Slip of the lip
In an editorial published yesterday, the Star Tribune let slip a truth about the City of Minneapolis' push for putting the Central Corridore line on the new I35W Bridge (HT AAA)
"What is clear, however, is that routing the Central Corridor light-rail line across a new bridge doesn't work. Changing its route would eliminate a critical West Bank station at the University of Minnesota, attract fewer riders and add time and distance to the line. That, in turn, would lower the project's federal rating and risk its funding."
Well golly gee....maybe the editors of the Star Tribune read the Lady's musings.....Nah....I doubt it. It's probably just another one of those blind squirrel moments that our friends on Portland Avenue have from time to time.
"What is clear, however, is that routing the Central Corridor light-rail line across a new bridge doesn't work. Changing its route would eliminate a critical West Bank station at the University of Minnesota, attract fewer riders and add time and distance to the line. That, in turn, would lower the project's federal rating and risk its funding."
Well golly gee....maybe the editors of the Star Tribune read the Lady's musings.....Nah....I doubt it. It's probably just another one of those blind squirrel moments that our friends on Portland Avenue have from time to time.
Labels: 35W Bridge collapse
posted by The Lady Logician at
5:38 PM
5 Comments:
You idiot, they're not talking about placing the Central Corridor on the new bridge anymore, they're talking about making it LRT ready so that in 10, 15, 20 years, all options are open, especially a route to the fast-growing northeastern suburbs.
But doing something that fiscally responsible would be so abhorrent to you, wouldn't it? Better to do it cheap, fast, and ready for the GOP convention, right?
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Anonymous, at 8:09 PM
Oh they are are they....Then please explain why, in last weeks joint transportation session, the Mayor and the City Council were all saying "Central Corridor"?
If you had read the previous post of mine, you would have seen that I already SAID that they should build this bridge like they built the Bloomington Ferry Bridge.
Your comments show who the "idiot" really is.....
LL
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The Lady Logician, at 8:33 PM
I should also add, oh anonymous name caller, that the mention of the Central Corridor being on the new bridge came FROM THE STAR TRIBUNE editorial.
Maybe you really DON'T know what you are talking about....maybe you are just a drive by troll that should really take two seconds to read the post BEFORE they comment...
LL
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The Lady Logician, at 9:21 PM
Technology changes more and more quickly. A VCR-ready TV in the eighties may have been ready for Beta but not VHS. Who among us has a crystal ball to tell us what we'll need for mass transit it 10, 15 or 20 years?
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cooper, at 10:18 AM
I will be the last one to argue with you Carol. As a matter of fact, I have REPEATEDLY said that in this forum (please read my first response to the anonymous troll). I said that this bridge SHOULD be built like the Bloomington Ferry Bridge was that it was the SMART thing to do to plan for future rail in that corridor.
However, moving the central corridor rail line to the 35W bridge and AWAY FROM THE UNIVERSITY (who are after all the targeted riders for this line) is a foolish move!
LL
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The Lady Logician, at 11:43 AM
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