Great Post..! Yes, the LRT should have used the existing lines and that
would
have been the SMART thing to do. That was also what had been told to the
community at one time...it would follow the line, no need for tree removal,
our commissioner said only a few saplings would come down towards 54th.
There are lines available along University and that too...would be the smart
thing to do. We need trains...it used to take 12 minutes for the train to go
from Minneapolis to St Paul...tell that to someone sitting on 94 during
rush hour.
The LRT has totally messed up the traffic on Hiawatha ... the lights say
green with a left green turn signal but half way through the turn...the
green lights
are still on but the red train lights come on and the boards come crashing
down on you. It is a very scary situation and I do believe the worst is yet
to
come in crashes.
Thanks for this post...too bad they didn't listen to you Ed...I would guess
it would have saved millions along with saving years of deception!
Dorie Gallagher/Nokomis
I remember it like it was only yesterday. I was a member of the
Minneapolis
City Council and at a Council Meeting in 1975 I held up a map of existing
railroad right of way. I pointed out that we could have rail transit from
downtown to the airport (with maybe a stop at Lake Street). But, instead
of
building the "light" rail on existing railroad right of way, they built it
across the street, so trains could race through a neighborhood at high
speeds.
Now, they are proposing to build a second line on University Avenue. In
1975 I proposed the second line would go from downtown Minneapolis to
downtown St. Paul (with one stop at the U of M) on existing railroad right
of way, below grade. Those tracks are virtually unused. It doesn't make
sense to tear up University and make it as unsafe as Hiawatha now is. How
many lives have already been lost to the Hiawatha Line? How many students
and neighbors will be killed by a high speed train racing through the
University and Prospect Park?
Put it below grade. It's not a streetcar. It's a train!
Ed Felien
Powderhorn
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