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- March 25th, 2024, 4:45 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5265
- Views: 1247600
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
I'd say building the tracks on the biggest infrastructure project in the state in the wrong place is a bigger deal than someone sneezing on a train.
- March 22nd, 2024, 6:56 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5265
- Views: 1247600
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Building the tracks in the wrong place is a "minor error?"
- March 1st, 2024, 1:29 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1194
- Views: 554056
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
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So the difference in capital costs for doing streetcar vs ABRT is approximately 18-20 ABRT routes? What are we doing here?
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St. Paul doesn't want to see people leaving the airport for downtown Minneapolis on real trains and to downtown St. Paul on nothing but buses.
So the difference in capital costs for doing streetcar vs ABRT is approximately 18-20 ABRT routes? What are we doing here?
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St. Paul doesn't want to see people leaving the airport for downtown Minneapolis on real trains and to downtown St. Paul on nothing but buses.
- March 1st, 2024, 8:42 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Southdale Area - Edina
- Replies: 798
- Views: 243375
- February 18th, 2024, 7:55 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Suburban Malls and Associated Retail News
- Replies: 227
- Views: 165892
Re: Suburban Malls and Associated Retail News
Kind of wonder if Hy-Vee is going to pull out of this market entirely, since they haven't shown any inclination to keep expanding to establish themselves.
- February 16th, 2024, 4:33 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
- Replies: 219
- Views: 85232
Re: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
So, how did it work out with the city squandering the money of hard-working taxpayers trying to get "just a normal city" there?
- February 14th, 2024, 11:03 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
- Replies: 219
- Views: 85232
Re: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
https://www.startribune.com/a-grocery-store-was-supposed-to-make-a-neighborhood-near-the-mall-of-america-it-closed-in-less-than-four-months/600343491/ Strib article. Seems Bloomington city management had a really niave and iddyllic vision of creating their idea of an urban utopia from scratch and ar...
- February 6th, 2024, 9:08 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Introductions
- Replies: 161
- Views: 71368
Re: Introductions
I absolutely love the suburbs and despise the city, but I share your obsession with street lights, and have a personal collection of street lights and traffic signals.
- February 6th, 2024, 12:00 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
- Replies: 516
- Views: 173226
Re: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
If the idea is to get funding for stuff as oppossed to actually getting stuff that's feasible or useful, maybe we could offer grants for digging ditches and then filling them in.
- February 4th, 2024, 10:20 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
- Replies: 516
- Views: 173226
Re: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
Citizens in Bloomington have been raising questions about the city manager before.
- January 22nd, 2024, 3:34 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 702271
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
So, why would a card have to be contactless to have it work on a bus? Swiping it worked just fine everywhere else, including vending machines of the era.
- January 22nd, 2024, 11:51 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 702271
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Considering everyone had a credit card and cellular techology was everywhere even back in 2004, why did they buy a system that couldn't accept credit cards on the buses?
- January 17th, 2024, 11:54 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Columbia Heights - Hilltop - Fridley - Spring Lake Park
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25380
Re: Columbia Heights - Hilltop - Fridley - Spring Lake Park
Not really sure what you'd put there. Seems to small for a big box or destination type retailer, no visibility from Central for a restaraunt, any new construction would be too expensive for small locally owned shops. Also wonder when Menards is going to get around to rebuilding that super-weird store.
- January 17th, 2024, 8:58 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
- Replies: 733
- Views: 345745
Re: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
If we were going to build Hwy 36 BRT it might have been nice to make plans before we built a dozen new bridges along it in the past decade or so.
- January 16th, 2024, 12:52 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
- Replies: 733
- Views: 345745
Re: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
So, how many dedicated lanes do the Red and Orange Line have?
- January 14th, 2024, 12:50 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5265
- Views: 1247600
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Yeah, the original intent of MN 280 was to connect the expressway stub of what is now CSAH 25 to the Midway area via the Greenway, bypassing congestion downtown, the southwest suburbs being rapidly growing at the time and the Midway being a lot more important as a job center than it is now. The Gree...
- December 21st, 2023, 9:19 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
- Replies: 55
- Views: 239693
Re: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
Shrugs. This conservative doesn't read into anything about the colors or orientation of the flag, and thinks the whole "it looks like Somalia" thing is a bunch of malarky. It's certainly better than the current one. Maybe I'll actually get a flagpole put up in front of my house this spring.
- December 21st, 2023, 7:58 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Valleyfair - Shakopee
- Replies: 54
- Views: 37419
Re: Valleyfair - Shakopee
Saw a report on the site formerly known as Twitter that "Lakeshore Landing" was razed and there's that perennial "B&M Invert" rumor is popping up again for 2026. This was the former Dinos Alive ticket booth / gift shop, after it sitting vacant for a few years they tried renti...
- December 16th, 2023, 9:11 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1291
- Views: 813954
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Target can't be left out in wasting workers time and money and increasing carbon emissions.
- December 15th, 2023, 7:28 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
- Replies: 55
- Views: 239693
Re: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
This was my second choice after the sort of North Star Flag although I wish they'd use a darker shade of green.
I don't have strong opinions on the variations other than I feel green should be included to represent the land and forests.
I don't have strong opinions on the variations other than I feel green should be included to represent the land and forests.