Metro Transit's newest hybrid-electric buses were unveiled at the State Fair, a fitting introduction for state-of-the-art technology that's made right here in Minnesota.
Even though I seldom venture downtown, I've always thought the Minneapolis skyway system -- the most extensive and successful in the United States -- was pretty cool.
If you're planning to visit the Minnesota State Fair starting Thursday, it's a smart move to study the many alternatives for getting there. Because of the huge crowds that assemble daily at the 320-acre fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, the customary default choice, the private car, is probably the most expensive, time-consuming and exasperating option.
There's for-sale sign on the Ray Busch United Auto Workers Local 879 union hall across Ford Parkway from the shuttered Twin Cities Ford assembly plant.
"We can feel pretty good about the level funding and support for transit in Minnesota," Tony Kellen, president of the Minnesota Public Transit Association, wrote in the MORE »
Commuter rail, long a mainstay in megacities such as New York and Chicago, has had a bumpy introduction in the Twin Cities that could discourage all kinds of transit development in these parts for decades to come.
Lake Street is the commercial lifeline of south Minneapolis, teeming with storefront businesses, the state's second-busiest bus route and thousands of cars and trucks daily.
Whenever America's historically low gasoline prices inch up, it's hardly surprising that economic conspiracy theories abound. Nearly everyone, especially in transit-challenged places such as most of Minnesota, has to fill up to stay mobile, and each uptick at the pump hurts. Suspicions arise when every gas station in your neighborhood jacks the price, seemingly in unison.
It doesn't take rocket science to figure out that all modes of transportation support and complement each other. Even astronauts drive to the base and walk to the launch tower before blasting off.
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There's for-sale sign on the Ray Busch United Auto Workers Local 879 union hall across Ford Parkway from the shuttered Twin Cities Ford assembly plant.
Commuter rail, long a mainstay in megacities such as New York and Chicago, has had a bumpy introduction in the Twin Cities that could discourage all kinds of transit development in these parts for decades to come.
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