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They don't make it clear whether it's materials or the stops and starts of labor due to the trains that are the primary cause of the price spike. I'm curious which of those this is primarily caused by.

A single family house is "affordable" it it's anywhere under $400,000 now? Unfortunately that seems to be the price of new constructions anywhere on the fringe of the metro's urban area in the SW metro, and you've gotta go into the exurbs or commit to build a townhome to get to sub $300k, just base...

These sorts of infrastructure projects aren't made for your or my relatives in Greater MN, nor for you or me living in the metro commuting to work. They write the status quo for future generations. The reality we were born into is a huge freeway cutting through our cities; all our reasoning is ther...

Given there were between 140k and 160k AADT on 94 at any given segment between 35E and 35W in 2019 (per MnDot's traffic visualizer app) a full removal would absolutely not be popular so unfortunately it's probably not wise to remove it if we want political support for transit.

LRT would take way too long to plan and build compared to BRT with either HOT or dedicated lanes, imo. Time would be better spent getting the BRT with HOT or dedicated lanes and then planning an alternative LRT route along something like Marshall/Lake if demand is still high enough. Improving reliab...

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Chaska Costco still on track, it appears.

For those with long commutes, the drive is worth it for one of 4 things typically: the pay of the job, the size of the house they have, the amount of land they have, or the location of the land. Driving further to have land in the country with a decent size house on it is worth it for some. I’d add...

Given the location, that does not surprise me. Sure, it's close to retail and the 169/Anderson Lakes interchange, but single family residence lots form a horseshoe around the back property line. Someone from those residences probably lodged a complaint. For this location, the way to go for now woul...

For those with long commutes, the drive is worth it for one of 4 things typically: the pay of the job, the size of the house they have, the amount of land they have, or the location of the land. Driving further to have land in the country with a decent size house on it is worth it for some. And some...

EP planning commission rejects 3-story, 52-unit proposal with eligible affordable housing for tax credits. Given the location, that does not surprise me. Sure, it's close to retail and the 169/Anderson Lakes interchange, but single family residence lots form a horseshoe around the back property lin...

We'll see what happens with game day ridership when Southwest LRT opens. I'm very interested to know how many (or if any) people will take it from the west metro to MN United, St. Paul Saints, or even Xcel Energy Center.

If service runs late enough to EP, I'm fairly confident you would.

Public transit carriers cannot operate special services (like football express buses) without first advertising the opportunity for private operators to operate a comparable service. Additionally, if running a special service is not profitable, I do not think it's a worthy endeavor. Metro Transit h...

Because of the huge number of people that refuse to ride buses- any bus, anywhere, for any reason, but will ride rail. In other words, "rail bias". You underestimate the appeal of a coach bus where you're guaranteed a seat going non-stop to a stadium versus a train that will very likely be at or ne...

As someone who lives in the far SW exurbs, people aren't gonna wanna ride the bus from Chan or Chaska to transfer at EP station when the EP station is all of about 10-15 minutes away for most residents of those communities on weekends. They'd rather drive, park, and wait, than drive, park, wait for ...

They lost a good chunk of the surface parking there to the Elevate project, and I'm thinking they feel the station will not have adequate parking for an anticipated spike in park and ride commuters as well as game day ridership for sporting events. And the parking would be needed to encourage riders...

Definitely because they anticipate more suburban tract housing being built on the southern side of Cottage Grove, and maybe to replace the single lane bridge to the lower island for all the aggregate trucks headed to and from there, since most of the lower island is a part of Cottage Grove.

As an exurbanite, I use this MicroCenter once or twice a year specifically for electronics purchases in volumes I would not trust transiting on public transit, both physically and in cash value. A PC case box is very awkward to carry even if it's legitimately the only thing you're carrying. Also, du...

Outside of regional demographics, not sure how that makes sense.

It's basically never been busy anytime I've needed to go to that specific Target or somewhere else in the north end of the mall.

They'll probably only push if they can't find a suitable tenant for the JCPenney spot. The area around that (plus the back half of the Target lot) and the ramp outside of Von Maur are likely going to be the only significant empty swaths of parking lot left with Scheel's opening.

I hope Eden Prairie Mall takes a queue from Southdale and starts to develop the outlots with housing. The JCPenney at EP Mall is within a 1/2 mile walkshed of the Town Center light rail station. JCP is also immediately next door to existing grocery in Target and across 78th from Cub. Walking friend...