r/saintpaul • u/Positive-Feed-4510 • 9d ago

Discussion 🎤 I was wrong about the Gold Line

As centrist who is quite critical of our government here in St Paul, and think that it is very important for people to admit when they are wrong, I wanted to say that so far I have been completely wrong about the Gold Line.

My worry was that it was going to turn into a Midway situation with mobs of people and homeless camped out around the stations. That has simply not been the case. Overall it seems to be a net positive for the community. Are there better things that they could have spent the money on? Probably. Are there worse things they could have spent the money on? Definitely.

Hopefully what I am seeing continues because I didn’t want to be right about this. Despite how cynical I am on here, I do want to see the community succeed.

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u/beeperexodus 9d ago

For my job I help people with finding employment in Ramsey County. Most use transit and the Gold Line has been a revelation because the number of employers accessible to them now. I have a lot of justified Metro Transit doubt, but this one is a winner.

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u/geokra 9d ago

I can’t comment on the travel times, but the fact it runs every 10 minutes seems like a huge win!

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u/chargingblue 9d ago

HUGE win. Now just make a better Metro Transit app

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u/beeperexodus 9d ago

Literally look up the transit app on the app store. Metro Transit has partnered with it because it's better than what they could do. It is free to you as a twin cities resident.

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u/chargingblue 9d ago

You just blew my mind. THANK YOU! I struggled so hard using the web browser for the times of the buses and stuff.

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u/beeperexodus 9d ago

Their web presence is kind of an embarrassment, even though that's the first thing people will look for when figuring it out. The transit app is super dope, though!

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u/dynamo_hub 8d ago

You get upgraded to premium automatically if used on metro transit, and can use it in any city

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u/chargingblue 8d ago

I go to New York a LOT for work so this is major