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Northstar cuts fares by as much as 25% to lure more riders
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 11 months ago
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Carrying fewer passengers this year, Northstar commuter rail is slashing fares by as much as 25 percent in an attempt to attract new riders. The fare reduction underscores the ongoing challenge the line -- now nearly three years old -- faces in
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Buses to replace light-rail trains in downtown this weekend
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 1 year ago
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Light-rail trains will be replaced by bus service on part of the Hiawatha Line this weekend because of planned maintenance work...Route 55 buses will substitute for trains between Target Field Station and Franklin Avenue Station. Trains will continue
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Senate proposes $500 million bonding bill
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 1 year ago
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Midway between Gov. Mark Dayton's $775 million bonding request and the House's scaled-down $280 million bill, the Senate bill passed out of the Capital Investment Committee Wednesday morning. It includes funding for higher education, construction
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Drunked drivers, beware on St. Patrick's Day
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 1 year ago
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Patrick's Day as extra patrol officers take to the road to watch out for those who may have had a green beer too many before getting behind the wheel...Patrick's Day is the second-deadliest holiday for alcohol-related deaths (the first is July Fourth)
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Metro Transit ridership up 3.5 percent in 2011, to 80.9 million
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Metro Transit is reporting that nearly 80.9 million rides were taken last year on its buses, light rail and Northstar commuter line. That's an increase of 3.5 percent, or 2.7 million rides, over 2010, Metro Transit officials said Tuesday. Last year's
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Hennepin County's transit connection wins another $10 million
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Ballgames often crowd the public plaza Hennepin County won another $10 million last week toward its Target Field rail transit connection, courtesy of the federal government. The county hopes to begin construction early next year of the $67.7 million
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Cleanup of chromium spill in progress
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Photo by Richard Sennott Workers have arrived in northeast Minneapolis to begin cleanup of a chemical spill discovered Tuesday afternoon. I reported today that frozen chromium was found next to the train tracks behind Superior Plating , a 92-year-old
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Metro Transit rides hit the 60 million mark
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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M etro Transit ridership so far this year is 60.6 million, or 2.1 million more rides than the same nine-month period in 2010, agency officials reported Friday. Buses the key Bus ridership accounted for the year-over-year gain, posting a 4.5 percent
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No Northstar service to Twins game tonight
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Northstar train service won't be an option for Twins fans going to Target Field for tonight's game, as repair work continues on damaged tracks in Fridley. Northstar commuters who took specially scheduled Metro Transit buses to work this morning may
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Feds to sign commitment to light rail funding
Saint Paul :: Canada | 2 years ago
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Federal officials plan to sign a formal funding commitment for the Central Corridor light rail line Tuesday in St...The Federal Transit Administration is providing $478 million for the 11-mile light rail line between downtown St...The Met Council
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