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Besides the bus shelters being installed, are there a bunch of decorative elements missing? I biked down most of the mall yesterday and has been mentioned before it seemed extremely bare.

I believe they are installing a bunch of design elements this month.

Due to construction on 8th St in downtown in 2019, the C Line will run on 6th until 8th St is completed.

I take it that the other buses on 8th St (5, 9, 19, 22) will also be rerouted to 6th St during construction?

I am assuming so!

I'll just note that in my experience reading papers and blogs, the Transit Cost Penalty in America vs other nations is much higher than the road cost penalty. There are some things that are shared/similar (e.g. other nations who are better at tunneling, which is rarer for roads). But the requiremen...

Due to construction on 8th St in downtown in 2019, the C Line will run on 6th until 8th St is completed.

Also during the day of the Superbowl, both trains will only be for riders who buy LRT tickets through the NFL supposedly. And there will be bus bridges for both lines. This is all done due to the security zone, and how close the train runs next to stadium.

^My bad. For some reason I though that one was already there and was just replaced.

You are correct, they did the wiring for the two new cross overs that were installed for this summer.

Based on Saint Louis MetroLink's Facebook posts, it looks like they do alot of single tracking, instead of closing stations.

But also single tracking would probably move frequency to like every 20 minutes.

Based on Saint Louis MetroLink's Facebook posts, it looks like they do alot of single tracking, instead of closing stations.

Does anyone have experience with similar LRT or streetcar systems in other cities? Is this amount of shutdown time common or an anomaly? The only other experience I've had with LRT/tram shutdown is in Oslo where a station was closed for a few months. I am not, but I believe that the 11 day shutdown...

Math Time! I was bored and did the math around the number of LRT shutdowns so far in 2017, including the one night closure tomorrow. 651 hours of LRT shutdown Which is about 27 days or 7.4% of the year, the 11 day shutdown accounts for a majority of this year. Hopefully there won't be as many in the...

Too bad they don't have a video of the "C" section inside, which I think is the only difference between II and IIa vehicles.

What is different?

I see no issue with this wall, but people will complain to complain

What I have heard around at Metro Transit, is that they are waiting until after the Superbowl now. It is fully funded now via a different bonding bill and grants. It should be done early 2019 at the earliest. Oh, your post seemed more like a complaint, not an update - my bad. Seems that makes sense...

Renovation of the Mall of America Transit Station should happen after the superbowl. Has work started on this? It was supposed to be completed before the Superbowl, but the Legislature didn't pass a bonding bill last year, so work was delayed, as they waited for the funds to be appropriated during ...

http://www.startribune.com/lrt-work-wil ... 453006783/

Utility work being done to prepare for heavy construction.

Renovation of the Mall of America Transit Station should happen after the superbowl.

It may have been said, but does anybody know when the mall will bring back busses? FYI. I don't read comments here, but I will take my answer in a song and dance video. Please respond accordingly. Thanks in advance.

Dec 2nd

I noticed that Metro Transit now posts rider alerts for when specific trips are canceled? I wonder if this is just general things like a brokedown bus, or if it is a larger issue, such as an operator shortage?

It is both.

http://www.startribune.com/north-minnea ... 451016913/

New market in North Minneapolis announced! Supposed to be a lot like Midtown Global Market. Looking forward to this helping fill in food deserts in the area.

http://www.startribune.com/advisory-com ... 450675033/

This article is so biased towards the buisnesses along West 7th. It does not actually inform the project about the project and the good that it will bring.