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Macy's closing 150 stores. I'd imagine Burnsville, Southdale, and Maplewood would be the most at risk of closing.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/02/27/inve ... index.html

That $507 million would be incremental real estate value. It's hard to say what the actual property tax generated would be but they are typically about 2% of value - so roughly $10 million per year.

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 wou...

MnDot is planning improvements to Hwy 36 and has a survey and meeting upcoming. https://www.dot.state.mn.us/news/2024/02/20-metro-hwy36.html From what I can tell in the survey, MnDot is considering: Adding MnPass lanes from 35W to 61. Converting the Snelling cloverleaf to a folding diamond. Removing...

Rainbow was purchased by Roundy in the mid 2000s, IIRC.

Yeah, the 83 was rerouted to 35E due to complaints from the residents of Lexington south of Randolph. With the new extension of Lexington Pkwy the route on 35E is probably harder to justify.

Metro Transit March 16th, 2024 service changes: https://www.metrotransit.org/quarterly-service-changes-begin-saturday-march-16 C/D/5 - updated schedules for new detour on Osseo Rd. 6/17/114 - Rerouted to Emerson between 26/28th and Lake/Lagoon for Hennepin Construction. 21 - AM short trips between F...

The city originally wanted this to be a huge office center which would benefit from the abundance of hotels as well as proximity of the airport and the mall. Of course, the edge city was on the way out once the light rail opened and the developer pivoted to residential. This area is a total island w...

Having a janitor crew on staff at Mall of America, Brooklyn Center, Union Depot, and Target Field would help a lot. Maybe a few other locations as well.

Both options assume mixed traffic operations north of Grand, and it sounds like the push is for less dedicated right of way, not more.

Interesting, I was not aware of those requirements for street running units.

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 recall that they are looking at using the smaller 80-foot long Siemens LRV and I would imag...

In Chicago a hold for $5 is placed and all the transactions are settled at the end of the day as a single transaction on the credit/debit card.

Foley Blvd is now grade separated at the BNSF tracks so there's now opportunity to add a platform. I wonder if they can get away with one platform on the east side. A full station would require a bridge over the tracks and elevators.

I think the big impact on the travel time is between the route between the Airport and Davern - that's easily 8-10 minutes on the streetcar and the only real difference between the 54 bus and the Riverview corridor. Dedicated lanes would on W 7th would improve reliability but I don't think are going...

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: - $2.3 billion budget - Appx 43-45 mins running time - 11,200 - 11,600 riders per day (depen...

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 (depend...

The GoTo Card was one of the first US transit smart card implementations. As an early adopter agency, it isn't surprising that they are now behind the curve. The benefit is that Metro Transit will get the latest technology instead of being a tester for the 2nd gen fare payment systems.

I like fare capping to replace the bus passes and even paper transfers. It would also be nice get rid of the peak and off-peak fare distinction, which seems to be an uncommon practice. The biggest hurdle to using the GoTo Card now is that it takes a day or so for value and passes to be added unless ...

A little difficult to see, but it looks like it's dated 1938. Those were the days when high speed urban roads were considered to be a extension of the parks system - the era of the Bronx River Pkwy, the Arroyo Seco Pkwy, Lake Shore Drive, and locally with Lilac Dr (now Hwy 100). I believe these plan...