Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Hiawatha LRT Coverup
Email reveals that transportation officials knew all along that Hiawatha LRT would cripple traffic - LRT planners hid this info from the public
This email from Minnesota transportation officials in 1999 describes how light rail signal preemption would "severely cripple" congestion at intersections, causing "extreme delays along side streets." This shows that LRT planners knew all along that the Hiawatha LRT line would cripple traffic along the corridor but chose to hide this info from the public because, as noted in the email, to release this info would have been a "show stopper" for the $715 million project. State legislator Phil Krinkie is calling for an investigation of the issue.
This email from Minnesota transportation officials in 1999 describes how light rail signal preemption would "severely cripple" congestion at intersections, causing "extreme delays along side streets." This shows that LRT planners knew all along that the Hiawatha LRT line would cripple traffic along the corridor but chose to hide this info from the public because, as noted in the email, to release this info would have been a "show stopper" for the $715 million project. State legislator Phil Krinkie is calling for an investigation of the issue.
Comments:
The obvious solution is to hire someone from California and the West, who has had experience with traffic signals and LRT crossings. Despite how this issue in Minneapolis is being spinned by anti-LRT forces, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles (Blue Line), and San Diego have NOT had the same sort of problems.
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