I hear that train a commin'
They did it — the Met Council approved stations and an alignment for the Central Corridor light-rail line.
Life could be quite different once the line is in place. The plan approved yesterday calls for removing automobiles from Washington Avenue on the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus and includes $39 million for “mitigation� along the line to deal with traffic that flows elsewhere. The U would also like the pedestrian mall to have only trains and people, so some 1,500 buses a day could be spending their time differently. And East River Road, a historic parkway owned by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, may end up with some of the 25,000 cars a day that will be displaced.
