Try not to get hit by the train while hiking to a stop

Star Tribune Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:38:12 GMT
Cars, money, buses, trains: LRT planners work out details

As the Feb. 27 deadline nears, they laid out a combination of options for the Central Corridor. Planners of the Central Corridor light-rail line have been mixing and matching features for months, and on Wednesday they unveiled one combination of options that could be called "Most Likely to Succeed." While the $909 million package meets federal cost requirements, the line is also likely to disappoint: The University of Minnesota wouldn't get its tunnel through the East Bank campus, and St. Paul neighborhoods that have asked for additional stations would have to wait until after the line was completed for them to be added. The package was one of several presented to the Central Corridor Management Committee, but it was the only one that met the Federal Transit Administration's cost-effectiveness index.

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