Transportation

29th Avenue Southeast Central Corridor station

By Anna Pratt, The Bridge
Community stakeholders are weighing in on two options for the alignment of the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (LRT) station planned to go into the neighborhood at 29th Avenue Southeast, near UnivMORE »

Minneapolis considers cap for towing fees in city

By Dan Haugen, Minnesota Monitor
Why in the world does it cost $280 to get your car out of the impound lot after it's been towed for a parking violation?MORE »

Greening Minnesota cars

By Brian Peterson, TC Daily Planet

The 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid won the green car of the year award. "I think because we in California have been out there so strong, forcing the manufacturers to come in with clean vehicles, that is why they are coming in with clean vehicles." California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Walk onto a lot at any car dealership in Minnesota today, and the cars you see will look pretty much the same as the cars sold across the border in Wisconsin or Iowa.MORE »

Transportation investment to yield major returns

By Conrad deFiebre, Minnesota 2020
Thanks to the Legislature's override of Gov.MORE »

Grassroots organizing set the foundation for transit victory

By Russ Adams, TC Daily Planet
Much has been written in recent days about the passage of the historic transportation investment bill.MORE »

Central Corridor lays track toward federal funding

By Jeremy Stratton, TC Daily Planet

illustration by Sonya Austin

The Central Corridor light-rail transit (LRT) project took what Metropolitan Council Chair Peter Bell called “a quantum leap forward” February 27, when the Met Council voted nearly unanimously to apprMORE »

Opinions on the Central Corridor

By Stephen Gross, Arvonne Fraser, Peter Bell, The Bridge
Stephen Gross: "Street-level light rail passing through Washington Avenue, however, is indeed affordable and feasible." / Arvonne Fraser: Redesign the route – "As we learned from the bridge that fell MORE »

Washington Avenue Bridge likely to bear the load of light rail

By Liz Riggs, TC Daily Planet

Washington Avenue bridge (TC Daily Planet photo)

Following the Met Council's February 27 approval of a $909 million Central Corridor light rail plan, it now appears likely that the route will have to rely on the Washington Avenue Bridge as its meansMORE »

City resuscitates neighborhood revitalization

By Dennis Geisinger, Southside Pride
NPR funds are set to pay for a facelift for the 50th Street LRT station area.

The City of Minneapolis has introduced a plan to keep alive the ailing, 18-year-old Neighborhood Revitalization Project

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Bike tunnel to be built under new I-35W bridge

By Anna Ewart, Minnesota Daily
Council members voted to spend $1.2 million on the bike lane.

Hoping to ensure future bike and pedestrian access, the Minneapolis City Council voted Feb.

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