Talk:Hiawatha Line
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[edit] Outdated
This article seems rather outdated. Much of it reads like it was written several years ago, talking about things in future tense.
Also, the article seems to downplay the success of the LRT. It only gives a bland statement of the number of annual passengers, and never says that the ridership is double or triple the original projections, or that the county has had to buy additional trains to meet the demand. Nor does it mention that the public acceptance has led to political pressure for more lines, with various areas wanting a line thru their neighborhood. T-bonham 01:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Stations
This is one of those times when I must admit to a microscopic regret for Wikipedia's No Original Research policy, as I'd love to put in some remarks about the poor design of the stations. While they do have shelters, they are small and provide little protection from the elements. Furthermore, roofs over passenger areas are typically so high that unless precipitation is falling perfectly straight down, it has plenty of time to angle under the roof and soak waiting passengers.
You'd think that, given Minneapolis' notoriously foul winter weather, someone would have planned for that.
*sigh*
*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 20:38, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Map now incorrect
Humphrey station is now open again, so the map is outdated. Can someone change this? I'm not sure how, but I think it looks bad to have the old info on here now. Mullibok 15:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
- It is now up to date. If you ever notice anything wrong with it again just let me know. --Smarterthanu91 • Talk 22:37, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Name changes on articles for LRT stations
Someone changed the article names from Station name (Hiawatha Line station) to Station name (MNMT station). I guess I can understand why someone might want to change the name (e.g. the stations downtown won't just be part of the Hiawatha Line anymore when the Central Corridor LRT is complete), but NOBODY uses the "MNMT" abreviation in real life. Could we change this to Station name (Metro Transit station), perhaps? I realize there are other public transit agencies out there using the Metro Transit name, but the agency in the Twin Cities is the only one operating a rail system at this time (the LRT being built in Seattle right now will be operated by Sound Transit, NOT Metro Transit (King County), so there shouldn't be any issues there). I'd like to have some sort of discussion before going ahead and changing it myself. Eco84 | Talk 16:38, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Seeing as MNMT is defined nowhere in any article I can find, I think some change is definitely in order. Mullibok 20:03, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Station names have now been changed to "(Metro Transit station)". Eco84 | Talk 04:37, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
