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- February 17th, 2024, 12:45 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1194
- Views: 558317
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
$2 Billion is a lot of money even in the future... 2033, and the projected ridership is pretty low relative to the cost. And, to be honest I'm not a huge fan of either the Green or Blue Line extension routes past Hopkins and Robbinsdale. The original B Line ABRT route would be up and running right n...
- February 10th, 2024, 1:53 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1194
- Views: 558317
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Around $2 billion is far too much money for a service that is anticipated to draw fewer than 12,000 daily riders. By comparison the Blue Line currently is drawing 20,000+ riders daily and had well over 30,000 riders pre-pandemic. The Green Line is creeping up on 30,000 daily riders and had ridership...
- November 29th, 2023, 6:26 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Xcel Energy Center
- Replies: 54
- Views: 111719
Re: Xcel Energy Center
Hmmm.. I'm torn over the public having to put so much money into stadiums. On one hand I have Timberwolves season tickets, enjoy a Twins game every once in awhile and have seen the Vikings play at U.S. Bank. On the other hand Glen Taylor sold the Timberwolves franchise for $1.5 billion. He could hav...
- November 29th, 2023, 6:06 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1800
- Views: 1040629
Re: Bicycle Infrastructure
Agreed. I'm at least a bit sympathetic to folks who lose mature trees to add more hard surfaces, particularly on a street like Dakota that probably could be narrowed. It's pretty jarring to start over with tiny trees after having ones that provide shade and a buffer from the street for generations. ...
- November 20th, 2023, 4:53 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
- Replies: 538
- Views: 227458
Re: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Huh, ridership shouldn't be a primary metric of a transit agency? The Red Line cost $115 million to build in 2013 dollars and now has fewer than 350 riders per day. There's got to be some connections to spending millions of dollars and the number of people who will ride the service. Maybe this regio...
- November 4th, 2023, 10:58 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 625
- Views: 395773
Re: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Great River (TCMC)
The recent All Aboard MN newsletter reports that Amtrak is threatening to leave Union Depot due to problems with crime, vagrancy and events taking over the space. Apparently, weddings are taking over the hall and leaving Amtrak passengers cramped off to the side. Also, passengers have been missing a...
- November 4th, 2023, 10:48 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 510
- Views: 502775
Re: Northern Lights Express
Argh! The latest All Aboard MN newsletter says NLX is 7- 10 years away from operations, which sounds really far away. Apparently, the environmental impact statement is now out of date and needs to be redone and negotiations with BNSF restarted. . Finally, MNDOT hasn't yet submitted an application to...
- October 30th, 2023, 2:49 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
- Replies: 2031
- Views: 792181
Re: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
It's been discussed before in this thread, but I've always thought moving the Minneapolis Farmer's Market to this site would be cool turning both exterior and interior spaces into stalls for vendors akin to the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Adding new residential towers to the site + better conne...
- October 30th, 2023, 2:33 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1296
- Views: 820926
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
This Wall Street Journal article features Downtown Minneapolis and highlights the high office vacancy rate and conversion of some buildings to housing: https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/wrecking-ball-targets-empty-downtown-offices-d0e3391 IMO the lack of significant retail options in the CB...
- October 4th, 2023, 2:19 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2935
- Views: 713732
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Hmmm. The ridership numbers remain pretty low compared to pre-Pandemic numbers. There are still fewer than 350 daily riders on Norhtstar, and the Green Line ridership is around half the numbers seen in 2019. The C and D Lines on the other hand are really doing well with the D having a few months wit...
- September 9th, 2023, 10:56 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1296
- Views: 820926
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
My buddy works for Target and used to be located in City Center in Downtown Minneapolis before the pandemic. He's 100% remote and actually has a home in New Orleans that they go to in the winter. He was told a few years back that his new local office would be in Brooklyn Park, which was very unpopul...
- August 25th, 2023, 4:28 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5276
- Views: 1257252
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Does anyone here have a good sense why it will take another 4 years to complete this project considering construction is 75% complete and the tunnel is 55% done? Perhaps, the remaining tunnel, crash wall and stations like Penn Ave are just that complicated that it will take several more years? It se...
- August 19th, 2023, 12:00 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1762
- Views: 982838
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
I'm starting to hope this whole Blue Line extension project collapses based on the new, proposed route. The route past Robinsdale down the middle of a 6-lane stroad is awful, and now the North Minneapolis routing is looking pretty bad. I fear the route along 10th and 21st Avenues will make access fo...
- August 4th, 2023, 3:45 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
- Replies: 180
- Views: 161906
Re: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
I'm pro-transit, but the Dan Patch Line seems like another Northstar Commuter Line that serves un-walkable, car-oriented sprawl. Maybe if there were some current movement towards TOD along the corridor, this would make more sense. Metro Transit and regional officials should continue to focus on ABRT...
- August 4th, 2023, 3:33 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 343
- Views: 142898
Re: Interstate 94
It seems odd that nearly all of the MNDOT's options for freeway designs include just 3 transit stops along the route. They mention potential locations of Dale, Snelling and 25th/ 27th. If these designs are preliminary, why is 3 stops the magic number? I suspect MNDOT staff and the consultants want t...
- June 12th, 2023, 6:18 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
- Replies: 516
- Views: 175514
Re: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
Just wishing for Bright Line or another private company to run HSR doesn't mean it would make financial sense for a route between MSP and Chicago. The City Geek video showed that the corridors that are being pursued now Miami/ Orlando, Houston/ DFW, San Francisco/ Los Angeles, and Los Angeles/ Las V...
- June 8th, 2023, 11:04 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
- Replies: 516
- Views: 175514
Re: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
City Geek on Youtube ran an analysis of the 10 U.S. rail corridors most ready for high speed rail awhile back. The MSP to Chicago didn't make the list due to lack of density and the significant distance of 400 miles. So, I doubt Bright Line or Amtrak will consider it, and the fact that a Rochester r...
- June 8th, 2023, 10:34 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nicollet Mall
- Replies: 1466
- Views: 553069
Re: Nicollet Mall
It's 1980's thinking to devote two major north south streets (Marquette & 2nd Avenue) to serve suburban transit that only operates at peak times and whose ridership has cratered. Metro Transit's highest ridership routes need to move off painfully slow Nicollet Mall. Plus, Minneapolis shouldn't h...
- June 6th, 2023, 6:57 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nicollet Mall
- Replies: 1466
- Views: 553069
Re: Nicollet Mall
I'm thrilled that they are finally pursuing this, but geez... Minneapolis citizens have asked for this for generations. Nicollet Mall is painfully slow for buses and major routes like the 18 and 17 deserve faster service. I suggest moving local buses over to Marquette and suburban transit providers ...
- May 31st, 2023, 12:28 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Population / Density - General Discussion
- Replies: 334
- Views: 168415
Re: Minneapolis Population / Density - General Discussion
The Metropolitan Council released their 2022 population estimates this week for cities in the region: https://metrocouncil.org/Data-and-Maps/Research-and-Data/Annual-Population-Estimates.aspx#content Unlike the estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Met Council shows healthy growth in Minneapoli...