urbanMSP

As it stands now, the 6 & 17 are quite efficient, as well as the 5. I've never, ever wondered why these buses don't run faster. You've made some good points, but this statement is puzzling. Are you even remotely serious or am I that bad at reading sarcasm on the internet? 20+ minutes between La...

And those Lakeville folks are still paying the same fare as someone riding from St. Louis Park or Richfield despite traveling MORE THAN DOUBLE the distance. 20.5 Miles to Kenrick Ave P&R in Lakeville from Marquette & 7th downtown. Compare this to Mtka Blvd & Louisiana Ave (6.8mi) or Lynd...

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From F&C (edited): The Minneapolis-based Labor Temple Association is floating plans for 81 market-rate apartments in a project called “The 155,” near the intersection of Central Avenue and University Avenue in southeast Minneapolis. “We had been talking about it for several years. Just plain par...

Slim's last stand The long-rumored closing of Cowboy Slim's in Uptown will come true Saturday night. Co-owner Chris Diebold said his landlord is proceeding with redevelopment plans, which call for another towering retail/apartment complex on the block. Diebold said he's in negotiations to reopen Co...

You guys know a lot about rocks.

A few things (assuming D1): The stop spacing proposed on D1 is more consistent with Commuter Rail than LRT...which begs the questions: 1. Why no stop at 36th Avenue North? There's a bridge there, and buses currently cross over it. It would be one mile from Robbinsdale Station, which is consistent wi...

Well, we could (and should) have zone fares instead of this rush/non-rush nonsense like most other metro systems. The local fares might not change much, but we could have a bigger downtown zone (include Loring & Elliot Park neighborhoods and the remainder of the N. Loop). As for express fares, i...

I watched a little bit of the Planning Commission meeting out of curiosity, and the only thing people complained about was the loss of the surface parking lot. According to the owners of Kafe 421, Varsity Theater, and Loring Pasta Bar, Dinkytown is going to shrivel up and die without the parking lot...

http://www.tcgmn.com/blog/2012/09/the-cornerstone-group-completes-acquisition-of-prospect-park-boeser-site/ Check out the image attached to this story. The caption says it was provided by PPERRIA (the neighborhood organization). Say it ain't so... a Minneapolis neighborhood group that actually desir...

Multi-modal, but mostly bus. (I voted bus) My bus pass is free, so I take 2 buses from Whittier to work in the North Loop. It usually takes around 25 minutes. I also occasionally take an express bus to the West Bank of the U. I sometimes, but rarely bike to either destination. I do bike quite a bit,...

I increasingly feel like Neville Chamberlain about this whole situation.

You're appeasing the Nasas?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement

I can't believe I didn't catch that. No station near Tamarack Village, Oakdale Village or Woodbury Lakes (the three major shopping centers around (I-94 and Radio). It seems to pass somewhat close to all 3, plus there is a current Park & Ride at Guardian Angels church, next to Best Buy. I bet if ...

I like what I'm hearing. The best service for East 7th is Rapid Bus (arterial BRT), not Gateway Corridor. I generally agree with the notion that freeway-running LRT/BRT is not optimal, because the station areas are unwalkable. I feel like I've seen enough AA's at this point that the outcome is predi...

I move to delete the last 6 posts (7 including mine) because they are not "Transit News and Happenings"

Nasa, if you want to gripe about transit vs. road funding, start a new thread. That topic could be (and has been) debated ad nauseam.

Agreed, that is a ton of hardware for what could have been a simple LED panel mounted to the side of the bus shelter. I'm guessing most of that is to facilitate the solar power. Considering how little energy this thing uses, and that there is likely an electricity source available nearby... Sometime...

I have class over in Blegen Hall til 6pm that night, but I will try to make it!

You sir, are a genius. Both of those maps are pretty excellent, even though I can't quite figure what the various polygons are in the second (5&55) map. Nice job on the LRT connection too, even though that's a billion years away. Rapid Bus on W. 7th would have to be VERY VERY successful to start...

New sub-topic: Mall of America Transit Center Keep it where it is? Move it to a different side of the mall? Personally, I wish the LRT didn't make that giant loop around the surface parking lot and then cross a busy intersection diagonally at .2 MPH. It's bad enough that they built American Blvd Sta...

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2012/09/04/st-louis-park-luxury-apartments.html I too am confused on the economics of this. However, the NIMBY quotient must be a little lower next to a Target and a highway. 10 stories wouldn't fly in Uptown, but you have to think something like this would...