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I lived there from mid-2016 through late 2020, about 4.5 years in all. I know the Green Line was a relatively new thing when I was there. > it was still notabl
by ryukoposting 1y ago
I lived there from mid-2016 through late 2020, about 4.5 years in all. I know the Green Line was a relatively new thing when I was there.
> it was still notably slower than driving, so many if not most people still drove everywhere
I'd argue that those folks are missing the point. Sure, when I was commuting by Minneapolis public transit, it was slower than driving. But you know what I wasn't doing while I was on the bus/train? Driving! I was reading, writing, daydreaming, sleeping, any number of activities more pleasant than sitting on I-94.
Standing out there in the winter could be brutal, I'll admit. Then again, the light rail stops were heated, and the park & ride I transferred at in Plymouth had a nice climate-controlled lobby. The only time I was really out there was standing in the driveway in front of my office, waiting for the shuttle to pick me up.
Twin Cities public transit is a damn sight better than what we have in Milwaukee, that's for sure. Low bar, but the Twin Cities clear it handily.
- zdragnar 1y agoAh yeah, that makes more sense. I lived about half a mile or a mile south of where the green line now runs and had to take a bus down university ave. Sadly, my neighborhood had long waits between buses that connected to university ave, and neither my neighborhood or university ave had heated stops. So, odds were pretty good that I'd suffer the weather for 20-30 minutes each trip. I also tend to get motion sickness if I read or use a laptop in cars or busses, so there really wasn't anything I could do on them that I couldn't do by driving anyway.