Twinsville

A lot of stuff is finally coming together north of the warehouse district, and plans are out for the new stadium, the commuter rail, and a light rail extension.  Everything seems to be proceeding in a sensible fashion, which is why I'm so suspicious.  The stadium will be situated over the train tracks that the Northstar commuter rail line runs on, with some sort of heavy concrete sheath to keep a train derailment from collapsing the outfield bleachers.  The light rail line will extend north up 5th street, with the station integrated into the stadium plaza, with the Northstar line coming in underneath.  It's just north of the Target center parking ramps which integrate with I-394.  So basically it's a major attraction at the nexus of two rail lines, makes use of existing parking infrastructure, and an extension to the Hiawatha line to hold additional cars to handle the postgame stampede.

This seems entirely too intelligently designed, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, for some flaw to emerge like the light rail line, which apparently has to run slower so they can use quieter horns, which is what screwed up the timing of the lights on 55.  Seriously, I want to know who bought a condo on the light rail line and then complained about the train being too loud.