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by DanPatchToget
January 9th, 2024, 2:12 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247382

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

It really does hurt knowing that the overpromising and under delivering of this project will stymie further development of a regional rail system. We need a comprehensive plan, not the piecemeal approach that isn't working for us now. I only hope once this line opens, it is successful and reinvigor...
by DanPatchToget
January 4th, 2024, 9:59 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Northern Lights Express
Replies: 510
Views: 497675

Re: Northern Lights Express

Looks like an old map considering the light rail lines are still referred to as the Hiawatha Line and Central Corridor. Also if I'm looking at it right the Central Corridor is still in the proposal stage.
by DanPatchToget
January 3rd, 2024, 1:01 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Fantasy maps
Replies: 297
Views: 140489

Re: Fantasy maps

Realigned Lyndale Avenue, regional rail station, expanded rail corridor, dedicated busway on I-94, online bus station, and freeway cap all in this little spot of Camden: https://photos.app.goo.gl/WovZbPh3fRj1jhDh8 https://photos.app.goo.gl/kegmrL2g36JemyWK9 Quite an upgrade in transit from what is c...
by DanPatchToget
January 1st, 2024, 9:11 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247382

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Where did you find SW Transit's ridership? Looking at SW Transit's schedule there's 21 daily roundtrips (1 on Route 600 + 4 on Route 695 + 16 on Route 698), which split evenly for each one-way trip would be 19 riders assuming there's 800 total daily riders. 15-20K average daily ridership in 2030, or...
by DanPatchToget
December 27th, 2023, 11:15 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247382

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Looking at the Green Line Extension construction website, they anticipate the Kenilworth Trail to reopen in 2025, so I wonder if it means at that point the heavy construction phase of the tunnel will be done and they just have to install the tracks and utilities in the tunnel.
by DanPatchToget
December 24th, 2023, 3:04 pm
Forum: Greater Minnesota
Topic: Hudson WI Area
Replies: 0
Views: 19329

Hudson WI Area

I didn't know where to post this, so I figured I'd just start a new thread for the area in and around Hudson. Hudson's city council approved a shared-ride program that's already in use in New Richmond and River Falls, though there's disagreements on how much the fare should be and who it should be c...
by DanPatchToget
December 21st, 2023, 11:11 pm
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
Replies: 55
Views: 239693

Re: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn

Some people actually think it looks like Somalia's flag? :? Just put them together and you'll see they aren't similar in any way besides both of them having a star.
by DanPatchToget
December 18th, 2023, 12:37 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Bloomington - General Topics
Replies: 332
Views: 131529

Re: Bloomington - General Topics

Looking at aerials from Google Earth and Hennepin County the building was demolished between 2006 and 2008.

For anyone curious here's Hennepin County's aerial photo website: https://hennepin.maps.arcgis.com/apps/w ... 75254b6cad
by DanPatchToget
December 15th, 2023, 11:57 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
Replies: 545
Views: 196521

Re: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles

Well Elon Musk does have the mind of a 14-year old. :P

To me the Cybertruck looks like something out of a cyberpunk dystopia, and I sincerely hope the design doesn't catch on to other vehicles. Not that I think most vehicles today look much better than it.
by DanPatchToget
December 15th, 2023, 11:52 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Replies: 1749
Views: 976398

Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT

I'm alright with it as long as trains get signal preemption through those crossings.
by DanPatchToget
December 13th, 2023, 1:39 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
Replies: 135
Views: 164378

Re: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)

It's also worth mentioning all the opt-outs are members of the Suburban Transit Association, which "is the legislative advocacy group assuring regional suburban transit needs are prioritized properly by elected leaders" (from their website: https://www.suburbantransitassociation.com/). On ...
by DanPatchToget
December 12th, 2023, 9:46 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
Replies: 135
Views: 164378

Re: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)

Considering that all the opt-outs are in the west metro (MVTA is kind of in the east metro, but most of their service is in the west metro), has any east metro suburb had an opt-out service or considered opting out of Metro Transit's service? The last thing we need is another opt-out, so I hope none...
by DanPatchToget
December 8th, 2023, 1:47 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247382

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

I forget if this has been brought up before, but as I biked on the trail through Hopkins and St. Louis Park a few days ago it seemed like the trail is an inch or two narrower than the old trail. Whether or not that's the case the multi-year long closure and construction could've/would've/should've b...
by DanPatchToget
December 8th, 2023, 10:42 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Fantasy maps
Replies: 297
Views: 140489

Re: Fantasy maps

Regional rail station concepts on Union Pacific's Montgomery Subdivision. A few years ago this rail line lost its biggest shipper, but freight trains still run on it, and Union Pacific hasn't shown any signs of abandoning this branch line. Abandonment or not, I hope someday regional rail is seriousl...
by DanPatchToget
December 5th, 2023, 7:09 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Replies: 1194
Views: 553981

Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar

With this evening's CAC meeting concluded here's some notes I took: One of the CAC members asked about the possibility of extending the Gold Line west to the airport and Mall of America as an alternative to the streetcar and aBRT options. One of the planners responded that the idea has been tossed a...
by DanPatchToget
December 4th, 2023, 12:01 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034878

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

Has there been any proposal to have any kind of rail their downtown in the past 30 years? Considering the debacle the Green and Blue Line extensions and Northstar have been, after Riverview is done are we going to have any more of some kind of rail anywhere in the metro in the next 30 years? Is a 3...
by DanPatchToget
December 4th, 2023, 11:46 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Replies: 1194
Views: 553981

Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar

Streetcar Option 1 looks the best to me. Most of the route has dedicated right-of-way plus center-running on West 7th should help with speed and reliability. My only hope is that later on they'll give the route dedicated right-of-way through downtown since I can't see mixed-traffic operation workin...
by DanPatchToget
December 3rd, 2023, 10:10 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034878

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

In downtown Chaska a trail is being built under Chestnut Street on the former Union Pacific railroad right-of-way, so I guess it's pretty clear they have no interest in any kind of rail coming to their downtown. I'll keep myself from going into a full blown rant and just say it's shortsighted and di...
by DanPatchToget
December 1st, 2023, 3:29 pm
Forum: Cities Around the World
Topic: Oslo, Norway (my home away from home)
Replies: 5
Views: 3922

Re: Oslo, Norway (my home away from home)

I just looked at the map and noticed that the Oslo airport (unlike ours) is a sensible distance away from the city. That it is! But there's frequent and high-speed train service between Oslo and Gardermoen Airport as the airport has a station on the railway from Oslo to Lillehammer and Trondheim. F...
by DanPatchToget
December 1st, 2023, 12:36 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
Replies: 1359
Views: 346470

Re: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission

I'm going a little into fantasy about this, but for many years I've thought it would be nice to start fresh with a Terminal 3 for all international arrivals and departures. This hypothetical T3 would have a sterile connection to the existing terminals, so if you're connecting to a flight at a differ...