The east-west bus way is a problem because it is an isolated plan. It is not part of an overall transportation plan. It would make a lot of sense in a grid plan as opposed to the spoke/wheel plan that we now suffer.
I sold my last car in 1987 and brought up two children traveling on the bus. I rented a car or used commercial air, bus, or train for vacations. I had to go downtown to get to the kids school functions that were about three miles west of where I live. The bus line on Lowry went near their schools but only during working hours. It didn't run in the evening or on weekends. The other end of that bus line stops at Rosedale where I like to shop. Again I had to go nearly downtown to go to Rosedale in the evening or on weekends. The evening schedule exists now but the weekends are still blank. That is only one example. There are more painful examples. A grid pattern for transportation would allow us to go many more places. Of course rush hour bus to work are heavy to the two downtowns. Anyone wanting to go anywhere else bought a car. They could not depend on buses to get them there and back. Unfortunately, the Cedar bus way is not part of a regional transit plan. It is all there is. John O'Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Northeast Minneapolis On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 16:18:30 -0600 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Its not a surprise, they did pass a ban on studying a busway on parts > of > this corridor in a previous session. That's why the current study > is > focusing on LRT/DMU transit options. > > What I find amusing is that Rep. Holberg, R-Lakeville, also authored > HF570 > earlier this session: > > Authors: Gerlach, Wilkin, Atkins, Holberg, Wardlow > http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?number=H0570&versio n=l > atest&session=ls83 > > Section 1. [CEDAR AVENUE BUS TRANSIT WAY; APPROPRIATION.] $5,000,000 > is > appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of > transportation for environmental studies, transit improvements, and > matching > funds to federal appropriations for the Cedar Avenue bus transit way > between > the Mall of America in the city of Bloomington and the cities of > Eagan, > Apple Valley, Burnsville, and Lakeville. > > So, I guess in her reasoning its OK for northern Dakota County to > study a > busway to the Mall of America, but its not ok for southwest Hennepin > County > to study a busway to Minneapolis. Wow. > > Dan Fehler > Minneapolis > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum > http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro > Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a > day. > > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
