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Edina neighborhoods are fighting each other over street calming. http://www.startribune.com/street-fight-is-brewing-in-edina-over-sunnyside-road-construction-project/354139891/ Sunnyside is due to be reconstructed. It carries about as much traffic as the parallel W 44th, which happens to be a state...

It looked very much like an MPD or state trooper patch. Actually, the Strib is reporting it was a patch with a symbol representing a racist web site. Might wanna back off on the alarmist speculation. http://www.startribune.com/social-media-offer-clues-into-shooting-suspects-motives/353411111/ I thi...

I saw a video on Facebook that purported to show one of the White Supremacists who harrassed protesters on Monday get into an unmarked car whose driver had some kind of patch on his shoulder. It looked very much like an MPD or state trooper patch. I cannot find the video again, unfortunately. Anyon...

I was reading an article yesterday about DART's (Dallas) light rail system yesterday. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/25858/would-you-have-guessed-dallas-has-the-countrys-biggest-light-rail-system/ At 90 miles of track, it's the largest light rail system in the United States. Impressed? Su...

File under general: If anyone would like to live like it's the early 80s again, here's your chance! You can get a condo at the Crossings for $153k and it looks totally untouched. http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/121-Washington-Ave-S-APT-403-Minneapolis-MN-55401/2100992070_zpid/ Maaaan, that is a d...

http://www.startribune.com/police-searc ... 353154811/

A few days ago this happened:

http://www.citypages.com/news/armed-whi ... wn-7847606

Doesn't seem very Minnesota Nice to accuse someone who is building a building to personally live in of planning to allow and encourage drug deals on his front stoop.

lol oookkkayyy neighborhood people.

Yeah, I sometimes wonder if Seattle is headed for a big fall when the next tech bubble burst happens. They lost Boeing, right? It feels like a monoculture is developing there but obviously I'm missing a lot of information. One advantage the Twin Cities has is that food will always be necessary. Sea...

Anyone else annoyed by the 3 skyways in the WF buildings? We have to stop building those damn things. Sorry, I disagree. Skyway connectivity tends to be a plus for office buildings downtown. But this argument has been hashed out countless times on this site. I'm sure there's something in Anything G...

Saw 2 different cars smash through a few of the plastic poles on 28th st. Laat night. It was enough to convince me that those are not enough, and that curbs are needed. Have the 28th and 26th street pedestrian refuges been removed yet, or was that action blocked somehow? They are gone. Oh no! How c...

Saw 2 different cars smash through a few of the plastic poles on 28th st. Laat night. It was enough to convince me that those are not enough, and that curbs are needed.

Have the 28th and 26th street pedestrian refuges been removed yet, or was that action blocked somehow?

^Likely, very likely. The critical intersections actually model much better at peak hour with a 4-3 lane conversion. And it's on the county's bike plan, so they're going to make bike facilities work. Matt, were you at the community meeting? I was there and saw a couple people (loudly) protest the b...

We have to have them, but each one is a conflict point with pedestrians. The more that get added the more conflicts you will have where drivers turn into the sidewalks or pull out blindly into pedestrian traffic. It is desirable to minimize curb cuts where possible. So minimize entry/exit points fo...

Among the spectrum of transportation options in Minneapolis, bikers are not the ones that have been getting screwed recently. I use every mode of transportation available in this city Bike or bus to work, drive for errands and on the weekends, walk often. Cyclists have it the worst. Bad drivers, th...

Awesome, they're not going to allow any additional curb cuts! Not picking on you but I've seen the topic of curb cuts come up a few times since joining this forum. I know what they are, but they seem to be generally considered to be a bad thing. Why is that? Are there good curb cuts vs. bad ones? I...

The Washington Avenue Bridge is 1130 feet long, by the way. OK, so I was off on the numbers. So what. I still think it's pointless to have a covered bridge when you're not on the bridge all that long. Hey, the U can put a covered walkway up if they want, my personal doubts on a message board aren't...

As a person who generally doesn't use the skyways for shelter from elements (more out of necessity due to destinations) and who used the Gopher Way tunnels maybe 4x in my entire undergraduate experience... I definitely used the covered walkway when crossing between the banks. The river gorge and he...

To be fair to the commuters though, part of it still should be enclosed/heated. I disagree. If you are concerned about being cold or getting wet, take the bus, train, or a car. If one insists on walking then maybe they should dress more appropriately. I did a lot of walking and biking on campus 4-8...

Moxy hotels is a perfect fit for this part of the city. What you're getting with them is a simple, trendy hotel, at a modest price point. They will do well with you travelers looking to experience Minneapolis, family and friends of Uptown residents and people my parents age that live in Delano look...

I went to the monthly CARAG meeting last night, where there was a 45 min presentation and discussion of the new hotel. Many positives and negatives were brought up, but much of the discussion revolved around scale. The developer seemed to pick certain phrases from the Uptown Small Area Plan which s...