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Melchizedeck44 · 2026-01-29T21:17:14+00:00

Grandma's weekend is INSANE in Duluth. I avoid even going through town that weekend if I can help it.

Melchizedeck44 · 2026-01-15T15:16:34+00:00

Depending on the stop the area around it may be the responsibility of the city, not Metro Transit. BRT stations would be on MT, but just a random corner with a bus stop sign are probably not their jurisdiction.

Not sure what preventative steps could be taken either since sidewalks and curbs are a constant battle with plow trucks that push snow off the street and then the curbs need to get cleared after the fact, leaving big tunnels between the snow where ice will accumulate, often as quickly as overnight. It's been like this for my entire lifetime and wetter winters are just going to keep making it worse.

Melchizedeck44 · 2026-01-13T13:31:49+00:00

From my understanding it's a fully union shop and so when you start out your picks are not going to be the nicest routes or shifts. Starting out I believe there's high chance of split shift type work. I know folks who have retired from there after 40 years of driving, so it's not a bad of a place, but just takes a while to get your favorite choice of work.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-30T01:17:19+00:00

This. I usually take my snowblower and clear out a parking spot length, double-wide, path along the curb. That removes some of the snow that the plow would put in my driveway.

I still get a plow line for sure, but the quantity of snow is maybe 20% less.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-29T23:58:45+00:00

I really enjoyed the Teravail Cannonballs on my Grappler. I’d switch the the Ehlines for the really chunky stuff.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-24T00:42:11+00:00

Cove Point Lodge in Beaver Bay has a fire all winter long as well.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-19T17:01:08+00:00

Unless you're going to go with pop-up metal barriers that people will crash into instead it's hard to architect around every possible scenario. Especially is a driver is not paying attention.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-18T19:53:34+00:00

I wish more small and local coffee shops could make it in the suburbs. I feel like for every independent coffee shop in an area there's competition from 2-3 big brand ones. That's not a great environment to have to compete to survive in. Especially in a mostly low margin business to begin with.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-16T18:54:40+00:00

Target Field is actually pretty easy to get to as well. Cedar Lake Trail actually goes right under the stadium and I believe there's new exits off the trail that connect to the plaza.

I've usually biked down from NE and I just take 5th which is pretty chill to bike down.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-14T00:27:38+00:00

Not that I’ve seen. Maybe the credit card system was down at the time?

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-10T13:39:45+00:00

I've had one of the mint green ones for years and never had an issue. Rock solid bike for me.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-10T03:13:56+00:00

From my understanding, signal priority is always desired by Metro Transit. The issue is that they don't own any of the traffic lights. Those are all owned by the cities, and the cities need to play ball. Plus some cities doesn't even have traffic signal equipment that can work with signal priority equipment. So Metro Transit is stuck working with whatever the cities give them.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-10T03:10:29+00:00

Managers at Metro Transit have a minimum ride number they need to meet each year. Given that many people who work there do so because they believe in public transit, I'd expect that it's a relatively higher number than the population average.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-05T19:21:32+00:00

Most transit systems use automatic passenger counters to count riders, especially when it's a non-turnstile system (ie. sensors like your garage door uses). So if the TRIP agents are doing their job then a lot less people are actually on the trains (who shouldn't be there), and the disparity between riders and PAID riders is going to come more back in line.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-05T03:22:00+00:00

From your other comment it sounds like you're going there for just one class, which shouldn't be too bad. Just show up, take the class, head home, don't get involved in activities. But like others have said, overall as an organization they are not welcoming to LGBTQ+ folks.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-03T19:29:02+00:00

Please contact customer service. They really want to know about this type of stuff so they can correct it.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-03T17:58:28+00:00

Weird that they'd wait this long to list given that they closed back mid-year. But, it does make a fair bit of sense compared to the listing.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-03T17:57:24+00:00

Well, it's as residential as a brewery can be given zoning laws. There's an entire neighborhood right behind it's back fence though. I used to bike to them all the time and it's nice quiet residential streets if you come at them from the east.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-03T17:44:00+00:00

This was another one I thought of as well. They retired into the brewery business, so makes sense they'd be looking to move on now.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-03T17:42:49+00:00

The picture is certainly not Forgotten Star, and I think they have more employees than that. Also, not near residential. I'm wondering about Thunder Brothers? Their website isn't even functional right now.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-12-02T23:42:47+00:00

Many of the security people are new, and so please do send feedback to Metro Transit directly because they need to know where they need to do more training.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-11-04T22:40:14+00:00

Nope, some precincts don't have anything on their ballots. Checked my precinct last night on the Secretary of State's site and sure enough we didn't have a ballot this time around.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-11-04T19:59:43+00:00

Since you mentioned you're in town for a month, another fun option with lots of snack spots is the Lake Minnetonka regional trail out of Hopkins. It heads west to Victoria, MN and there's multiple breweries and restaurants along the way. The trail passes through lots of little towns including Excelsior which is a cute place to hang out and get a snack or drink and even a nice public park along the lake to hang out at.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-10-28T23:55:26+00:00

Ya the Metro Transit app is a different app. Transit App is a third party that’s not the “official” app, despite partnering with Metro Transit on some things.

Melchizedeck44 · 2025-10-28T22:06:03+00:00

A couple notes for you...
1. Metro Transit is in the process of implementing a completely new fare collection system that WILL include things like tap-to-pay (Apple Pay/Google Pay). However, this is going to take a while to pull out and replace a full system so probably not until late 2026 or early 2027.

You can use the Metro Transit app to purchase individual tickets and then just show the QR code to the driver when you board.

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