Light rail is tight squeeze in north Minneapolis
02.09.11
As the tour bus moved gingerly down Oliver Avenue in north Minneapolis on Tuesday, several people on board wondered how a light rail transit line could ever fit on the one-way street. And one at the heart of an issue that planners, politicians and community members are grappling with now: whether and where a potential Bottineau LRT system could wind its way through north Minneapolis — bringing with it the redevelopment... Consider this about Oliver Avenue: Its right-of-way width (including street, gutter and sidewalk) is 60 feet. University Avenue, along which the Central Corridor LRT is under construction, is twice as wide. He, like most riders, was on the bus as a representative on the Bottineau policy advisory committee for Hennepin County, which is doing the planning work for this corridor.
Source: Finance and Commerce