rapid transit
In the Obama era, plans revive for a Northfield-Twin Cities rail line
With the national economy still a giant question mark, Northfield community leaders are pushing ahead to revive a long-delayed project to build a commuter rail line that would link the town to the Twin Cities metropolitan region.
The national economic downturn is precisely why a serious reconsideration of the commuter line, called the Dan Patch Corridor, is especially warranted right now, the lMORE »
Northeast Minneapolis hosts transit summit October 15
The Central Corridor Light Rail system won't carry a passenger until 2014, according to the Metropolitan Council, but construction is slated to begin in 2010, if it gets federal approval. A major hurdle in this process was recently passed with last month's submission of a 4,000 page application. MORE »
Green means go
“Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Everybody thinks it’s true” - Paul Simon
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Everybody thinks it’s true” - Paul Simon
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Googling a suburban transit plan
The high-tech giants of the Silicon Valley have already shown us the way to the Information Age.MORE »
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