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- October 15th, 2012, 12:10 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 958
- Views: 255231
Re: Northstar
As a career political operative in the conservative movement, Mrs. Meeks brings an agenda to this discussion colored by animus to transit. Highways are sinkholes for public funding in greater measure than our nascent rail transit system; I'm sure I94 didn't recoup its cost right away. We shouldn't s...
- October 14th, 2012, 6:30 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Minneapolis Streetcar System
- Replies: 272
- Views: 46467
Re: Minneapolis Streetcar System
There seems to be a significant degree of skepticism here about pursuing a streetcar network in Minneapolis; many seem to prefer the less expensive (and seemingly more politically palatable) option of improving bus service or opting for BRT (the latter alternative doesn’t make sense to me, since thi...
- October 12th, 2012, 5:21 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: What will it take to develop DTE?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 24097
Re: What will it take to develop DTE?
The surface parking lots within walking distance only provide several thousand parking spots. Precisely. Nor will enough parking in the immediate vicinity ever be able to accomodate the influx of people seen on game days; arguments to the contrary (that we need parking near the stadium) are speciou...
- October 11th, 2012, 9:15 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: What will it take to develop DTE?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 24097
Re: What will it take to develop DTE?
Perhaps, although I have never understood this. Why must 80,000 people park within walking distance of the stadium? Why can't there be remote parking lots with free shuttle buses (as is practiced at innumerable locations, for instance at Disneyland). Basing development decisions around such trivial...
- October 11th, 2012, 2:10 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: What will it take to develop DTE?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 24097
Re: What will it take to develop DTE?
My family has lived in DTE for 8 years and I have always thought that the key to developing the neighborhood (making it imaginable for residential life / commercial activity) is improving the sidewalks and streetscape. In my opinion, this simply requires widening sidewalks, removing traffic lanes, ...
- October 10th, 2012, 9:19 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nicollet Mall
- Replies: 1466
- Views: 596115
Re: Nicollet Mall
They installed "underground heating pipes two centimetres in diameter laid 15 centimetres apart underneath the paving. Return water from the district heating system is utilised in heating the water-glycol mix that runs in the pipes." See the local newspaper article: http://www2.hs.fi/engli...
- October 10th, 2012, 3:07 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nicollet Mall
- Replies: 1466
- Views: 596115
Re: Nicollet Mall
I have always thought that Helsinki is a good model for Minneapolis. It is about half a million people, relatively isolated, with cold weather, a diversified economy (but still dependent on a few major employers - they have Nokia we have Target), sprawling and auto-dependent but conscious of the ben...
- October 9th, 2012, 8:47 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: What will it take to develop DTE?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 24097
Re: What will it take to develop DTE?
My family has lived in DTE for 8 years and I have always thought that the key to developing the neighborhood (making it imaginable for residential life / commercial activity) is improving the sidewalks and streetscape. In my opinion, this simply requires widening sidewalks, removing traffic lanes, a...
- October 9th, 2012, 2:33 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5306
- Views: 1333049
Re: Southwest LRT
A little hyperbole- Don't have to be so 'concrete' ;) Start video and start adding-Bridges, including a 3000 footer? Tunnels? Even if you call them 'under-crossings' it's still going to be wildly expensive Perhaps this has already been mentioned, but it seems relevant; apparently it doesn't need to...