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At least someone was working there yesterday.

Does anyone know when MT is planning to switch their testing to revenue service schedule? I was hoping to see more actions today since they just updated Blue Line schedule last weekend. Green line service begins June 14 I meant testing in revenue schedule (testing every 10mins), not the opening dat...

Does anyone know when MT is planning to switch their testing to revenue service schedule? I was hoping to see more actions today since they just updated Blue Line schedule last weekend.

Met Council is seeking a Tiger grant as well as CMAQ funds for the Mall of America Station. Capital costs are $20 million, while annual operational savings are nearly $1 million. Project would be complete in 2017. http://www.co.dakota.mn.us/Government/PublicEntities/RegionalRailroad/Documents/2014M...

Blue Line schedule will be adjusted this Saturday (April 5th) in preparation for the Green Line testing btwn Mpls and StP. http://www.metrotransit.org/schedule-change-eff-april-5 http://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sites/1/media/pdfs/BlueLine4_5_14.pdf (*Notice that Metrodome references are all removed...

Any chance of retail or restaurant instead of MetroTransitPD, I wonder?

It's out! Independent Consultant Final Reports Available The independent consultants’ final reports on freight rail location alternatives and water resources impacts, as well as the final Kenilworth tree inventory, are now available for your reference. You can find the final reports on the project’s...

Metro Transit is doing a survey on the station design concepts.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8J33C58

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit? ... Q_q8p3SwKk

Something like this? Linking to one of my doodles I did on Google Maps...

I am fine with tagging at the doors as long as we can do all-door boarding.

You can buy tickets at a TVM before boarding if paying with cash, or validate Go-To cards at doors when boarding.

--Agreed. I've been looking at the traffic on Washington Ave for couple hours now, sitting at the Starbucks next to East Bank station. I've never seen this section of Washington Ave this vibrant in this weather. Traffic didn't seem too crazy, except lots of pedestrians attempting mid-block crossings...

Seems like the mayor of St. Cloud has some opinions on the location of potential St. Cloud Northstar station. Mayor Dave Kleis is interested in studying the Amtrak station off East St. Germain Street, largely because he sees the station as a way to attract new development to industrial (and aging) S...

There is a thought that automated cars would increase the capacity of freeways substantially by eliminating bad driver behavior.

There is also a thought that automated cars would dramatically increase travel demands, too. Think of all those empty cars on their ways to pick up their owners!

There seems to be little interest in elevated systems. Does Minneapolis/St. Paul have density/ridership that would justify a big dig? Not really an elevated system, but I would be very much interested to see something on I-35W ROW (Yes, the Orange Line.) and on 394 ROW. Something like Chicago's Dan...

<rant> - Service now projected to begin in 2019. While I understand there are complex steps we need to follow and lots of jobs need to be done to 'build' this project, but I still don't think I quite understand why it should take 5-6 years to make this happen. (And cost, too!) Why is it so hard to m...

My first attempt : http://streetmix.net/jonathan_ahn/1/s-washington-ave This is a lot harder than I expected. Some thoughts I put into the plan: 1. For me, Washington Ave is a major thru-traffic corridor. Let's put more bus routes, but I don't imagine having streetcars/LRT on Washington Ave at this ...

The fact that American Blvd station and Bloomington Central station share the same LRT substitute bus stop makes me question once again why we had to build two separate stations within walking distance in Bloomington......

Just got an e-mail from the city: Please be advised that a Special Transportation & Public Works Committee Meeting has been called for Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chamber, Room 317 City Hall, to consider comments on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for ...

I also had a really similar idea for a while---cheap and easy (while questionable) solution to extend Greenway Streetcar (only if ever built) from East Lake-Midtown Blue Line station to U of M - Dinkytown - Marcy-Holmes and Hennepin-1st Ave NE for future Nicollet-Central streetcar connection. Wouldn...

From the "Save Dinkytown" website... The City Council meets Friday, August 2nd, at 9:30 a.m. Please try to be there to show your support for Save Dinkytown. The meeting is in the City Council Chamber, Room 317 City Hall. We’ll make some signs but feel free to make and bring your own. There...