Public opinion on a stick
The annual Minnesota State Fair poll is unscientific, but lawmakers always latch onto the results.
Woes turn to hope for businesses along Green Line
For businesses operating along the Green Line, four years of construction and operation has been a mixed bag.
St. Paul’s W. 7th St. leads pack for transit
A new market analysis shows West Seventh Street is already well-traveled, connected to employment and entertainment destinations, and primed with redevelopment sites.
Breaking ground: Mixed-income project on Green Line
Indianapolis-based Flaherty & Collins broke ground Tuesday on the 2700 University project, a 248-unit mixed-income apartment building near the Green Line’s Westgate station in St. Paul.
St. Paul Port Authority inches toward Macy’s redevelopment plan
The agency will pass the 500,000-square-foot property to its subsidiary Capital City Properties for $1.
Green Line development exceeds expectations
Funding group tracks progress on affordable housing, economy and open space.
Woman killed by light rail train was Senate staffer
Lynne M. Thomas was crossing University Avenue when she was struck by a westbound Green Line train.
Southwest LRT price tag now estimated at $2 billion
The new cost estimate is a result of more detailed engineering and environmental tests, as well as a delayed environmental review which pushes the anticipated project completion date from 2019 to 2020.
St. Paul’s Midway touted as development hotspot
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said momentum generated by the transformation in recent years – including expanded transit options and pushes for new housing – will drive the city’s next growth spurt.
Met Council to scale back ‘superblock’ on Green Line
A massive redevelopment of the ten-acre site on Snelling Avenue owned by the Metropolitan Council is not feasible.
Met Council weighs costs, benefits of streetcar lines
The Metropolitan Council is on its way to creating a regional policy that could aid the development of more than a dozen lines under consideration in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
FTA orders study of LRT effects on park land
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board called on the federal agency to intervene in the $1.65 billion project earlier this year – citing concerns that impacts to the channel, lakes and surrounding park land in the narrow corridor between Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles hadn’t been adequately studied.
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