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Articles by Mathews Hollinshead
Making Riverview Truly Regional
On February 29, 2024, Ramsey County at long last released three Riverview transit options for public comment in regard to the transit corridor located at West SeventhStreet between downtown St. Paul, the MSP Airport and the Mall of America. Two of these plans propose a “modern streetcar” solution between Xcel Energy Center and Historic Fort Snelling — one would be down the middle, with the other partly curbside.
OPINION EXCHANGE | Editorial counterpoint: Do those with choices truly support public transit?
The news release issued by Rep. Paul Torkelson, R-Hanska, and supported by the Star Tribune Editorial Board (“Big ideas for safer light-rail transit,” Nov. 9), outlining an emphasis on transit safety for the upcoming legislative session, came as an interesting surprise. Welcome aboard, Rep. Torkelson. Too bad you stalled almost every effort at support when you chaired the Transportation Committee. In our “Drive ’Til You Drop” culture, successful transit requires successful marketing.
Southwest light rail: Eliminate the political veto of a practical need
I thank business profusely for being on the side of real, viable regional transit. For 15 years, transit has been one of the few issues that could transcend party polarization. Now we have relapsed, apparently. The take-no-prisoners battles of the 1980s and 1990s, which blocked appropriate and essential metro transit investments for decades, seem to have returned, courtesy of Speaker Kurt Daudt and his Minnesota House Republican caucus. Lori Sturdevant, in her Aug.
In praise of Minneapolis' proposed plastic-bag ban
Minneapolis is taking big steps in waste reduction, including signing the excellent contract with local nonprofit Eureka Recycling and banning Styrofoam containers in restaurants. Now Minneapolis should go one step further to help eliminate what a Star Tribune article called “enemy No. 1” for recycling facilities: plastic bags. Plastic bags are not accepted at single-sort recycling facilities, but they wind up in the recycling stream anyway, where they clog and wrap around the sorting equipment.
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