Re: Minneapolis Streetcar System
Posted: July 26th, 2012, 8:41 pm
How would it connect on the west bank, seven corners area?
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Only one line would cross 35W on Washington to 7 corners... the line would go south on Cedar then east on Riverside to Franklin where it would loop through East Bank, Dinkytown, and to the Hennepin Ave bridge.How would it connect on the west bank, seven corners area?
Not at all. They have their own separate lanes, firstly, and at many intersections passenger vehicles cannot turn left because of the BRT ROW. And like I said previously, although they share the same intersection as vehicles, they have their own lights which are up or down arrows/triangles and are timed only for the buses. I can't remember seeing any intersections where cars could turn left and what they did, but my guess is that they couldn't turn while a bus was approaching -- the bus always has the right of way (hence, "rapid", I suppose). I just rode it a couple hours ago too!Cleveland's Health Line really seems to stretch the meaning of the term rapid transit - 30 stations in 6.8 miles is impossible to serve rapidly. Metro Transit's arterial transitways - which they're not claiming to be rapid transit - are planned to have fewer stops per mile than that, although we'll see how many they end up with once the politicking starts. Maybe pertinent to the Central Corridor - does the Health Line get a lot of interference from left turning vehicles? I just got back from New Orleans and their streetcar lines are basically non-functional because no one has qualms about parking in the median right in front of a moving streetcar (or biking or walking in the median for that matter).
Back to the topic at hand, the city just put up a survey about Nicollet-Central:
http://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/WCMS1P-098107
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Attend an open house on Nicollet-Central transit study
Three open houses have been scheduled to give the public an opportunity to learn about modern streetcar and enhanced bus options being considered on a key route through Minneapolis.
The City of Minneapolis is examining options to improve transit service along the busy corridor that includes Nicollet Avenue through south Minneapolis and downtown and Central Avenue in Northeast.
The open houses will provide an overview of the Nicollet-Central Transit Alternatives Study, which is just beginning and will continue into 2013. The study will identify a preferred transit enhancement that could serve as the first phase of a long-range vision for transit service in the corridor.
The corridor extends from the I-35W & 46th Street Station and Nicollet Avenue on the south, through Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, over the Hennepin Avenue Bridge, and north along Central Avenue NE to the Columbia Heights Transit Center on Central Avenue at 41st Avenue NE.
Open house schedule:
Wednesday, Sept. 26
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall
Wednesday, Sept. 26
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
5th Precinct Police Station
3101 Nicollet Avenue S
Thursday, Sept. 27
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Eastside Food Co-op
2551 Central Avenue NE
In a word, no.I vote for the cut and cover LRT idea especially between Lake/Nicollet and Central/Hennepin because it could interline Southwest via the Greenway continuing on to a line towards Rosedale someday.
That's under consideration, right?
I was gonna come and link another Jarret Walker post: