Wisguy Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 It looks like University Av (the Yellowstone Trail) between Washington Av at the UM campus in Minneapolis and the capitol area in Saint Paul, MN will host a new light-rail transit route. It will be built down the middle of the street with the street remaining open to traffic and on-street parking eliminated. This is similar to the bus rapid transit line being built on Euclid Av (the Yellowstone Trail) in Cleveland, OH. This line is expected to open in 2014. I am unsure how this line's routing will affect the YT and its already diffused routing in downtown Saint Paul. See: http://www.twincities.com//ci_8631434?IADI....twincities.com and other articles for more on this. I also wonder if it might be possible to work YT tie-ins to both lines. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfire Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 It looks like University Av (the Yellowstone Trail) between Washington Av at the UM campus in Minneapolis and the capitol area in Saint Paul, MN will host a new light-rail transit route. It will be built down the middle of the street with the street remaining open to traffic and on-street parking eliminated. This is similar to the bus rapid transit line being built on Euclid Av (the Yellowstone Trail) in Cleveland, OH. This line is expected to open in 2014. I am unsure how this line's routing will affect the YT and its already diffused routing in downtown Saint Paul. See: http://www.twincities.com//ci_8631434?IADI....twincities.com and other articles for more on this. I also wonder if it might be possible to work YT tie-ins to both lines. Mike Wow, is that not going to workout well! The idiot Metro Transit System in Houston has done the same thing with light rail down the middle of a number of streets. What it gets is a constant stream of accidents between the trains, automobiles, and even pedestrians and bicyclists. Light rail is a great idea if done on the order used in Dallas which has no unprotected rails running down the middle of the streets. Light rail in the middle of streets is a good example of foggy headed thinking taking a good idea and making a mess of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Burr - hester_nec Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Old adage - you want to screw something up royally, get the govm't involved. Works every time. Hudsonly, Alex Burr Memphis, TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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