With a floor vote on the massive economic stimulus package coming as early as Wednesday afternoon, Minnesota’s congressional representatives are looking to increase transit funding. DFL Rep. James Oberstar had words with the Obama administration over transit disagreements and…
Bottineau Boulevard, a lesser-known transit route that would run from downtown Minneapolis to the northwest suburbs, got a big boost Tuesday when the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority OK’d spending $1 million on an alternatives…
The DFL majority in the state Legislature pushed through a new transportation bill on Thursday. But two defectors in the House left the bill one vote shy of a veto-proof majority, which could prove critical if, as expected, the measure…
Today is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, and if the man were alive today he would most certainly support new gas and sales taxes to support road and transit projects. That’s the message…
Getting stuck in traffic is bad for our health, it’s bad for our environment, and, increasingly, employers are realizing it’s bad for business.
More than 50 employers met today for a “lunch and learn” on…
More Minneapolis residents are walking, biking or taking transit to get to their jobs, according to new U.S. Census figures.
The percentage of people in the city who said they walk…
As the year comes to a close, Minnesota Monitor is looking back at what was a big year for discussion of global warming. We heard more about climate change in 2007 than any other year,…
The Northstar Commuter Rail project has another $157 million in the bank as of Tuesday morning. A signing ceremony in Anoka that activated a federal funding agreement to pay about half the costs…
A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed Sunday in Saint Paul. The shooting, which allegedly began with a dispute between different groups of teens, took place on a Metro Transit bus, marking the third violent incident on an MTC bus…
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