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* These notations have been made on a copy of a Northstar Corridor <br /> brochure for the full 82-mile proposal. <br /> <br />I* 10,000 trips per day actually respresents <br />I5,000 daily roundtrips (people per year) <br /> <br />*5,000 people are projected to ride the train. <br />6,000 housing units will bring at least <br />12,000 more people to the already fastest- <br />growing area in the state. Many of these <br />homes will have both adults working. <br /> <br />This Northstar will increase urban sprawl <br />and congestion by putting more people on <br />the highway and bring even more people to <br />this already fast-growing area. <br /> <br /> Corr:ugor length: <br /> ~ m|h~ {Rice <br /> <br /> Riders(estimated): <br /> ~--~ tripsperday/3 million ,perye <br /> / {Equ(valentt° 1 ~a ianesottraffic~ng <br />! / ]v~rthstar'fiares(estimated); ' <br />[ / ~in..n. eipolis !o St.: Cloud: ........ ..S10 <br />~,/ to Big Lake: ................. <br /> Cloud <br /> EIkRiver to Minneapolis:._,.....$4 <br /> Cost of drivi'g a ear <br /> (at $.50 per mile): so.=c <br /> Minneopotisto StCloud: ......... <br /> (72mi!eS) <br /> St. Cloud'to Big-Lake: .............. ~14..q0 <br /> (29 miles) <br /> EJk River to Minneapolis: ........ ~16i50 <br /> (33 miles) <br /> <br /> Economic ben,ts of Northstar: - 13;000. new}~bs <br /> -$1,:~-billion in '.ne~ development <br /> - ~;~ million sq. It. d office space <br /> , It.ol;indo~trial <br /> <br />The NEW Northstar proposal's service <br />distance and ridership has been reduced by <br />approximately 50%. That's 40 miles with <br />2,500 annual commuters. Housing <br />projections are about 4,000 new housing <br />units--again, bringing far more people to <br />the area than are projected to ride the train. <br /> <br />Station. locations: <br /> flice, St CloUd,-Becker, Big Lake, Elk-River, <br /> Anoka, Coon Rapids(two stops),, Fridiey, <br /> NE MinneaPolis, :downtown Minneapolis <br /> (connection to:~, serving.,the airport, <br /> Mall of America and other locations) <br /> <br /> Thi~ you can do durmg your N~. nae: <br /> <br />I *Unless we stop this runaway train proposal, we as taxpayers will be subsidizing a <br />I train that will bring more people, urban sprawl and congestion to the already <br />I fastest-growing area of the state. <br /> <br />(*For more information or to comment, please contact Rep. Mark Olson at (651) 296-4237 or rep.mark, olson@house.mn) <br /> <br /> <br />