Well, I had this great post thought up on why stakeholders outside the bicycling and transit communities, from all areas of our metro should support alternative transportation options. Then this crazy Brit wrote his piece in The Times, which is about 100x better than I could have done (seriously, if you haven’t read it yet, […]
[For an opposing take on the SWLRT tunnel, see Kasia’s post here.] The Southwest Light Rail (SWLRT) corridor, otherwise known as the Green Line Extension, sure is one heavily debated and contentious project. While there are technical and political questions along the entire route, what to do about routing freight, LRT, and bikes through the […]
For those unaware, Minneapolis is planning a Streetcar system, with the first corridor under development being the Nicollet-Central line. I went to the open house Monday night (9/9/13) in an effort to get up to speed on a few details, ask questions, and challenge the staff on some of their assumptions. I’d like to use this post […]