Putting Metro Transit Under the Microscope
A dedicated rider and longtime chronicler of mass transit, Ian Gaida screams into the void about route and service improvements he’d like to see from Metro Transit.
Author: Ian Gaida
Solving BRT Creep
NIMBYs hate him! Learn the one neat trick to regional transit planning that traffic engineers don’t want you to know!
We Need to Talk About Bus Rapid Transit Creep
Who benefits when our bus rapid transit projects keep being gutted of most BRT features and we insist on still calling them BRT?
The Emperor Has no Hyperloop
A rapid-transit option from the Twin Cities to Rochester sounds great, but for so, so many reasons, hyperloop ain’t it.
Chart of the Day: Supply and Demand in Action
Data show that the most effective form of rent control is the one we’ve already implemented, though in a stop-and-go fashion: build abundant housing.
Ride Along as the Northstar Makes a Comeback
If a commuter train runs more often, are more people likely to take it? Metro Transit is banking on it with an expanded Northstar schedule.
Dr. Strangebus or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Trolleybus
Take a rollicking ride through the history of mass transit (or at least the trolleybus) through the lens and language of science fiction.
Thoughts on I-94, and Yet Another Idea
The I-94 trench between Minneapolis and St. Paul is rife with possibilities for transformation, from express rail service to a Midtown Greenway extension.
The Northstar Is Broken. How can we fix it?
Contributor Ian Gaida offers musings on how to make the Northstar a more useful – and utilized – system.
Beyond 2035: MNDOT’s Stretch Goals and Blind Spots
Taking a closer look at passenger rail routes that have mostly gone unstudied by MNDOT.