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Embracing the Light-Rail

Admit it, you’re starting to miss construction delays.

WTF is this LRT on my Campus

Hurting local businesses in the name of public infrastructure.

Hiawatha

Riding the light rail is such a spiritual journey for me. I always pick the left-hand side for the best views, and, with music in tow, I ride it from start to finish. …Have you ever noticed how each station has its own distinctive flair? Yea, there are ghosted trees, frosted panes and binary code all along my journey from the Warehouse District of Hennepin Avenue to the Mall of America.

Cedar Riverside Station: it has a map of the stars on the ceiling. (I sometimes wonder if they’ll match up with what I’m actually seeing in the sky.) Outside of …

Video Poll – The Central Corridor

Gov. Pawlenty has warned the University of Minnesosta that the Central Corridor has to come down in price. The tunnel that would go under Washington Avenue would cost $250 Million. So, should the proposed Central Corridor go straight down Washington Avenue, go under Washington, or skirt pass Dinkytown in the current rail trench and rejoin University near TCF Bank Stadium?

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