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by Tom H.
January 31st, 2025, 8:30 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Replies: 1357
Views: 935787

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market

I think 6 cents on the dollar means it lost 94% of its value, not 99.94%. But in any case, I still maintain that the value was lost awhile ago, it's just only being realized now. It is indeed terrible that we're losing such property values, but it's a done thing at this point - optimizing among bad ...
by Tom H.
January 31st, 2025, 8:11 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Replies: 1357
Views: 935787

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market

Agree with BoF above. If you take the loss of office demand downtown as a given (which I do), then a private sale at a loss to a creative, local owner is not a bad outcome. No bankruptcy, no foreclosure sale - this is just the market resolving a valuation reset via market mechanisms.

While this isn ...
by Tom H.
January 24th, 2025, 10:44 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Hiawatha-Minnehaha Corridor - General Topics
Replies: 281
Views: 278197

Re: Hiawatha-Minnehaha Corridor - General Topics

Wow, way to predict the Cybertruck design years before it was a reality! :)
by Tom H.
January 24th, 2025, 10:36 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 3108
Views: 880439

Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)


Wish there was a schedule or map.

Glad it's 7 days a week, but it looks like they are using repurposed prime minibuses rather than normal transit buses which is kind of disappointing (take a look at the contest page). 45 to 60 minute headways is better than I was expecting to be honest, but I ...
by Tom H.
January 20th, 2025, 8:14 am
Forum: Updates - Announcements - Problems - Suggestions
Topic: Dark Mode?
Replies: 6
Views: 8771

Re: Dark Mode?

I know I'm probably weird, but... how do I turn it back to light mode?
by Tom H.
January 14th, 2025, 2:31 pm
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: 2025-2026 Minnesota Legislature
Replies: 22
Views: 705

Re: 2025-2026 Minnesota Legislature

It's certainly an arguable position. Will be fascinating, as a civics nerd, to watch it play out.
by Tom H.
January 14th, 2025, 12:54 pm
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: 2025-2026 Minnesota Legislature
Replies: 22
Views: 705

Re: 2025-2026 Minnesota Legislature

Are Republicans really pressing forward, purporting to conduct business in the House and conduct business despite not having a quorum? This is gonna be a chapter in some AP Government textbook in a few years.

Are they claiming that only 133 members were elected, and so 67 is a quorum, not 68?
by Tom H.
December 31st, 2024, 8:56 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Interstate 94
Replies: 415
Views: 191996

Re: Interstate 94

Is the ventilation mainly for exhaust removal? I wonder if standards could be revised in the future as emissions standards and/or EV adoption improve.
by Tom H.
December 27th, 2024, 10:03 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5418
Views: 1462763

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

What is the issue with signal priority in St Paul? Is it the case that the technical capability exists to improve the running times through St Paul, but for some reason the city government won't give the ok to flip the switch?
by Tom H.
December 13th, 2024, 10:30 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5418
Views: 1462763

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Great question - I wish I knew the answer. I seem to recall hearing that when it was axed, they would design the terminus in such a way that it could be extended to Mitchell in the future, but that feels very dead at this point.
by Tom H.
December 11th, 2024, 8:51 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 3108
Views: 880439

Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)

You’re not imagining it. More transit construction is snarling travel in the Twin Cities.

Byline: "As Metro Transit’s network expands, major transportation projects are tearing up roads across the metro. Businesses say there’s not enough help to weather the disruption."

Very disappointing choice ...
by Tom H.
December 5th, 2024, 2:25 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MN-121 "Lyndale Connector" Turnback and Redevelopment
Replies: 46
Views: 10694

Re: MN-121 "Lyndale Connector" Turnback and Redevelopment

Also, I just read Mcastle's write-up of the history of the intertates in MN, and it sounds like, at least once upon a time, the original plan was for 35W to follow Lyndale Ave, so that's probably why this exists.

A History of Minnesota’s Interstates, Part One
A History of Minnesota’s Interstates ...
by Tom H.
December 5th, 2024, 2:10 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MN-121 "Lyndale Connector" Turnback and Redevelopment
Replies: 46
Views: 10694

Re: MN-121 "Lyndale Connector" Turnback and Redevelopment


does anyone know why this area down here seems to be so overserved by on ramps and off ramps?


I think this sort of thing was just the cool thing to do back in 1957 or whenever.

ETA: Looking at HistoricAerials (1957 aerial view, ironically), it looks like 35W essentially terminated here, I'm ...
by Tom H.
November 11th, 2024, 10:17 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Bloomington - General Topics
Replies: 381
Views: 178739

Re: Bloomington - General Topics

It's interesting to me that the article doesn't mention 494 rush hour gridlock, which would be a big concern for me if my office were located along the strip (especially with the multi-year construction project going on right now). I've had friends who worked at different points along the strip from ...
by Tom H.
November 7th, 2024, 8:34 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Sprawl
Replies: 124
Views: 17489

Re: Sprawl

Certainly Burnsville and EP have their sprawl issues, but IMO nothing really compares to the sprawl along 65 up in Blaine.
by Tom H.
November 1st, 2024, 8:51 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Freight Rail News and Happenings
Replies: 268
Views: 156040

Re: Freight Rail News and Happenings

Kinda sounds like you could the same benefits without the corporate socialism by just nationalizing the railroads.
by Tom H.
October 25th, 2024, 8:36 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Sprawl
Replies: 124
Views: 17489

Re: Sprawl

And I think we'd all agree that's a choice you should be free to make, but we should each bear the costs of the externalities we impose on others through our lifestyle choices. It just so happens that, here in America, car-dependent / suburban lifestyle choices are heavily subsidized at the expense ...
by Tom H.
October 2nd, 2024, 8:11 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Replies: 1848
Views: 1110475

Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT

Blue Line LRT extension clears critical step despite opposition

Robbinsdale and Crystal voted to give municipal consent during meetings Tuesday night.
by Tom H.
September 25th, 2024, 9:01 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)
Replies: 173
Views: 205038

Re: Suburban Transit (Opt-out Services Providers)

Convenient + certain, in my opinion. I think it's why "shuttle" is such a buzzword in suburban transit planning - people like to know exactly where it's going to go and when, so stuff like Ren Fest shuttles and downtown express busses fit that perfectly. They run every X minutes, and go direct from ...