A new technical report spells out the following six transit routes and modes from downtown St. Paul to the Mall of America, giving equal weight to each one.
Engineers have all but dropped a possible light-rail line from plans to connect St. Paul’s Union Depot to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and the Mall of America in Bloomington.
Bicyclists, pedestrians and public transportation riders traveling through St. Paul’s Highland Park may one day be able to follow the route trains took to the old Ford Motor Co. plant.
Adding a new type of transit along the Riverview Corridor between downtown St. Paul and the Mall of America could cost hundreds of millions to well over a billion dollars, but the higher price tag options often come with higher ridership.
Proposals to improve transit service between Downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport will continue to take shape this week, as an advisory committee meets to discuss options.
Residents from neighborhoods in south Minneapolis packed an elementary school gym Thursday evening to learn more about a possible rail project that could run less than 30 feet from their homes.
An already busy street near Minneapolis’ blue light rail line could get a lot busier with an added light rail or street car.
Politicians have been trying to find a better way to link downtown St. Paul to the airport via mass transit for the better part of the past two decades.
A new transit line for the Riverview Corridor took another small step forward this week.
For nearly a century, St. Paul auto workers assembled Model T’s, Sportsman convertibles and Ford Ranger pickup trucks on more than 130 acres of riverfront property in Highland Park.
