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Metro Transit is adding wig wag to the trains.

Wig-wags?! Those are supposed to be called ditch lights!

Already seen a few with that design. Problem is, people still don't pay attention.

...I never suggested Amtrak would be interested in a line from Northfield to Minneapolis. I suggested a line from Minneapolis to Kansas City. If you guys can't be bothered to actually read my comments then I clearly am just wasting my time here. To Kansas City is what the Spine Line is for. If this...

Amtrak wouldn't have anything to do with regional rail (i.e. the Dan Patch corridor), so contact them would be useless. MnDOT may not have much, if anything, because 2002 legislation specifically prohibited future planning along the Dan Patch corridor. That legislation prohibits MnDOT, the Metropol...

I've tried contacting MnDOT about what exactly they would plan with the Dan Patch Corridor but no luck. From a Star Tribune article I read awhile ago the plan is for passenger trains going non-stop between Minneapolis and Northfield, and if that is the plan, that is completely idiotic and none of th...

General question-Sometimes there is a loud buzzing noise at the front/back of the cars when it's accelerating/decelerating. What is it? It happens more often in cold weather so I feel like it has something to do with the brakes but I'm not sure. Never heard it on the Type I vehicles, just the Type II.

What I find ridiculous is that it takes 4 minutes just to get between the MOA Station and 28th Avenue Station. They should've gone with the original plan of having the station along 28th Avenue across the street from the East Parking Ramp. Right now the area is just an overflow lot and used for Stat...

I tried Route 494 twice. Once for fun, but the second time was actually convenient since I was biking in Shakopee and didn't want to bike all the way back to Bloomington. It took awhile since I had to connect to Route 694 at SW Station but better than having to bike up the river valley. I'd like to ...

The typical congestion argument (transit reduces congestion!) has always been a loser for the pro-transit crowd. I think it's pretty safe to say that transit doesn't impact congestion in any meaningful way and won't for the foreseeable future. Indeed if we completely shut down our transit system, m...

For a moment, let's pretend we actually agree to what the anti-transit, pro-automobile groups say. The Met Council is either stripped of it's power or is taken over by a much more conservative leadership. No more light rail, as in the extension of the Blue and Green lines are dropped. And to make su...

I suggested a trolleybus (buses with overhead wires) as a compromise between ABRT and streetcar. I forget the reason why it wasn't looked at but I feel it would be a good compromise for this corridor; cheaper bus, but permanence of a streetcar line.

Here's a presentation about improvements to the High Frequency network over the next two years, as well as general service improvements. http://metrocouncil.org/Council-Meetings/Committees/Transportation-Committee/2016/April-11,-2016/2016-Hi-Freq.aspx New additions planned seem to be the the 2, 54 ...

Delayed a year. http://www.startribune.com/north-minneapolis-rapid-bus-project-on-penn-avenue-faces-new-delay/375587041/ But of course we have $2 million to waste on a few dozen riders along the 169 corridor. To be fair at least they cut their losses instead of trying to make it last for two years ...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/141802592@N05/shares/2349oz I also have concept maps of the Metro and Metro Arterial system, but those are currently in progress. Here is a suburban regional rail system that would be similar to Germany's S-Bahn with all day service in each direction. Highest frequency ...

An update on this project: http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/mankato-to-metro-passenger-rail-back-on-the-agenda/article_d18d24e2-d681-11e5-94b9-cf2c9723094e.html Talks about starting with bus service between Mankato and Shakopee. I'm guessing travelers would connect to/from the MVTA at one of the...

I apologize if this has been asked before, but far down the road if they wanted to tunnel under the East Bank to improve travel time and keep all the idiots on Washington Avenue from walking in front of a train would there be vibration problems like what occurred with the current project, and how ca...

This winter I walked some of the old ROW of this streetcar route in south Minneapolis and Edina. It would be great to have streetcar service extended to Southdale or Hopkins, but as a potential compromise to save on cost, lessen the worry from residents about noise and other impacts, and assuming th...

It was suggested somewhere else before, but with the spur leading towards U of M's East Bank abandoned it would be a good opportunity to have the Midtown Streetcar go across the river and head north to the U connecting with the Green Line's Stadium Village Station. Whether it would be alongside the ...

The TC&W corridor or a corridor to the north (Luce Line) wouldn't serve destinations that the Dakota Rail Corridor would other than Hutchinson. The Dakota Rail Corridor's purpose would also be to serve some of the communities of Lake Minnetonka. This would most likely replace the current bus ser...

In addition to TC&W rehabbing the Dan Patch Bridge (Savage Swing Bridge) on the MN&S, CP Railway improved curves on the line to allow 20 mph. speed, up from 10 mph.

Hello all! I've researched the possibility of regional rail on the Dakota Rail Corridor between Minneapolis and Hutchinson for some time and was wondering what you guys think. There are currently no plans or proposals for this, with only a tiny mention in, I believe, a transportation plan from the M...