The excursion showed off redevelopment sites along the commuter-rail line.
Things didn't go quite according to plan when a bus tour of developers and architects rolled through Fridley on Thursday. But city staff who scrambled to adjust to tour-route changes said they scored a victory anyway: a prospective redeveloper for a site in the vicinity of the Northstar Commuter Rail station. The tour was meant to show off development possibilities around the five existing and four proposed stations from Fridley to St. Cloud But in Fridley, the bus exited I-694 at East River Road instead of University Avenue, forcing Fridley Community Development Director Scott Hickok to improvise a different onboard narration than he'd planned, he said. And when the bus pulled into the Northstar station's west parking lot instead of the …
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Fridley, the last stop before Minneapolis, is still Northstar Commuter Rail's least-busy station.
Trips to and from Fridley on the Northstar Commuter Rail line increased by 10 percent in the first three months of 2011, compared to the same period last year. Fridley, the final stop before inbound trains reach downtown Minneapolis, is Northstar's least-busy station, accounting for only about 5 percent of ridership. But the station's ridership outpaced the 6 percent growth the rail line as a whole saw in the first quarter. In January through March this year, Fridley saw 7,936 trips made, up from 7,192 in 2010. Neither year's ridership figures for the first quarter included fans attending Minnesota Twins games, who boost the rail line's numbers during the long baseball season beginning in April. 'Long Curve' Northstar Commuter Rail and the…
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Amy Paddock
3:50 pm on Wednesday, May 4, 2011
I think we should make effort to use the train. Every year our need for energy rises in the US. Even with alternative energy sources being implemented, costs for transportation rises - and then there is a pollution problem. Doesn't matter if you believe in climate change or not - the dependency and other pollution is enough to think about making a few adjustments. Making this type of … more ›