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Once you have single-story buildings, good luck getting those torn down in the next few decades. I would wait until we can do it right.

How's the vacancy in market-rate apartments in Downtown Minneapolis?

Interestingly, it appears that the new 169 study only goes south to 55, and thus does NOT cover this interchange. I called MnDOT asking for a follow-up.

Yeah, I think this was called like "Vision 169" or something, and it seems to have vanished since it was prepared as shown back in 2018. Odd!

The 169 vision has these two interchanges being reconstructed the following ways in late phases. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180814/2c63c2d5477cc5b0425e623295dcb4a3.png https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180814/d6e0bf15fe53f762dbb3d313e1aa6878.png I wish the Cedar Lake Blvd bridge would just...

The biggest troll would be to actually propose and build 150,000+ new triplexes now.

That ... is a great idea. Any freight delays expected along NLE routing I wonder?

If you read the report, there is a "restoration" option as well, which is essentially undoing what was done. Did you read the report?

A substantial portion of results from the recent MnDOT survey recently came out of places like Woodbury. I'm not sure the Our Streets (Minneapolis) has their hand on the scales of public comment like you seem to be implying. If anything, the conventional wisdom, "don't change anything" peo...

Although I agree that the additional pull-through lane isn't ideal, at least they're putting a patio/plaza thing facing the stadium on the other side. Something, anything, but surface parking though, please.

Don't transit pundits say "put transit where there's density"?

Classic chicken and egg. Get the density first or get the transit service first.

Both at once is better.

Simple = good. I think this was a very good outcome for both flag and seal.

Unless the city has the gumption to diet Broadway downtown, those historic buildings will always be wasted. But to be clear, they definitely should not be torn down as the 3rd & Broadway node is probably among the highest potential for walkable destinations in the city. And there aren't many oth...

I just wish publicly-funded stadiums didn't feel free to gouge to the max on concessions prices. Either gouge and cover your own financing, or don't gouge and get handouts from the public.

The facility is still top-notch. I doubt they need to do much except maintenance.

The road network, sidewalks, and amenities around the stadium are where I would put my focus. It is damn near impossible to bike to the X, for one.

Doesn't the Pivot still have a large leasable commercial space at ground level? Honestly, that would be a pretty good spot for them to move.

A lot of off-topic conversation here. It's not a zero-sum game. Do all the above low-hanging fruit improvements AND make 94 less of a car sewer.

I can say from actual experience that when I-94 in the city is closed, it is actually really easy to route around it. My takeaway is that we have severely overbuilt urban freeways.

That way, the elementary kids at Maxfield Elementary can (continue to) suffer from extreme air pollution while playing on a fun N-shaped bridge!

Just because MnDOT is showing "at-grade" to look like Hiawatha, doesn't mean that's the actual, good-faith best realistic scenario for the boulevard. Crossing distances would be a fraction of what they are now for bike/ped, and the roadway being narrowed would allow potentially hundreds of...