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by QuietBlue
February 7th, 2013, 10:42 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Replies: 538
Views: 223371

Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)

The buses that currently stop at Cedar Grove en route to or from MOA exit Cedar/77 at Diffley, then go north on Nicols to the station. They then do the reverse to get back on the highway (unless they are the 444, 445, etc). I imagine they will keep doing that, since it is the only approach that make...
by QuietBlue
December 12th, 2012, 8:43 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Replies: 538
Views: 223371

Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)

The route is not geared for people going downtown! The idea is that it's for suburbian people wanting to go to the Airport and MOA. They do have the option to go downtown via the blue line if they choose but they will be better of taking the express bus downtown to work! IMO it gives much more flex...
by QuietBlue
December 11th, 2012, 9:14 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Replies: 538
Views: 223371

Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)

http://m.startribune.com/news/?id=182912841&c=y so how does this work. Catch a city bus, ride it for fifteen minutes to the mall wait longer for a train going the same direction and sit on that for an additional 45 minutes. Yep, that's how it will work. It is exactly as pointless as it sounds, ...
by QuietBlue
December 7th, 2012, 10:55 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Twin Cities Premium Outlets - Eagan
Replies: 80
Views: 34940

Re: Upscale outlet mall in Eagan

This is how we always shoot ourselves in the foot. Who's "we", exactly? I live within walking distance of where the new mall will be. :) I understand your point about wanting to do things that benefit the region as a whole, but how does this work against that? Even if the downtown Saks ou...
by QuietBlue
October 18th, 2012, 7:36 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
Replies: 1261
Views: 524069

Re: Downtown Restaurant News

I had lunch there almost two years ago -- good food, but overpriced for what it was. I thought the place was overrated, IMO. Still, it's never good to see a restaurant close, though Pham seems to be a piece of work.
by QuietBlue
October 17th, 2012, 1:44 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Twin Cities Premium Outlets - Eagan
Replies: 80
Views: 34940

Re: Upscale outlet mall in Eagan

Ah. No, it's on the other side of Eagan, next to Cedar/77 and just SE of the bridge. I agree that the area you described wouldn't have been a good spot for it.
by QuietBlue
October 17th, 2012, 8:52 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Twin Cities Premium Outlets - Eagan
Replies: 80
Views: 34940

Re: Upscale outlet mall in Eagan

I wouldn't really characterize that area as "industrial" -- there was retail on that site for almost fifty years from the time when Cedarvale was first built to when it was torn down several years ago. The site also is also right next to a lot of dense housing and some existing retail and ...
by QuietBlue
October 10th, 2012, 10:16 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville - General Topics
Replies: 130
Views: 159747

Re: Parkside Village Apartments (Apple Valley)

Interesting. I had assumed it would be closer to the roundabout that is just SW of there, which would put it closer to the station. The actual locations of the buildings are a bit less convenient for access to it. And yeah, it's a fairly dense area by local standards; there are parts of Minneapolis ...
by QuietBlue
October 8th, 2012, 10:20 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville - General Topics
Replies: 130
Views: 159747

Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville - General Topics

There's an article in the Strib this morning about a new "upscale" 332-unit apartment complex planned for Apple Valley: http://www.startribune.com/local/south/173053371.html?page=all&prepage=2&c=y&refer=y It's going to be within walking distance of AVTS/the southern terminus of...
by QuietBlue
October 3rd, 2012, 10:25 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)
Replies: 124
Views: 21695

Re: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)

Have you even looked into the headquarters of the most successful companies in The US/World? Target/Minneapolis is behind the 8 ball here. Great business happens around the water cooler. creating relationships with your vendors and reps, and making it a space where people feel at ease has become in...
by QuietBlue
October 3rd, 2012, 8:30 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)
Replies: 124
Views: 21695

Re: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)

call me old fashion at age 26 but... don't most people just wan't to go to work and do a satisfactory to excellent job and not have to endure all these silly "team building" exercises? IME, a lot of the people there (especially in Target Plaza, which has many of the youth-heavy department...
by QuietBlue
October 2nd, 2012, 9:48 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)
Replies: 124
Views: 21695

Re: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)

I like how the article referred to it as a "student union". As an ex-Target HQ employee, comparing it to a college certainly isn't much of a stretch. :)
by QuietBlue
October 2nd, 2012, 8:11 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Twin Cities Premium Outlets - Eagan
Replies: 80
Views: 34940

Re: Upscale outlet mall in Eagan

I'm hoping the strip malls on the bottom could also face Cedar Grove Pkwy and not just the parking lot. Is the strip mall going to be at the same level as Cedar Grove Parkway (which currently is at a higher level than the mall site? Or are they going to be lowering Cedar Grove as part of the regrad...
by QuietBlue
October 1st, 2012, 1:31 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Replies: 538
Views: 223371

Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)

I agree that it's more likely that anyone using BRT to get to that area is going to be someone working there. I think most people are going to drive for the reasons already mentioned. Is the idea that most of the traffic entering and leaving the mall is going to be doing so from 13? That would seem ...
by QuietBlue
September 28th, 2012, 2:53 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
Replies: 1660
Views: 222122

Re: Vikings Stadium

I like those. It's the 21st Century; it's past time that our architecture starts looking like it. :)
by QuietBlue
September 28th, 2012, 2:38 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Replies: 538
Views: 223371

Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)

Having Highway 13 and its ramps bisecting Cedar just north of there does make the access hard. After all, it was the realignment of Cedar decades ago that cut off easy access to that portion of Eagan, which led to its decline. I would guess that the station is located where it is due to a lack of sp...
by QuietBlue
September 27th, 2012, 3:12 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Replies: 538
Views: 223371

Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)

I thought at one time I read something about building a platform right on Cedar(basically on the BRT line itself), with a skyway connection to the existing station. But that's pretty pie-in-the-sky, and I can't find any current reference to it either, for that matter. I do think the station will see...
by QuietBlue
September 25th, 2012, 12:39 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Replies: 538
Views: 223371

Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)

Are there "regional connections" at Cedar Grove? Does that mean commuters transferring from Apple Valley / Eagan towards DT St. Paul? If so, why not through-route this BRT on West 7th to St. Paul? There currrently isn't bus service directly to St. Paul from Cedar Grove. The only bus servi...
by QuietBlue
September 14th, 2012, 9:01 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Twin Cities Premium Outlets - Eagan
Replies: 80
Views: 34940

Re: Upscale outlet mall in Eagan

I don't see really dense housing being built near there anytime in the near future. Medium-density housing was part of the plan for the site originally, and one of the reasons it was delayed (and changed) was that there wasn't believed to be sufficient demand. Plus there are already apartment buildi...