eh white boy go back to linden hills."

[twinkess]

Rode the line from Downtown St Paul to Metrodome station late Sunday afternoon. Got off at Lexington to go to Popeye's for an early dinner (don't judge lol). Left Popeye's at 4:10. Next train didn't arrive till 4:33. We proceeded to hit every traffic light, including Griggs St (!) Hamline, and about 8 others. St Paul really needs to get it together.

[talindsay]

Best place to grab a bite to eat on the line? Nothing too pricy like around or under $10

I highly recommend iPho/Saigon restaurant on the south side of University between Victoria and Dale stations, it's amazing and well under $10. Their banh mi are like $3.50 and their pho is maybe $8 tops.

[talindsay]

Got my University zone light rail card today, it's good for the three campus green line stations only, as expected. What surprised me is that it's a placebo - no chip in the card. Also, while they are swiping University id cards when they issue them, they aren't linking the card number with a person or keeping track of who gets what card.

In retrospect this makes sense - it's only valid in conjunction with a University id, and its purpose is only to provide proof that you are *currently* affiliated with the U since U cards have no expiration while these cards are good for one academic year. No chip means cheaper production, no danger of conflict with the go-to card most of us also have in our wallet, no special programming of a different special fare type within a specific zone. Realistically, no cop is going to bother checking fares on campus anyway.