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I am pretty confident the State Legislature will preempt Minneapolis. They'll set a statewide minimum rideshare wage akin to the current state minimum wage, and change the law to prevent MPLS from setting their own minimum. The likelihood we see the day when Uber actually leaves the state is like 10...

Gold Line is on the verge of being officially delayed. There was substantial trouble getting some utilities moved (I think) and that delayed a large part of the work for a while. The project committee had to sign off on reordering the project's construction schedule and authorize more winter work th...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

How about we just don't build a streetcar and build light rail