{"id":3109,"date":"2008-08-28T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2009-10-03T08:28:20","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T13:28:20","slug":"getting-to-triangle-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3109","title":{"rendered":"Getting To Triangle Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Paul; it&#8217;s not a city for the faint of heart.  It defeated Jesse Ventura.  It could beat you.  Seriously, I suspect that Minneapolis will see plenty of protest activity from &#8220;demonstrators&#8221; who are afraid to look for Saint Paul.<\/p>\n<p>But you love your country, so you want to be at the Vets for Freedom counterprotest on Monday, 9\/1.   You&#8217;re worried (justifiably) about parking.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had quite a number of people ask &#8220;how do I get to the counterprotest?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some simple directions and recommendations from a Saint Paul guy.  They should get you into the city and back home again.  Best of all &#8211; they&#8217;re fairly cheap.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Getting To Triangle Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Southwest\/Southern Subs<\/strong> &#8211; I recommend parking at the 28th Avenue Park and Ride (it&#8217;s a big, free ramp) or at the Mall of America (or, if they&#8217;re full, the Fort Snelling Park and Ride), taking the <a href=\"http:\/\/metrotransit.org\/serviceInfo\/route055.asp\">Hiawatha Light Rail<\/a> train north to the Lake Street Station, and taking the <a href=\"http:\/\/metrotransit.org\/serviceInfo\/route021.asp\">21 bus<\/a> east to Saint Paul (it comes every 10-15 minutes).  Triangle Park is across the street from the Cathedral, overlooking downtown!  Hang onto your transfers &#8211; they&#8217;re good for three hours.<\/li>\n<li><strong>West\/Northwest Subs<\/strong> &#8211; if it were me, I&#8217;d park at one of the Target Center ramps (right off 394 and 94 in downtown Minneapolis) and take the <a href=\"http:\/\/metrotransit.org\/serviceInfo\/route055.asp\">Hiawatha Light Rail<\/a> south to Lake Street Station and, again, take the <a href=\"http:\/\/metrotransit.org\/serviceInfo\/route021.asp\">21 bus<\/a> east to Saint Paul.  It&#8217;ll be about a half-hour bus ride, but it&#8217;ll drop you right at Triangle Park.  The Target Center ramps cost money, but they&#8217;re cheaper than most decent ramps in Minneapolis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>North\/Northeast Suburbs<\/strong> &#8211; Seriously &#8211; park at Rosedale and take the <a href=\"http:\/\/metrotransit.org\/serviceInfo\/route065.asp\">65 bus<\/a>.  It&#8217;s about a 20 minute ride to Cathedral Hill, and drops you right at Triangle Park (Summit\/John Ireland and Marshall).<\/li>\n<li><strong>East Suburbs<\/strong> &#8211; I&#8217;d go to the Sunray Transit Center (I94 at McKnight, just west of 3M), park, and take the <a href=\"http:\/\/metrotransit.org\/serviceInfo\/route063.asp\">63 Bus<\/a>.  It actually runs down Seventh Street, and doesn&#8217;t actually go up Cathedral Hill to Triangle Park.  Best option; jump off the 63 on Sixth Street (in downtown Saint Paul) at Jackson, Robert or Minnesota streets and transfer to a 21 Westbound (at the same stop) which will take you straight up the hill to Triangle Park, which&#8217;ll be on your left across from the Cathedral.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you <em>insist<\/em> on driving &#8211; good luck.  You&#8217;re on your own.  Saint Paulites know a few secret hideaways for parking; sometimes if you get to an event early enough, you can find free parking on Cathedral Hill, on or about Summit Avenue south\/west of the Cathedral.  If it&#8217;s a big event, that can mean the far reaches of Cathedral Hill &#8211; like, Summit and Dale.  No kidding.  Patience is a virtue, unless you&#8217;re there very early in the day.  As to parking ramps downtown &#8211; <em>vaya con Dios.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bus And Train Fares<\/strong>: Buses are $1.50 &#8211; $2.00 during rush hour (5-9AM, 3-7PM).  <em>Express<\/em> buses (the 94 Express) are $2.75.  Trains are always $2. Get and save your transfers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Paul; it&#8217;s not a city for the faint of heart. It defeated Jesse Ventura. It could beat you. Seriously, I suspect that Minneapolis will see plenty of protest activity from &#8220;demonstrators&#8221; who are afraid to look for Saint Paul. But you love your country, so you want to be at the Vets for Freedom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-convention-08","category-days-of-adolescent-rage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}