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- March 19th, 2024, 10:08 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 720
- Views: 217055
Re: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
Probably belongs in the fantasy category but wouldn't it work to having Midtown Rail Line enter a tunnel right after Cedar travel under Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery the Hi Lake Shopping Center have an underground stop below the Blue Line then day light and stop on east side of Minnehaha? You wo...
- March 18th, 2024, 11:00 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
- Replies: 1432
- Views: 479717
- March 15th, 2024, 2:14 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Uber/Lyft
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2842
Re: Uber/Lyft
Metro Transit already runs microtransit service in select areas at a steep subsidy. There's no aspect of the rideshare/TNC model that public ownership solves to make it profitable. If the state wants to run a transportation company that doesn't run efficient fixed routes and doesn't rule out exploit...
- March 15th, 2024, 10:23 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Uber/Lyft
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2842
Re: Uber/Lyft
I'm pretty skeptical that the city level is the correct place for regulation of rideshare companies. But I have no sympathy for the companies themselves. From the start, they've abused information asymmetries with their "employees" to subsidize their anti-competitive pricing. The entire mo...
- February 15th, 2024, 2:32 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
- Replies: 219
- Views: 85210
Re: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
I think people really underestimate how many people it takes to turn a greenfield into an actual market for goods and services. The good news, I guess is that there is absolutely enough space in this area to keep adding more homes, offices, and whatever else to activate it. The bad news is that even...
- February 8th, 2024, 1:57 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
- Replies: 2027
- Views: 783624
Re: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
It's gonna grow by a lot next year as well. Between the Block One, O2, North Loop Green, Duffey 2.0, Strutwear, Northstar Center, and other projects, there are nearly 2,000 units of housing currently under construction which should all mostly be complete in the coming months. There is nothing coming...
- February 7th, 2024, 1:23 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Transit Crime
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1023702
Re: Transit Crime
Yeah, I ride public transit more than most people (although I don't rely regularly on the light rail), and it's been basically non-existent that I've seen crime in the literal sense of someone doing something that they could plausibly be prosecuted for. When people talk about crime on transit, they'...
- February 2nd, 2024, 1:39 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Harmonia - 255 2nd Ave S - 25ish / 20ish / 10ish stories
- Replies: 31
- Views: 28625
Re: Harmonia - 255 2nd Ave S - 25ish / 20ish / 10ish stories
It is a great idea to move the transit layover here from Gateway Ramp, but I suspect it won't happen because neither Metro Transit nor the City have asked for that. We don't know what they have or haven't asked for, or whether they have even considered it. Would Metro Transit turn down a brand-new ...
- February 2nd, 2024, 10:43 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Harmonia - 255 2nd Ave S - 25ish / 20ish / 10ish stories
- Replies: 31
- Views: 28625
Re: Harmonia - 255 2nd Ave S - 25ish / 20ish / 10ish stories
New renderings and a new brand name (Washington Yards) for this project: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2024/02/01/sherman-downtown-minneapolis-development-office.html The current plan seems to be three buildings; one half-block office building facing Washington, one tall market rate ho...
- January 4th, 2024, 11:58 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1749
- Views: 976421
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Between Target Field Station and the Lowry/North Memorial Station, there should be a maximum of four stops. Really, I had hoped there would be three. But four has got to be the absolute limit. Moving the proposed Lyndale Station to the east (Could it sit on the highway bridge? I imagine there are st...
- December 29th, 2023, 2:32 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 702113
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Metro Transit's November weekday ridership numbers are out, and they're even better than October. Ridership on most services fell surprisingly little in real numbers between those two months, less than is typical, and so November 2023 achieved 59.5% of November 2019 ridership, the best recovery perc...
- December 21st, 2023, 2:37 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
- Replies: 55
- Views: 239693
Re: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
Snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The commission flirted with some awful ideas but picked a great one. I've seen people conflating "simple" with "safe." But the chosen design is actually fairly bold, defaulting to a tricolor would've screamed 'FLAG!' and given more colors...
- December 1st, 2023, 11:59 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 702113
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Metro Transit just posted the October weekday ridership numbers, and it's a pretty good report. September is typically the biggest month for ridership by a good margin, but in 2023, it looks like October was much closer than is typical. While the C and D Lines fell slightly from their October record...
- October 27th, 2023, 1:23 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
- Replies: 2027
- Views: 783624
Re: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
Tearing down that ugly ass ramp and turning it into a park/stairs/entrance/etc. might not be the #1 on the list of single biggest land use upgrades in DT but is sure isn't far off the top of that list. Room for both a residential tower and a grand staircase connecting the two levels, similar to wha...
- October 27th, 2023, 12:30 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
- Replies: 2027
- Views: 783624
Re: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
From CM Michael Rainville's latest email newsletter: The United States Postal Service is holding a public meeting regarding the future use of their facility at 100 S 1st St. The hearing will take place at 2pm on Wednesday, November 1st at the Shoreview Community Center (4580 Victoria St N). I do not...
- October 24th, 2023, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Road Geek Topics
- Replies: 295
- Views: 143687
Re: Road Geek Topics
Obviously a road's design speed is more important than its posted speed. That said, I do think there are regional difference in driving speed that likely make a difference in crash outcomes. I always think about my experience driving in Georgia where the average speed of highway traffic seemed to be...
- September 13th, 2023, 3:34 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: MPHA Family Housing Expansion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24331
Re: MPHA Family Housing Expansion
Some updates on this:
These sixteen buildings are nearing completion.
I've attached some photos in a tweet here.
Here is a hype video for the project.
These sixteen buildings are nearing completion.
I've attached some photos in a tweet here.
Here is a hype video for the project.
- September 7th, 2023, 11:56 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Better Bus Routes - Metro Transit
- Replies: 34
- Views: 64935
Re: Better Bus Routes - Metro Transit
Not sure what we're arguing about here? Any N/S route is going to have to pass through downtown. Wanting a grid network with N/S connecting buses and wanting downtown service are compatible goals because we have Twin Cities that are both functionally laid out like hourglasses. Re: the #4 bus and fut...
- August 31st, 2023, 12:31 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Hiawatha-Minnehaha Corridor - General Topics
- Replies: 267
- Views: 224300
Re: Hiawatha-Minnehaha Corridor - General Topics
New project proposed for 3561 Minnehaha Ave. 32 units, 0 car parking spaces, 36 long-term bike parking spots. Packet . This one will be built to passive house insulation standards, all electric utilities, rooftop solar array. Footprint Development strikes again. Thankfully unlike last time , they ha...
- August 30th, 2023, 1:30 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1749
- Views: 976421
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
I mean, knock on wood, but this project doesn't seem to include any tunnels through wetlands, floating bridges over lakes (East Link in Seattle), or P3 delivery structures (Purple Line in Maryland). Building LRT on plain old surface streets, plus three bridge structures (by my count) is something yo...