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by candycaneforestelf
August 10th, 2021, 4:09 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1138
Views: 348201

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

If you're short of something whether toilet paper or single family detached houses, it seems the best way is to make more of them rather than to pour resources into imperfect substitutes like paper towels or condos. I'm just operating under the assumption that we don't have enough land available at...
by candycaneforestelf
August 10th, 2021, 1:14 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1138
Views: 348201

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

Besides minimum lot sized zoning, there's also that MUSA line thing that's driving the cost of houses into the stratosphere by artificially limiting supply. I don't think the lack of multi-family housing is driving up the cost of detached housing. That would imply there's people that want but can't...
by candycaneforestelf
August 10th, 2021, 10:12 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1138
Views: 348201

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

I definitely was not eyeing exclusively single family homes with my postulated idea, the inner ring suburbs are in too short of developable land to limit the focus on SFH. I envisioned it more as a program incentivizing future redevelopment and the limited greenfield developments left in the inner r...
by candycaneforestelf
August 10th, 2021, 9:20 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1138
Views: 348201

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

I wonder what the political will would be for legislation that incentivizes housing starts that target buyers whose buying range is sub-$300k in the suburbs (and of course Minneapolis and Saint Paul proper)? Every new start seems to be north of $300k no matter if it's single family or multifamily un...
by candycaneforestelf
March 24th, 2021, 10:57 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247303

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

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.
by candycaneforestelf
January 5th, 2021, 11:13 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Shakopee - Savage - Prior Lake - Scott County
Replies: 47
Views: 43108

Re: Shakopee - Savage - Prior Lake - Scott County

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,...
by candycaneforestelf
December 22nd, 2020, 8:51 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Interstate 94
Replies: 321
Views: 139379

Re: Interstate 94

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...
by candycaneforestelf
December 18th, 2020, 11:33 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Interstate 94
Replies: 321
Views: 139379

Re: Interstate 94

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.
by candycaneforestelf
December 15th, 2020, 10:29 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Interstate 94
Replies: 321
Views: 139379

Re: Interstate 94

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...
by candycaneforestelf
September 3rd, 2020, 7:29 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
Replies: 119
Views: 114552

Re: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County

https://m.startribune.com/construction- ... 572288152/

Chaska Costco still on track, it appears.
by candycaneforestelf
July 15th, 2020, 12:40 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247303

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

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...
by candycaneforestelf
July 15th, 2020, 12:38 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Eden Prairie - General Topics
Replies: 63
Views: 39336

Re: Eden Prairie - General Topics

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...
by candycaneforestelf
July 15th, 2020, 8:15 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247303

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

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...
by candycaneforestelf
July 15th, 2020, 8:07 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Eden Prairie - General Topics
Replies: 63
Views: 39336

Re: Eden Prairie - General Topics

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...
by candycaneforestelf
July 9th, 2020, 3:21 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247303

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

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.
by candycaneforestelf
July 8th, 2020, 1:06 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247303

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

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...
by candycaneforestelf
July 8th, 2020, 12:16 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247303

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

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 b...
by candycaneforestelf
July 7th, 2020, 4:01 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247303

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

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 ...
by candycaneforestelf
July 6th, 2020, 1:17 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247303

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

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...
by candycaneforestelf
June 29th, 2020, 12:57 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Street, Road and Highway Projects
Replies: 1388
Views: 603984

Re: Street, Road and Highway Projects

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.