Saving half a billion dollars by building better transit. The Network Alignment: Kenilworth 3A + the Midtown Greenway Streetcar (the “Green Line”) would serve more Minneapolis population, employment, commerical nodes, growth centers, transit-oriented development, and transit-dependent riders than any other SW LRT alignment. Communities between downtown Minneapolis and Eden Prairie are being asked to select [...]
Archive for August, 2009
SW LRT: Let’s start building a 21st Century transit system, not just one light rail line
Posted in Position on August 18, 2009 |
SW LRT: How do we serve the most employment, transit-dependent riders, and transit-oriented development in Minneapolis?
Posted in Letter to Editor on August 5, 2009 |
Bob Corrick’s and John DeWitt’s response to Art Higinbotham’s letter to the editor In his advocacy for a Greenway/Nicollet alignment for the SW LRT corridor, Arthur Higinbotham (Star-Tribune 8/3) fails to mention that that alignment will likely add nearly $300 million to the project cost. Unfortunately, that added expense would give us a light rail [...]
