- Minnesota Comprehensive Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan (2009/2010)
- Minnesota Intercity Bus Network Study
- Greater Minnesota Transit Investment Plan
Programs suggesting improvements:
- GreenCityStreets' suggestions for improving public transportation.
Different travelers value their time differently. Here's one table from the 2009 Tri-State III rail study:
Rail costs:
Mode Value of Time
($/hr)Air – Business 75.50 Air – Non-Business 41.42 Average Air 61.88 Auto – Business 40.42 Auto – Non-Business 22.19 Average Auto 26.34 Average Bus 11.54 Rail – Business 42.62 Rail – Non-Business 20.70 Average Rail 26.80
- MWRRI/MnDOT cost estimating methodology, 2011.
Some costs of major projects (and a few not-so major ones) in Minnesota:
- Sherburne County Generating Station Unit 3 (1983–1987): $1 billion
- Hiawatha Line/Blue Line light-rail train, Minneapolis to Bloomington (12 mi, ?–2004): $715 million
- MSP airport tunnels (twin 1-mile tunnels): $117 million (likely 2004$)[ref]
- Central Corridor/Green Line light-rail train, Minneapolis to St. Paul (9 or 10 mi, 2009–2014): $957 million
- North-south runway at MSP airport: $624 million[ref]
- St. Paul Union Depot refurbishment (2011–2012): $243 million[ref]
- I-94 resurfacing between downtown Minneapolis & downtown St. Paul (2010–2011): over $26 million (just 2011)[ref]
- MN-62 Crosstown/I-35W project (200?–2010): $288 million
- Target Field (2007–2010): $450 million[ref] (including $392 million from 0.15% Hennepin County sales tax).
- Elk Run interchange, diverging diamond along U.S. 52 at Pine Island (2011–2012): $34.3 million[ref]
- U.S. 52 Lafayette Bridge, St. Paul: multiple values seen: $130.4 million, $164 million, $185 million.
- Planned Interchange train station, Minneapolis (2012–2014): less than $70 million[ref]
- Planned Stillwater Bridge, Stillwater, MN to Houlton, WI (0.5 mi, ...): $700 million ($691 million?)
- Planned Northern Lights Express intercity train, Minneapolis to Duluth (155 mi, ...): $650 to $750 million
- Planned Southwest Corridor light-rail train, Minneapolis to Eden Prairie (15 mi, ...): $1.25 billion
- Planned Fargo-Moorhead area diversion of Red River (36 mi, 2013(?)–2021(?)): $1.78 billion
- Planned I-35W/Lake Street interchange rebuild, including BRT station (2013?): $160 million[ref]
Cost estimation documents:
Yearly Mn/DOT road construction costs (projects directly overseen by MnDOT—they also pass through billions more to county/city governments):
- 2003: $600 million (plus carryover from 2002)[ref]
- 2004: ?
- 2005: $1.7 billion
- 2006: $1.5 billion[ref]
- 2007: $1.5 billion[ref]
- 2008: ??? $441 million to $657 million[ref] Possibly $632 million[ref]
- 2009: $1.4 billion[ref]
- 2010: $1.3 billion
- 2011: $900 million
- 2012: $1.1 billion[ref]
- 2013: $1.1 billion[ref]
- 2014: $1.1 billion[ref]
- 2018: $1.1 billion[ref]
- 2019:
- 2020:
- 2021:
- 2022:
- 2023:
- 2024: $1.6 billion[ref]
Speed conversions:
Meeting minutes:
SI Imperial Example systems 350 km/h 217 mph China 325 km/h 202 mph 300 km/h 186 mph TGV and many others 250 km/h 155 mph Many German ICE lines (some are faster) 220 km/h 136 mph TGV/LGV junctions (between separate lines) 200 km/h 124 mph 160 km/h 99 mph TGV/LGV crossovers (parallel tracks on same line)
Car stuff:
Census population and commuting data
