Community voices

This is a community conversation space to highlight your stories, your ideas, your hopes, as well as your concerns.

We want to hear from you. Deep listening and genuine partnership with community is our way to ensure the best possible Blue Line Extension project that maximizes opportunities and benefits for our communities for decades to come.

As the Blue Line Extension continues to take shape, come visit this space often to hear and share community stories, perspectives, and recommendations. We hope you will add yours to the conversation below!

This is a community conversation space to highlight your stories, your ideas, your hopes, as well as your concerns.

Share your story

What is your Blue Line Extension story? Do you live or work in the corridor? What are your hopes or fears for this project? How might your lived experience inform project decisions and plans?

Thank you for sharing your story with us. It will be shared with project staff and leaders to inform direction and development of the project.

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Light Rail would be used if available

by Olso0916, about 1 year ago

I'm a resident of Crystal, and there's a huge need here for reliable public transportation. It's difficult to get to and from the downtown, as well as the airport. With the connections this light rail would potentially provide, My family would benefit greatly.

This would be a major benefit, and a cost savings for many, especially the working poor in our neighborhoods.

My Story~
My work requires that I fly out of MSP quite a bit, and right now I'm paying about $80 per trip in Uber fees, or about the same amount in parking down in Bloomington.

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by PMKoenig, about 2 years ago

My hope for this project is fair, equitable, affordable and reliable transportation for all to move towards better caring for our environment. Converting to electric power coupled with mass transportation can have a very significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, a very affordable means of transportation for daily commuting for work can be readily available to all.
Coupled with Bikes available and bus connectors, wide spread transportation accross our area is possible, without significant individual investment in automobiles. I look forward to using this leg and the others in the near future.
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