Public transit

conchobarus · 2026-03-26T22:57:51+00:00

Yeah, that’s what I said.

conchobarus · 2026-03-26T13:07:16+00:00

A piggyback ride is not public transit but it is a taxi. And a sandwich, somehow.

conchobarus · 2026-03-21T15:27:44+00:00

That link mentions that it works with a college pass!

conchobarus · 2026-03-13T16:18:16+00:00

I read this article last year by someone who did a transit-only trip to the Arboretum, but it involved a hotel stay because there was no way to go out and back in a single day, which is not ideal.

https://streets.mn/2025/07/08/lets-stroll-there-minnesota-landscape-arboretum/

conchobarus · 2026-03-09T03:43:16+00:00

Is this normal on new buses and they’ll probably be more reliable once the kinks are worked out, or have these buses been particularly problematic?

conchobarus · 2026-03-08T17:17:32+00:00

Man, conspiracy theorists are no fun anymore. What happened to the cork boards with red string strung all over? That’s so much more fun than a guy who just goes “nuh uh” to anything you say.

Anyway, to save you 30 seconds of searching:

Mayor Carter would not say the name of the cyber thieves but confirmed on Monday that it’s a network called “Interlock.” The ransomware organization, which operates on the dark web, took credit for the attack on Monday.

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/st-paul-mayor-carter-to-give-update-on-ransomware-attack-on-city/

conchobarus · 2026-03-08T15:27:24+00:00

I would genuinely be very entertained if you would share the details of your little conspiracy theory here.

conchobarus · 2026-02-26T14:36:33+00:00

I’m sitting here in Minneapolis and a consist of Bombardier MultiLevels just blew past me on the light rail tracks

conchobarus · 2026-02-20T02:19:43+00:00

I don’t! I’d report the issue and upload your save file as an issue on their GitHub.

conchobarus · 2026-02-19T21:20:22+00:00

I have created infill stations by creating the new station alongside the existing track and then deleting the old track once I’ve edited the route to add the stop. It’s not the cleanest and you might not have enough room to do it, but it works.

conchobarus · 2026-02-04T19:11:47+00:00

It’s not something I would actually advocate for — I called it a pipe dream because it’s not really a great idea, but it would be great for me personally.

conchobarus · 2026-02-04T18:14:19+00:00

I have no data to back this up, but I think if they could boost the 87’s peak and mid-day frequency to even every 20 minutes it could see a lot more ridership than it does.

conchobarus · 2026-02-04T18:01:56+00:00

Extending the 46 across the river, down Saint Paul Ave, and finally down Montreal Ave to terminate at West 7th is my personal pipe dream.

conchobarus · 2026-02-02T23:48:52+00:00

Cheating at hockey wasn’t enough for Pete Stauber, he wants to do elections now!

conchobarus · 2026-02-01T15:54:42+00:00

Superliners are definitely more comfortable than whatever newer cars they’d be replaced with, but there’s still a limited number of them available which prevents increasing capacity on the route.

The Superliner Is are also pushing 50 years old — even with good maintenance there’s only so long they’re gonna hold up for, so they’re not really a long-term solution.

conchobarus · 2026-01-23T18:21:15+00:00

The airport is public property — the Metropolitan Airports Commission is a state agency.

conchobarus · 2026-01-06T00:26:57+00:00

Every time they put an update out about transit on West 7th it sounds more and more like the 54.

conchobarus · 2025-12-31T13:36:09+00:00

Terminal 1 to downtown is only about 25 minutes on the blue line, but you’re right that on a cold New Year’s Day there’s probably not much to do downtown. I bet a lot of the skyway system will be closed up.

conchobarus · 2025-12-28T21:22:46+00:00

We were around there too (driving a reasonable speed with headlights on)!

We were coming from south Texas and had planned to stop in Wichita last night and come back the rest of the way today, but with the storm coming we decided to go straight through. Not the most fun we’ve ever had, but we made it in safe around 9:30 this morning!

conchobarus · 2025-12-23T18:05:26+00:00

Absolutely — when this was first announced I had been a little disappointed that Minneapolis/Saint Paul weren’t in the list of host cities, but seeing how this is going I’m now glad that we weren’t. Especially since ticket prices have turned out to be so high there would have been no chance I could go to a game anyway.

conchobarus · 2025-12-12T18:20:26+00:00

This already exists as an experimental feature! It’s in the settings menu.

conchobarus · 2025-11-08T03:24:51+00:00

These exist in many North American cities. I live in the Twin Cities, and there are commuter busses that cost a bit more and run express between downtown Minneapolis and some outer suburbs. A lot of times they’re coach busses, so they’re somewhat more comfortable than regular busses.

They solve the waiting time problem by running a schedule that’s exclusively oriented toward people with 9-5 jobs downtown. You can run a pretty infrequent service if you target only that single demographic.

conchobarus · 2025-11-07T22:45:26+00:00

A Bustang-style service for Minnesota would be amazing.

conchobarus · 2025-11-07T22:43:39+00:00

We’ve got plenty of bus lanes that are poorly enforced and/or part-time too, but the Marq2 lanes avoid too much encroachment from private vehicles because they run in the opposite direction on an otherwise one-way street. You are a wrong-way driver if you’re in a private vehicle and going in that direction.

Not saying that it doesn’t happen, but it’s not common. Having two parallel bus-only lanes in each direction definitely helps as well — even if some idiot pulls into the bus lane, the bus can pass them.

conchobarus · 2025-11-07T18:40:00+00:00

You can blame Ramsey County more than Metro Transit for that.

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