An oversight committee has approved the Locally Preferred Alternative for the Review Corridor Streetcar project that will connect Downtown St. Paul to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Peter Callaghan reports on the status of the proposed streetcar line between St. Paul and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, otherwise known as the Riverview Corridor.
The Riverview Corridor Policy Advisory Committee approved a preferred route for the light rail line—leaving downtown via West 7th Street, crossing the Mississippi River, and joining the Blue Line at the Fort Snelling station.
Despite the committee's vote, however, Callaghan reports that it will be six years at least before the project could be complete and open to the public. Callaghan's coverage includes more details about the steps that will have to be taken to deliver the project, as well as some of the delays that have already obstructed progress for the project that was once intended to be the first region's first new light rail corridor. Now it will be the fifth, "behind even the Southwest LRT extension of the Green Line and the Bottineau extension of the Blue Line," according to Callaghan.
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Twin Cities Trains Move to Fewer Cars, Higher Frequency
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Tardy Transit Funding Arrives in Los Angeles, Twin Cities
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The state-sanctioned urbicide of Austin
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US to reduce Colorado River water deliveries to Mexico
A new Colorado Treaty amendment reduces Mexico’s Colorado River water allocation by 250,000 acre feet.
New Jersey’s second-largest city bans standalone data centers
Jersey City will continue to allow co-location facilities, such as those meant for research institutions that store their own data.
Amtrak not solely to blame for New Jersey commuter rail's unreliability, report finds
A new study from the Garden State Initiative found that NJ Transit’s budget grew 20% across a 4 year period, but reliability declined significantly over the same period.
EPA erases limits on planet-warming pollution from power plants
Under Monday’s plan, power plants would still have some limits on how much mercury, arsenic and other contaminants they can emit.
Phoenix announces new on-demand transit service, more frequent RAPID buses
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FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
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Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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