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- December 16th, 2017, 10:28 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Municipal Boundaries and Suburban Annexation
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17106
Re: Municipal Boundaries and Suburban Annexation
We could go big and unify Hennepin and Ramsey into a single county, and do unitary government a la Indianapolis where municipal governments are absorbed into the county. The question there is how the political weighting would work out... would there be enough urban interests to drive governance in s...
- December 16th, 2017, 9:33 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
- Replies: 887
- Views: 143407
Re: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
Hopefully Central and Nicollet will be on deck for aBRT now that the alternative mode is dead. Selfishly, as a Columbia Heights resident it always annoyed me that a short streetcar route was blocking improved transit on the rest of the corridor. Central had the highest score after excluding routes b...
- December 15th, 2017, 10:57 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 952
- Views: 245380
Re: Northstar Commuter Rail
A ride up to Anoka and a bike back would be fun; I've taken it to Ramsey on a Sunday before and biked back, and I agree it's a very pleasant ride. Might be fun to tour around Anoka itself a bit too since it has an actual downtown, check out the old state hospital they're rehabbing for housing near t...
- December 9th, 2017, 11:06 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 952
- Views: 245380
Re: Northstar Commuter Rail
I rode from Target Field to Big Lake and back to SPUD with the group. It was a great time- I'd definitely do future group transit rides. Nice to nerd out with some fellow railfans and talk transit and housing policy. Best Northstar use recommendation was to ride it to Big Lake with bikes, bike to La...