From our partners at OnBoard Midwest:
High-speed rail along the Mississippi River Route is about more than just creating a new way to ride a train. It is about creating a regional train system that includes commuter, passenger, and freight transit. This regional vision for transportation will strengthen our region by [...]
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks after a tour of Ramsey County's Union Depot on Saturday while Commissioners Jim McDonough and Rafael Ortega and Congressman Jim Oberstar look on.
‘The Dirt Will Fly’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Ramsey County’s Union Depot in St. Paul this morning, along with members of the Ramsey County board, House [...]
No need for 3D glasses — our artists have done the work for you. Here is a new animated look at how plans are progressing for Ramsey County’s renovation of Union Depot in downtown St. Paul. The new Union Depot Multimodal Transit Hub will reopen for business in late 2012, with service by Amtrak, Greyhound, Jefferson [...]
The Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority Board will meet at 1:30 p.m. April 6 at the Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. (Click here for transit options). The board will consider a contract with TranSystems Corporation of Kansas City, MO, for completion of an East Metro Rail Capacity and Engineering Improvements Study. The [...]
Highlights for week of March 15
Fourth Street and all sidewalks and crosswalks will be reopened for one day on Wednesday March 17 to accommodate the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Road and crosswalk closures change on March 18. – NEW
Fourth between Wall and Sibley remains reduced to one lane westbound; watch for lane shifts.
Fourth between Sibley and [...]
DATE CORRECTION: The March 18th Rush Line Corridor Task Force meeting has been cancelled due to a lack of actionable agenda items. The next Task Force meeting is scheduled for May 20, 2010 at 3:30 pm at the White Bear Lake City [...]
Utility relocation work at Fourth and Robert streets in downtown St. Paul last summer.
From the Met Council’s January Making Tracks newsletter:
A decades-long dream to link St. Paul and Minneapolis by light rail transit is a step closer to reality with the Obama Administration’s request to fund the Central Corridor LRT Project in the fiscal 2011 [...]
Union Depot headhouse contruction 1919, courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
To hear a Minnesota Public Radio story about the Union Depot reconstruction project and to see photos of the historic building taken by reporter Tom Crann, click here.
The piece features Ramsey County Commissioner Jim McDonough, Chair of the Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority. It was originally broadcast [...]
The Regional Rail Authority will meet at the Ramsey County Courthouse in St. Paul on Tuesday, Jan. 26 (Map/Directions or Transit Options).
The board is expected to select a consultant to perform an economic analysis and development potential study for the Union Depot.
To read the agenda, click [...]
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