"What would you do with 10 minutes not wasted waiting at Hiawatha?"
If you make two trips a day across Hiawatha, that's 20 minutes, the same as the much touted 41 hours a year average delay caused by congestion bandied about by the Strib in justifying rail transit. What would those commuters do with 20 minutes a day? If you live in the neighborhood, it's quite possible that you will make more than two trips a day, losing far more time. On a different note, Liz says that she has seen the gates coming down during a green light (more than once?). Please note the time of these situations and send them to Metro Transit. This situation is very dangerous, shows an improperly operating system, leaves MT open to lawsuits in car-train crashes (which will cost taxpayers money.) If this happens, it will cause cars to become stranded across the southbound lane of Hiawatha, blocking traffic even more. Dan Prozinski says we would need to solve this traffic problem before trying to build lrt on University. The news is that a large number of places where you can currently cross the center of University, whether driving straight across or making a left turn, will be closed under the Ramsey county plan shown in their EIS. To make these movements across the centerline, you will have to make a right turn and drive to the next open intersection and make a U-turn. Here are the most notable projections of p.m. rush-hour traffic backups, no bprojection was printed about a.m. traffic, but it would most likely be similar, but in the opposite directions. 1) University eastbound at Rice (1094'), overlapping with the backup at Marion (3921'), overlapping with the backup at Macubin (1690'), overlapping with the backup at Dale (3049'), leaving 3 1/2 blocks with no backup before 2) University eastbound at Lexington (2845'), overlapping with the backup at Griggs (2575'), overlapping with the backup at Hamline (1728'), overlapping with the backup at Albert (1247'), leaving 1 1/2 blocks with no backup before 3) University eastbound at Snelling (3670'), overlapping with the backup at Fry (3176'), overlapping with the backup at Aldine (2600'), ending 1/2 block east of Prior. That's about 5 1/2 blocks with no backup between Rice and Prior. Visit www.EffectiveTransit.org The Independent Unsubsidized Voice of Citizens for Effective Transit in the Twin Cities (no lrt) * lrt isn't a potato chip, you can stop at just one * Bruce Gaarder Highland Park Saint Paul MN [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
