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METRO Green Line Extension SWLRT Construction - July 2023
Video of the Metro Green Line Extension, more commonly know as Southwest Light Rail Transit (SWLRT), in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The video starts at the Southwest Station in Eden Prairie and flies along the alignment at a constant elevation and speed towards downtown Minneapolis. With only one battery, the alignment was flown over several days. The estimated one-way travel time from Southwest Station in Eden Prairie to Target Field Station in Minneapolis is 32 minutes per the Southwest LRT wiki, which the video roughly matches in length. Muting the sound and changing the playback speed to x2 will fly the alignment in about 17 minutes.
0:00 Southwest Station
0:17 Prairie Center Drive Bridge
1:38 Eden Prairie Town Center Station
2:43 I-494 Bridge
3:28 Valley View Road Bridge
4:35 Nine Mile Creek Bridge
5:48 Golden Triangle Station
6:00 Shady Oak/212 Bridge
8:06 City West Station
8:31 TH 62 Tunnel
9:15 Opus Station
11:00 Feltl & Smetana Road Bridges
11:18 Minnetonka/Hopkins Bridge
12:59 Shady Oak Station
14:24 Downtown Hopkins Station
15:35 Excelsior Bridge
16:58 Blake Road Station
17:57 Minnehaha Creek Bridges
19:19 Louisiana Avenue Bridges
19:37 Louisiana Avenue Station
20:54 Wooddale Avenue Station
21:46 TH 100 Bridges
22:51 Beltline Boulevard Station
24:42 West Lake Street Station
25:11 Kenilworth Tunnel
26:11 Cedar Lake Channel Bridges
27:02 West 21st Street Station
28:30 Bryn Mawr Station
30:07 Bassett Creek Valley Station
31:22 Glenwood Avenue
31:56 Royalston Avenue/Farmers Market Station
32:13 5th Avenue & 7th Street Bridge
32:45 Target Field Station
#SWLRT SWLRT Construction
MUSIC PROVIDED BY:
Soundcloud.com/Lakeyinspired
Warm Nights
Chill Day
City Of Angels
In My Clouds
Me 2 (Feat. Julian Avila)
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  • @sehzademustafa8847
    @sehzademustafa8847 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The bridge part of this route reminds of of the Tide LRT’s, Super excited for the release of this network! But by the time it’s released am going to be a light rail operator

  • @briggsofdisaster
    @briggsofdisaster 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can't wait to see the Northwest extension up to Brooklyn Park.

  • @dejohnnelacy254
    @dejohnnelacy254 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What city metro is this

    • @johnjames8707
      @johnjames8707 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Eden Prairie City in Minnesota suburb Minneapolis

  • @JoeyLovesTrains
    @JoeyLovesTrains 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If I didn’t know any better, I would’ve thought this line would be open by the end of the year.

  • @thomastherriault8632
    @thomastherriault8632 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Waste of money, now the taxpayers have to pay more taxes to fix this Lightrail expansion brain fart. 👎

  • @consanna
    @consanna 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The line will bring all the problems from Downtown to the suburbs. Assaults, drug use on the train, fare jumpers. They have about 3 years to get these problems addressed before it opens. The drone footage at 200 feet and the music make it sound idyllic.

  • @jg-7780
    @jg-7780 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great to see the progress, impressed with the amount of grade separation, this route should be able to maintain pretty good speed. My main concern watching this footage is with the station integration into their surroundings. Many of the stops seem to have too little pedestrian access, or only has access on one side when there should be access on both. I feel planners often underappreciate how important quality pedestrian connections are to successful transit.

  • @TLOofMPLS
    @TLOofMPLS ปีที่แล้ว

    Basically a decent route. A few stations though, are quite out of the way. The Bryn Mahr station is so isolated they needed to build a special embankment and walking bridge to get to it. Never been impressed with the city planners- ever

    • @lizcademy4809
      @lizcademy4809 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It would have been much better if they could have gone straight through Uptown, but they couldn’t.

  • @hobog
    @hobog ปีที่แล้ว

    2:32 so many cars are going to be caught on that crossing

    • @notburgerr
      @notburgerr ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s not as busy but you never know

    • @jacorp7476
      @jacorp7476 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slip lanes are so stupid, I can't believe they're still building them

    • @bnercksn
      @bnercksn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      trains run every 15 minutes, take maybe 30 seconds to at most to cross (including the signal delays for safety) and have signal priority at the light. anytime a car waits for the train will pale in comparison to the time they sit waiting for other cars at a red light. i don't think it'll be a problem

  • @johnk2347
    @johnk2347 ปีที่แล้ว

    happy for more transit, but it seems from this video this part of the line will be way less utilized than the existing metro infrastructure. Also the amount of bridges and tunnels needed for this route... I am shocked in hindsight it is even being built.

    • @properfunny
      @properfunny ปีที่แล้ว

      It was basically forced through by an unelected group that thinks there will be demand when the service isn’t meeting the demand there already is and it is unwanted by many parts of the community.

  • @weeeee33
    @weeeee33 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't wait until this is open to the public!!! I really hope it doesn't get delayed.

    • @ryanjohnston9313
      @ryanjohnston9313 ปีที่แล้ว

      It better not… it’s already delayed like 5 years

    • @simonmrnka3405
      @simonmrnka3405 ปีที่แล้ว

      and when is it supposed to be open?

    • @weeeee33
      @weeeee33 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@simonmrnka3405they’re aiming for 2027, but definitely before 2030. Construction is about 70% done. Don’t quote me on this but I thought in the original plan it was supposed to open this year! Some funding issues, environmental test, and people who are against it have been holding it back.

    • @simonmrnka3405
      @simonmrnka3405 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@weeeee33 that's wild, cause from the first half of the vid it looks like it's ready for operation

    • @weeeee33
      @weeeee33 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@simonmrnka3405yeah these things take a while. You can’t just run them as soon as construction is over unfortunately.

  • @Tickle..Tipson
    @Tickle..Tipson ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the apartments built right next to Opus Station, we desperately need more transit oriented development in the US❤

  • @MJ-km2ju
    @MJ-km2ju ปีที่แล้ว

    We call them flyovers not bridges. But that's okay.

  • @oliviam4242
    @oliviam4242 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank u!!

  • @m.r.6264
    @m.r.6264 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the drone footage. I've been trying to see what the updates are on the route

  • @nathanbakken5468
    @nathanbakken5468 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic footage! It’s exciting to see the progress! 🚊🚊🚊