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- February 15th, 2019, 10:34 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 958
- Views: 255234
Re: Northstar Commuter Rail
Metra has a few lines that end in cities of 5,000-10,000 people, so I think having a line that stops in Becker on the way to a bigger city/mini-metro is perfectly fine. It's harder to make a case for Clear Lake, though that town gets a lot more car traffic than you'd expect since it is near the only...
- February 15th, 2019, 7:16 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 958
- Views: 255234
Re: Northstar Commuter Rail
Here's a link to Wolgamott's HF1179 bill: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1179&version=latest&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0 The as-introduced version appropriates $850,000 from the general fund for "assessment, analysis, and review" (whe...
- February 14th, 2019, 6:16 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 958
- Views: 255234
Re: Northstar Commuter Rail
Here's something more practical in the near term: Rep. Dan Wolgamott has introduced HF 1179 to fund extending Northstar to St. Cloud. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, though he announced on Twitter that there will be a public Transportation Committee hearing in St. Cloud at noon next Friday...
- February 11th, 2019, 10:10 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 521
- Views: 542025
Re: Northern Lights Express
Not much detail, but a government affairs representative from Amtrak visited Duluth over the weekend talking about NLX. https://www.fox21online.com/2019/02/10/talks-continue-for-duluth-minneapolis-rail-line/ I guess we typically don't hear much from Amtrak about this line, though I'd heard many year...
- February 11th, 2019, 6:42 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 958
- Views: 255234
Re: Northstar Commuter Rail
It did occur to me as I was falling asleep on Saturday night that there could be some malicious intent behind that proposal. It's possible that it was some anti-immigrant/anti-semitic/anti-who-knows-what dogwhistle that just blew right past me -- I'm often not very attuned to such things. Hopefully ...
- February 9th, 2019, 5:32 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 958
- Views: 255234
Re: Northstar Commuter Rail
I agree that extending it to Camp Ripley alone doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I don't think it hurts to look at extending Northstar to points beyond St. Cloud, though it would make more sense for that to be operated as a "regional" service rather than commuter (thanks to Joey for menti...
- January 19th, 2019, 9:43 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
- Replies: 516
- Views: 186105
Re: High Speed Rail MSP to Rochester
Yeah, new/restored passenger services should take as many lessons as possible from Brightline as they can. Their trains are compliant with the old FRA crash(un)worthiness standards, so they could theoretically be plopped down anywhere in the US without the freights complaining too much. We'll have t...
- January 17th, 2019, 8:29 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 521
- Views: 542025
Re: Northern Lights Express
Since I bumped the Rochester HSR thread, I should touch this one too. I believe NLX is very close to being "shovel-ready" and could use support this year from people who are contacting their legislators. It would be nice to get the project moving since it's been examined for so long.
- January 17th, 2019, 3:03 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
- Replies: 516
- Views: 186105
Re: High Speed Rail MSP to Rochester
With the shift to a DFL majority in the state house and Walz in office as governor, I'm hoping something can be restarted for service to Rochester. I included it in a laundry list of projects and funding priorities in a couple emails to my state rep and senator, though I still need to write somethin...
- September 25th, 2018, 9:03 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Saint Paul - General Topics
- Replies: 696
- Views: 427607
Re: Saint Paul - General Topics
Has anyone heard if something is happening at 1177 West 7th Street? It's been a vacant lot for several years (Street View showed a house in 2007, but it was gone by the next pass in 2011). I saw a skid loader just about done tearing up the grass yesterday. This is between Tavial Grill and the strip ...
- September 13th, 2018, 11:08 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
- Replies: 219
- Views: 102218
Re: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
Looks like the area I mentioned on the southeast corner of American Blvd and 28th Ave (8001 28th Ave S) is a Ceres / Orlean project to build a Cambria hotel with 170 rooms. It may have been mentioned in the F&C article above, but I don't have a subscription to check. The Hennepin County Property...
- August 30th, 2018, 6:24 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Saint Paul Union Depot
- Replies: 374
- Views: 81167
Re: Saint Paul Union Depot
The restaurant, Union Depot Bar & Grill, has been open since late June. It's operated by Kaskaid Hospitality, best known for Crave and Union in downtown Minneapolis (the City Pages article also says Cowboy Jack's, but I think they must have confused that with Burger Burger, which is next door to...
- August 29th, 2018, 5:35 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Mall of America - Bloomington
- Replies: 996
- Views: 270291
Re: Mall of America - Bloomington
The Hallmark store is now closed (a notice had been posted in their window for a while). Are they having a general contraction? There are other general stationery stores at the mall, but I don't think any of them have very significant selections of cards. I'll have to poke at them again...
- August 7th, 2018, 2:05 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Google Maps, Apple Maps, etc.
- Replies: 260
- Views: 174854
Re: Google Maps
The old on/off toggle for 3D vs. top-down 2D aerial views (accessed via the top-left menu, not to be confused with the "3D" option in the lower-right navigation thingy) has been changed so it is now called "Globe". It's good that there aren't two different "3D" toggles ...
- August 7th, 2018, 11:13 am
- Forum: Cities Around the World
- Topic: Barcelona
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10452
Re: Barcelona
Here's a Streetfilms video on the "superblock" system they've started implementing in a couple parts of the city, repurposing most of the street space in certain neighborhoods to be for pedestrian or bicycle use, but leaving narrow lanes or shared-space treatments for car access: https://v...
- August 7th, 2018, 10:16 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Victoria Park (W 7th & Otto)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 15155
Re: Victoria Park (W 7th & Otto)
This building is getting close to being ready. The apartment management is offering leases starting October 1st. The color scheme on the exterior is a bit different than the other buildings in the complex, mostly gray so far rather than the earthier tones of the previous ones. https://farm2.staticfl...
- August 2nd, 2018, 3:48 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Mall of America Transit Station
- Replies: 146
- Views: 53168
Re: Mall of America Transit Station: Master Plan
Yes, but sometimes we need people around to handle the unusual transactions. I think my card is beginning to fail, for instance, and I'll eventually need to go to a store to get my balance and account transferred to a new one. I don't think people should need to go downtown for things like that.
- August 1st, 2018, 12:42 pm
- Forum: Cities Around the World
- Topic: Medellín, Colombia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3135
Re: Medellín, Colombia
There was a good 99% Invisible episode on Medellín back in June
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/ ... -urbanism/
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/ ... -urbanism/
- August 1st, 2018, 11:36 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Mall of America Transit Station
- Replies: 146
- Views: 53168
Re: Mall of America Transit Station: Master Plan
Some signs were up when I came in this morning saying construction is set to begin August 13th. It's unfortunate that the store has been closed for so many years at this point. Maybe Metro Transit could get one of the mall tenants to be a Go-To Card retailer, such as the upcoming Walgreens. It's by ...
- August 1st, 2018, 8:05 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1360
- Views: 386727
Re: MSP Airport
The InterContinental hotel has had its small surface parking lots and access roads paved, and lights are starting to come on in the lower levels.