News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Tuesday December 16th 2025
Reliability vs. Scheduled Frequency
METRO TRANSIT
Reliability vs. Scheduled Frequency
by JOHN CHARLES WILSON
The Metro Transit service change of 20 August 2022 can be seen in two ways: First, as a service reduction, or second, as a reduction in promises to what Metro Transit can reliably deliver at this time. The driver shortage is making it so buses and trains don’t always come when they’re supposed to. Reducing how often they’re supposed to come is a realistic solution for now. Anyway, here are the changes affecting the Phillips neighborhood.
- Light Rail service is being reduced from once every 12 minutes to once every 15 minutes.
- Route 2 is also being reduced from once every 12 minutes to once every 15 minutes.
- Route 9 afternoon rush hour service is being reduced from once every 20 minutes to once every half hour.
- The 7:35 AM Route 14 trip which leaves 38th Street Station going northbound will instead leave from 66th and Richfield Parkway to make transfers from Route 46 possible.
- The Route 21 eastbound schedule on Saturdays will be adjusted slightly to improve reliability.
- Route 22 will have less stops so it will go faster.
- Route 467 to Lakeville, which was suspended for COVID, is being restored, with six trips one half hour apart during rush hour northbound in the morning and southbound in the afternoon.
Tales from the Cemetery: FAQs
By SUE HUNTER WEIR
Frequently Asked Questions
The answers to most, if not all of these questions have appeared in one of the Cemetery Tales that have been published over the last almost-20 years. Here they are all in one place.
When was the first burial? Who was it?
The first burial took place in September 1853. The funeral was for 10-month old Carlton Keith Cressey. His father was the minister of the First Baptist Church of Minneapolis.
Who owned the cemetery?
The cemetery was privately owned by Martin and Elizabeth Layman, transplanted New Yorkers. They arrived in Minnesota in the 1850s and built the sixth house in what would become Minneapolis. They had 13 children, all of whom survived to adulthood. Although the cemetery was commonly referred to as “Layman’s Cemetery,” its legal name in its early days was Minneapolis Cemetery.
Who owns the cemetery now?
Between 1853 and 1919, more than 27,000 people were buried in the cemetery. It was full and no longer profitable. It was poorly maintained and local residents and merchants petitioned the City Council to close the cemetery.… Read the rest “Tales from the Cemetery: FAQs”
September Snooze
By NIKKI FLECK L.Ac. NTP
Do you know that every single mammal sleeps? Although mammals are more vulnerable during sleep, not one has yet evolved to eliminate their sleep requirements. This clue alone tells us sleep must be pretty dang important for survival and overall health. Getting an adequate amount of quality sleep each night is essential in supporting our bodies and brain. Most adults need 7-10 hours of sleep each night, but many fall short. Researchers have found that during sleep our brain consolidates memories, processes and files experiences of the day so we can make sense of our world. Sleep supports optimal cognition, attention and motor skills. (This is why driving sleep deprived can be even more reckless than driving intoxicated). While we sleep, our skin regenerates and our bodies absorb, process, and assimilate nutrients while detoxifying what is unwanted. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) sleep is important to rebuilding Qi and blood while balancing yin and yang. We know that many bodily systems are negatively impacted by lack of sleep. Persistent lack of sleep can cause depression, weight gain, hormonal imbalance, irritability, immune deficiency and brain fog, for example.… Read the rest “September Snooze”
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