urbanMSP

Thanks for always putting together the route and ridership changes here!

Construction is now underway on 3561 Minnehaha! I'm itching for more apartment projects like this one to get off the ground.

Bill failed to advance out of the committee. 5 yeses and 6 noes.

Handwringing from cities about design standards and loss of local control over housing they refuse to approve killed it.

Maybe next year...

Tomorrow is a big day for housing at the capitol. S.F 2229 (Minnesota Starter Home Act) is getting its last committee hearing before heading to the senate floor. This bill would provide statewide upzoning for all residential areas to allow duplexes and townhomes as well as regulating minimum lot ...

Obviously no one should have to deal with people pooping on the sidewalk or stealing their packages, however the problem is with the issue of homelessness and the opioid crisis, not with the train nor the sidewalk.

https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/download ... dedRB2.pdf

Northeast is getting an Aldi and daycare on Johnson near the Quarry.

Hopefully with the 2050 comprehensive plan, they at the very least update a lot of the city and county bicycle network maps. I don't think the city map has been updated since 2020 or so.

https://go.minneapolismn.gov/final-plan ... es-network

Found the first full project layout of the University and 4th reconstruction project in Thursday's Climate and Infrastructure Committee agenda.
The project will add raised bike lanes, curb bumpouts, some added boulevard space, and will fix a sidewalk gap between University and 4th on the I35W ...

This was one of the developments that was written about being affected by the 2040 pause. Glad to see that's behind us now.

HAWKs really don't make sense to me. If you're gonna go to all of the work and expense to put up what is essentially a traffic signal, make it work like a traffic signal that doesn't have multiple confusing phases that average drivers don't understand. Green -> yellow -> red is already understood ...

Exodus housing is planning an 8 story addition with 72 new units to their existing affordable housing building at 819 2nd Ave S.

https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/download ... eport2.pdf

I'm personally hoping that they go with the options that include raised medians for a lot of low traffic intersections, that'll really help out with removing a lot of conflict points. I do agree that raised crosswalks are the next step.

Found the what I assume to be 30% plans for Central Ave reconstruction coming in 2028 on the Minneapolis LIMS.

https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/download ... layout.pdf

Would the NRHP designation prevent building on top of the structure? When I was in Toronto last year, there was a lot of highrise development being done on top of historic buildings there while keeping the facade and majority of the interior intact.

The post office expansion was done really ...

New information on the University Ave NE reconstruction. Potential roundabouts for Broadway and Lowry intersections, 4-3 conversion, wider sidewalks, medians, and curb extensions. Survey included. Check it out!

https://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/universityavempls/design.html

https://www ...

Upcoming presentation to this next weeks BAC/PAC meetings is a first look at a possible layout of the Grand Rounds Missing Link. Looks to be an seriously expansive project that includes all parts of the missing link other than the railroad yard crossing. I personally am most excited about the ...

Whether or not college students are poor, they're also a population in Minneapolis that has much lower car ownership rates and much higher transit reliance than average. In terms of equity, they probably don't need it, but in terms of transit usage, there's a big need there. All you have to do is ...

American Blvd may be one of the most overbuilt roads in the "Urban" designated suburbs. I've said it in another thread, but there's little chance of making it an area that feels conducive to transit ridership when you need to cross an astonishing 19 lanes of traffic on foot to get to the opposite ...

Wow, looking at streetview, there's easily less than 10% parking utilization along 54th for most of the newly constructed portion.

To change the framing, we should be very glad that planners came around when they did considering the large swath of arterials that were slated for reconstruction this ...

I know it's been somewhat recent, but when was the last time it was reconstructed?