Seeking developer-friendly process
The Metropolitan Council is seeking to make itself the first stop when it comes to developing along transit lines — part of a larger strategy in which the regional authority is taking more of a lead...
View ArticleStreet closures near Interchange project begin Sept. 3
Sixth Avenue North, Fifth Street North and Fifth Street North will all close for at least two weeks.
View ArticleUltimatum issued to Southwest LRT project
If the cities along the route don’t act on the project by June 30, the Counties Transit Improvement Board will shift funding to the proposed Bottineau LRT line instead.
View ArticleStudies do little to bridge Southwest LRT impasse
The Met Council's final reports have not mollified groups at odds over whether freight rail should remain in Minneapolis’ Kenilworth Corridor or be routed through St. Louis Park.
View ArticleHotel option emerges for North Loop project
United Properties’ 200,000-square-foot building near Target Field and the nearly-open Target Field Station transit hub could include a 161-room hotel.
View ArticleCTIB looks at boosting its share of transit costs
The Counties Transit Improvement Board is considering paying up to 80 percent of the costs for certain transit projects.
View ArticleOne down, five to go for SWLRT
Hopkins is first city to sign off on the preliminary design plans for the Southwest Light Rail Transit project between downtown Minneapolis and Eden Prairie.
View ArticleSouthwest LRT price tag still bugs counties
One of the biggest local funders behind the Southwest light rail project is still hung up on the project’s cost increases — especially an $80 million station addition in Eden Prairie.
View ArticleConsultants tapped for second phase of Bottineau station planning
By September the second phase of station area planning for the 13-mile extension of the Blue Line to Brooklyn Park, also known as the Bottineau Transitway, will be underway.
View ArticleA guide to upcoming transit projects
Nearly a dozen transit-related projects are proposed or are in the works in the Twin Cities.
View ArticleKimley-Horn lands Bottineau LRT engineering contract
The Metropolitan Council awarded a contract not to exceed $110 million to the North Carolina-based firm for services starting with preliminary engineering through final construction on the 13-mile line.
View ArticleGrant boosts potential taproom on Bottineau LRT
A microbrewery and a boutique are among the winners from four Hennepin County transit-oriented development grants approved this week.
View ArticleCounties award $141 million in transit grants
The Counties Transit Improvement Board, which collects a quarter-cent sales tax in five metro area counties to build transit lines throughout the region, awarded $110 million for capital improvement...
View ArticleBrooklyn Park has high hopes for new library
The $23.5 million project, in the works since at least 2006, is getting closer to reality as Hennepin County nears selection of a contractor to build the 39,600-square-foot library.
View ArticleStatus Report: Transit projects in Twin Cities
Finance & Commerce takes a look at what to expect in 2015 from the three transit lines in the federal funding pipeline and an overview of the other transit lines currently in development.
View ArticleNarrowing transit options for West Broadway
Five options for bus rapid transit and streetcar lines are under consideration will be pared down to as many as three options.
View ArticleStation-area plans outline vision for Bottineau LRT
The plans map out more intense development at the station near the intersection of Van White Memorial Boulevard and Olson Memorial Highway.
View ArticleSouthwest LRT price tag still bugs counties
One of the biggest local funders behind the Southwest light rail project is still hung up on the project’s cost increases — especially an $80 million station addition in Eden Prairie.
View ArticleConsultants tapped for second phase of Bottineau station planning
By September the second phase of station area planning for the 13-mile extension of the Blue Line to Brooklyn Park, also known as the Bottineau Transitway, will be underway.
View ArticleA guide to upcoming transit projects
Nearly a dozen transit-related projects are proposed or are in the works in the Twin Cities.
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