Riverview Corridor: Finding a Good Balance Between Light Rail and Streetcar
A comprehensive look at and recommendations for the Riverview Corridor, a proposed streetcar between Downtown St. Paul and the Mall of America.
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When is a Modern Streetcar not a Modern Streetcar?
Summary: Modern Streetcar will not work in Riverview Corridor On December 14, 2017, the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC, governing body) of the Riverview Corridor project (RC) adopted its Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA). See Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) Final Report LPA 02.2018 and Riverview Corridor Pre-Project Development Study, Final, Feb 2018. One of the provisions of […]
Changing Housing Politics Means Changes For Transit Planning
One of the places that planners have been talking a lot about in the past decade is Tysons Corner, VA. A Washington D.C. suburb known for having a big mall where world’s first Apple Store opened, Tysons Corner had also managed to attract a number of major office tenants, and was something of a regional […]
Get on the Bus
The Riverview Corridor Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) recently dismissed the only transit options that were even slightly logical, and opted to continue forward with studying ways to construct the crowning achievement on a transit system that is backwards and self-defeating. Bill Lindeke recently opined on this site that the proposal is the “best…project in the […]
Sunday Summary – July 30, 2017
Screaming to the end of July this week and getting closer to the start of early voting in local elections on September 22. To help advance election conversations, we have another addition to the streets.mn Voter Guide – Saint Paul Mayoral Candidate Melvin Carter -The streets.mn Voter Guide questionnaire for Saint Paul mayoral candidates was developed in […]
The Riverview Line is the Best Twin Cities Transit Project in the Works Right Now
I don’t want to step on your shoes too much, folks, because critiquing Twin Cities transit planning is a noble effort. There are lots of nits to pick when it comes to how investment is playing out in the Twin Cities metro area, many of which you can find on this very site. To make […]
Sunday Summary – July 16, 2017
The streets.mn Summer Picnic was July 15. It was hot and there was the little problem with double booking of the shelter, but there was also food, fun and some fine conversation about the website, people’s places, and what’s happening in the world. We might have picked up a few new writers, too (you can write, […]
The Riverview Transit Study Prioritizes Everything Except Good Transit
The Riverview Corridor study made news last week, after planners revealed the six alternatives that have survived the study’s analysis from which a final recommendation will be chosen. At the Pioneer Press, Frederick Melo has a good summary of what remains, and the paper ran a separate article on the absence of light rail from […]
Sunday Summary – March 5, 2017
Have you looked at our events calendar? streets.mn lists events related to our mission of expanding the conversation on transportation and land use (if you are hosting an event fitting this description or know about one, please send details to our events editor – events@streets.mn) as well as streets.mn sponsored events. Today, March 5, for […]
Some Visions for West Seventh Transit
How do you fit all the public amenities needed for a 21st century city into a 19th century street? Some cities benefited from great forethought, like Salt Lake City, and gave a few extra feet here and there for the public realm. Saint Paul, my hometown, wasn’t as generous. As I have discussed before, I’m […]