North Star Rail Line, sans access at Broadway St. and Central NE, DT out to St. Cloud.
Hwy 81(West Broadway) Express Bus Route, DT out to Maple Grove. Both diverted away From North Mpls. West Broadway Neighborhoods. With neither a bang, nor a whimper, all levels of metro governance once again neglect and ignore the need for job access to the people of North Mpls. And ignore Modern Urbanist Mantra by not reconnecting, nor invigorating, the Northwest Quadrant of our city. I reprint a piece I wrote two years ago about the North Star Rail Lines disconnect from the needs of the working folks of North Mpls. Now the new express bus route out Hwy. 81 also misses West Bro in the hood. Some players name have changed but the situation is more clear; and more dire. With the recession over(?), yet a recovery without new employment, people desperately need access to work opportunities. Public infrastructure investment must include opportunities for urban poor as well as suburban middle class. For so many reasons, Please Read and Discuss: Above and below----Keith Reitman NearNorth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 25. "NEEDED:FULL BROADWAY BUS ROUTE AND NORTH STAR RAIL STATION AT BROADWAY/CENTRAL", topic by I SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, PENNBRO KEITH, March 06, 2001 10:47 PM CST "Why have City Council Leaders Joe Biernat and Jackie Cherryhomes deprived the Northside Community of a new rail station at Broadway and Central Av.? Lake Street Renewal includes a bus route along all of Lake Street and on into St. Paul with a grand connector to the new Light Rail Line at Hiawatha Av. Don't we need the same? Why did our two civic leaders remain mute when a classic BAIT AND SWITCH was played on the whole Northside? 1.THE BAIT:A rail station at Broadway/Central was penciled into a plan for the new North Star Rail Line coming down from Elk River and St. Cloud to DT Mpls. 2.THE SWITCH:Once the Government $$$$$ was in place, the station was moved farther south toward DT to better serve White collar types AKA-WHITE PEOPLE at the cost of easy access for Northside commuters AKA-THE REST OF US! People want jobs to advance themselves. A quick commute by train to jobs up north of us is ideal for the bottled up work force in Northside Neighborhoods. A bus line running the full length of West Broadway Av. N and Broadway St. NE should connect to that rail line and the factory and warehouse jobs of North East Mpls. It would clearly benefit West Broadway Restoration. Jackie and Joe, you pulled the plug on our rail station instead of fighting for it, who's $$$$$ are you working for now?" _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
