My assumption is that familes that can afford a detached house in Chisago County "sprawl" aren't going to want to live with shared walls and no private back yard in Hugo.
Building an apartment in Hugo probably gives young people starting out and others not able to afford a detached house an option ...
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- January 15th, 2025, 12:25 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
- Replies: 1145
- Views: 429428
- January 8th, 2025, 8:17 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 415
- Views: 192063
Re: Interstate 94
Fair point about smoke ventilation, although I imagine the costs could be reduced if it's built for emergency use only and not run 24/7/365.
I was talking to an engineer involved in the Winona bridge fiasco, and he told me costs for pedestrian facilities aren't that much cheaper than vehicle ...
I was talking to an engineer involved in the Winona bridge fiasco, and he told me costs for pedestrian facilities aren't that much cheaper than vehicle ...
- December 31st, 2024, 9:45 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 415
- Views: 192063
Re: Interstate 94
Yes, the issue is exhaust removal. The Cascade Tunnel in Washington is close to 8 miles long and wasn't force-ventilated until they removed the electrification and started running diesel locomotives through.
Although it will be a long time until we have no more gas cars on the road even under the ...
Although it will be a long time until we have no more gas cars on the road even under the ...
- December 31st, 2024, 8:52 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 415
- Views: 192063
Re: Interstate 94
I'll throw out the statistic that you can go two short blocks or so without needing forced ventilation.
- December 30th, 2024, 11:38 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 415
- Views: 192063
Re: Interstate 94
The Hiawatha "not really a street, not really a freeway" under Minnehaha Park.
- December 28th, 2024, 3:55 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 415
- Views: 192063
Re: Interstate 94
Now that we've determined the freeway is staying, we can start talking about lids
Has any groups outside of Rondo been advocating for one? If not, what's there for MnDOT to acknowlege?
Has any groups outside of Rondo been advocating for one? If not, what's there for MnDOT to acknowlege?
- December 26th, 2024, 11:46 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5418
- Views: 1462943
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
What about running "West" trains as far as the U of M? Could the downtown area handle doubling the trains?
- December 13th, 2024, 9:33 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: City Center
- Replies: 410
- Views: 111709
Re: City Center
Wasn't there a plan to build an indoor waterpark that would have been a huge draw on Block E once upon a time?
- December 6th, 2024, 7:41 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MN-121 "Lyndale Connector" Turnback and Redevelopment
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10710
Re: MN-121 "Lyndale Connector" Turnback and Redevelopment
This one is kind of fuzzy as to what you want to call it, considering it started life in planning as one of these expressways, but wound up being built as part of I-35W when it was finally built, but was not initially built to interestate standards there being at-grade intersections at 58th and 73rd ...
- November 15th, 2024, 8:58 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington - General Topics
- Replies: 381
- Views: 178761
Re: Bloomington - General Topics
I've had extensive conversations with the city council and engineering staff over the years. My impressions:
Council is officially non-partisan but unofficially fairly liberal, they're still being restrained somewhat by the grumpy old people contingent, the best example of this is how they managed ...
Council is officially non-partisan but unofficially fairly liberal, they're still being restrained somewhat by the grumpy old people contingent, the best example of this is how they managed ...
- November 14th, 2024, 11:51 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington - General Topics
- Replies: 381
- Views: 178761
Re: Bloomington - General Topics
So, if people want more retail vitality than a cell phone store on 700 American, what do people think of the idea of the city having let Hy-Vee build like they wanted to. Seems like convenience stores always have a lot of traffic, foot traffic as well as car traffic.
I thought people wouldn't want ...
I thought people wouldn't want ...
- November 11th, 2024, 8:37 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington - General Topics
- Replies: 381
- Views: 178761
Re: Bloomington - General Topics
https://www.startribune.com/downtown-minneapolis-bloomington-494-office-vacancy-space-turnaround/601179020
Strib article about how the Bloomington Strip office market is recovering, with many companies citing free, covered parking as a factor in their choice to locate there.
But unlike downtown ...
Strib article about how the Bloomington Strip office market is recovering, with many companies citing free, covered parking as a factor in their choice to locate there.
But unlike downtown ...
- November 2nd, 2024, 11:53 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Freight Rail News and Happenings
- Replies: 268
- Views: 156086
Re: Freight Rail News and Happenings
We charge freight operators to access highways via motor vehicle registration and fuel taxes.
- November 1st, 2024, 6:59 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Freight Rail News and Happenings
- Replies: 268
- Views: 156086
Re: Freight Rail News and Happenings
If the government nationalizes my house so I now have to pay rent to use what I used to own outright and have put quite a bit of my own money into maintaining, are you claiming I benefit from this arangement because my property tax burden would dissapear overnight?
- October 25th, 2024, 5:18 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Sprawl
- Replies: 124
- Views: 17504
Re: Sprawl
Not everyone wants a single family detached house, my point is that someone that lives in the car suburbs probably don't want to live in a duplex like someone that wants to live in a walkable city might.
- October 25th, 2024, 8:07 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Sprawl
- Replies: 124
- Views: 17504
Re: Sprawl
Yes, it's a choice. If I could afford to live someplace where I didn't need a car, I'd still choose to live in a car-dependent area.
- October 24th, 2024, 6:14 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Sprawl
- Replies: 124
- Views: 17504
Re: Sprawl
Whether or not I could walk a few minutes to buy milk and oreos is not something I ever considered when deciding where to live. Growing up my family would get a weeks worth of groceries at once at a local supermarket a mile away so I grew up with that mindset of "shop once a week". That infrequency ...
- October 21st, 2024, 9:17 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: City Center
- Replies: 410
- Views: 111709
Re: City Center
Are we arguing that there's enough population living downtown to sustain a shopping mall now, or that if you just build a shopping mall suburbanites will swoon over and flock to it. Or that people living in say Armitage will go downtown instead of Southdale?
I'll defer to others if we're arguing ...
I'll defer to others if we're arguing ...
- September 25th, 2024, 9:21 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
- Replies: 173
- Views: 205082
Re: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
I mean, driving your car and being able to park for free right next to the bus stop, then having a bus drive directly there and drop you off right at your desitnation, when you don't need to carry anything other than a briefcase is something that suburbanites have already shown a willingness to do ...
- September 20th, 2024, 6:21 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington - General Topics
- Replies: 381
- Views: 178761
Re: Bloomington - General Topics
I can't find the original post but I think someone asked about the status of the townhomes on Penn and 86th. There's an agenda item in the latest city council meeting to replat the land. Besides COVID I get the impression that bickering between the city and the developer over if any access would be ...