Thursday, January 3, 2013
A look at the details for the four light rail projects closest to completion.
Whether you like it or not, light rail is the talk of the metro at the moment. Businesses along the Central Corridor have another year of construction to look forward to. St. Louis Park residents are protesting the proposed relocation of freight rail in respone to the Southwest Transitway project as supporters continue to seek the necessary funding. In Golden Valley, residents are waiting to see what their City Council will do when it comes to supporting a resolution that would send a light rail train through their community. Many Golden Valley residents urged the City Council to vote no on the resolution that would allow more studies to be conducted about the Bottineau Transitway’s locally preferred alternative (LPA). Meanwhile, the …
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Could this mean Minneapolis schools' crowding issues will be longer-term?
Twin Cities residents may be changing decades-old habits of where they live, according to a report in Finance and Commerce, published yesterday. The changes could continue trends public school officials say are leading to overcrowding in some Southwest Minneapolis schools, as Southwest Minneapolis Patch reported last month. Instead of buying homes—many of them big—on the outskirts of the metro area, the paper quotes Met Council data showing many Twin Citizens are opting for smaller houses, apartmenta, and condos built close to transit hubs like light rail and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations. Experts interviewed for the story say the jury is still out on how permanent the change may be. However, the Met Council's projections say …
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) applauds lights and explains his conversion to Islam.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) applauded the Federal Transit Administration’s support for the Southwest Corridor light rail line linking Eden Prairie and Minneapolis. The agency’s approval gives the go-ahead to begin the preliminary engineering phase.Minneapolis Public Radio reported that the approval doesn’t come with federal money—but added that it’s important because theMetropolitan Council expects the federal government to pick up half of the project’s $1.25 billion dollar cost. In a press release, Ellison noted his long support for the Southwest line, including his help securing $534,000 for the project in 2009. “This is great news for Minnesotans and for the state’s economy,” Ellison said. “The Southwest Light Rail Transit line will not …
J. M Johnson
9:50 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
LRT most liely never will connect Robbinsdale and Crystal to Edina and Plymouth. Rather, it is meant to re-develop downtowns Robbinsdale and Crystal and develop further the Maple Grove shopping complex and the Target complex in Brooklyn Park. Edina and Plymouth acticity center growth stagnates and Brooklyn Park/Maple Grove boom with workers railing in from higher density urban oasies surrounding … more ›