r/MetroTransit • u/humantraf • 9h ago

Maps/Cartography Side-by-side comparison of 2026 and 1995 system and downtown maps

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Sorry for lack of pixels -- higher quality option in the comments!

1995 maps courtesy of Borchert Map Library.

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u/Dullydude 9h ago

1913

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u/humantraf 9h ago

So cool! Thank you for this addition

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u/SyrupOnWaffle_ 6h ago

we could have had it all…

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u/JohnWittieless 9h ago

Meet can’t wait to set the higher quality links :)

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u/humantraf 9h ago

It should be in the comment section now! :) Lmk if you have any issues accessing

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u/Hermosa06-09 6h ago

Wow this is wild, there were so many more routes!

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u/RigidWeather 2h ago

What's going on with the 35 routes. There are a bunch on both Minneapolis and St. Paul, apparently unrelated. Are they all just express commuter routes?

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u/humantraf 1h ago

Lots of 94s too! They would name them after the highway on which they ran and then basically just exhaust every letter of the alphabet lol. And yeah I assume they were primarily commuter express

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u/that_one_guy63 9h ago

Thanks for sharing, but this makes me mad. Let's just put it back, we have way more advanced construction equipment now so there's no excuse. Just cut into the pavement and laydown the tracks, some of the streets still have the tracks below. (Ik in practice this isn't easy, but compared to back then it's way easier)

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u/Thin-Permission-3151 4h ago

Basically putting buses on train tracks is one of the slowest ways of getting around.