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- December 8th, 2020, 9:45 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
- Replies: 964
- Views: 364044
Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Wow, that's shockingly terrible and kind of surprising. While it's understandable that good urbanism isn't likely for this location, this seems like the sort of thing that the city hasn't approved in a couple decades. I hope the city is confident enough right now to say no to that specific proposal ...
- December 8th, 2020, 9:41 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Street, Road and Highway Projects
- Replies: 1404
- Views: 642328
Re: Street, Road and Highway Projects
So this thread is so long that I may have missed discussion of the new lower speed limits in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. What are people seeing? I'm noticing people driving a little slower, but much farther over the new speed limit than they were driving over the old speed limit before. The lowered ...
- November 11th, 2020, 11:41 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 576414
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
To misquote Shakespeare, a streetcar by any other name would smell as sweet. The semantics are just that, semantics. Toronto has some "streetcars" that operate more effectively than our "light rail", with their own ROW and nice station amenities. Meanwhile, the St Louis "lig...
- November 3rd, 2020, 3:09 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Dreamland on 38th
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2631
- November 3rd, 2020, 3:07 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Southside - News & General Topics
- Replies: 1102
- Views: 417056
Re: Southside - General Topics
It's my clinic, and the only one very close to there. During the Floyd protests, the neighbors were protecting this because it was the only pharmacy in greater Longfellow not to have been essentially destroyed. I'd love to see a more attractive building, but access to healthcare is way more importan...
- October 29th, 2020, 3:52 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Midtown Greenway Trail [not the transit thread]
- Replies: 108
- Views: 45503
Re: Midtown Greenway Trail [not the transit thread]
There will be several miles of light rail running in the same corridor as freight rail in the very near future, I'm certain they could design a delivery spot somewhere along that. The Southwest tracks will certainly be operational before the 31st Ave S bridge becomes unworkable.
- October 15th, 2020, 10:14 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: D Line - Chicago-Fremont/Emerson Rapid Bus
- Replies: 225
- Views: 83268
Re: D Line - Chicago-Fremont/Emerson Rapid Bus
The House has voted to fund it. Before you crack the domestic non-vintage sparkling wine, wait for the Senate to vote and the governor to sign it. If the Senate passes the bill, it will probably be after significant changes that require the two houses to create a compromise before it goes to the gov...
- October 12th, 2020, 1:33 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 576414
- October 12th, 2020, 8:58 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 576414
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Wow, I've been tracking these projects long enough to know that an opening date of 2033 is realistic, but the fact that they're *already* predicting it that far out seems kind of outrageous. To me this seems like a higher-value line than the [s]Bottineau[/s] Blue Line Extension, and it's less expens...
- October 5th, 2020, 10:19 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Hiawatha-Lake - Minnehaha - Downtown Longfellow
- Replies: 316
- Views: 377914
Re: Hiawatha-Lake - Minnehaha - Downtown Longfellow
It sounds like they're also planning to build a new branch at the 36th and Lake intersection, I bet at the Tim Hortons location?
- September 14th, 2020, 11:19 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1305645
Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)
Just think of what University and Snelling would look like if they'd been this willing to invest in grade separation when Dubya was president.
- September 14th, 2020, 10:54 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1305645
Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)
At least we were primed for the wait by the central corridor, which was also way late with the FFGA -- but not this late. Nice that it finally came through.
- September 13th, 2020, 12:02 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
- Replies: 615
- Views: 1189273
Re: University of Minnesota - General Topics
The Fieldhouse is available to members of the U's rec center whenever it's not in use for IA, but I'm often the only one or one of just a few using it, while the horrible rec track on the upper floor of the main rec center is crowded. I'm not sure if people don't know it's there, or if they're intim...
- September 8th, 2020, 4:23 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 631
- Views: 411780
Re: Amtrak Empire Builder and Intercity Rail to Chicago
Wow, that's terrible. That would move it from barely workable to useless as an actual travel option and make it just a tourist gimmick. My own experience riding it has been that the majority of people I've talked with weren't tourists taking a train ride - they were people getting somewhere, with so...
- June 4th, 2020, 11:20 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: George Floyd murder and aftermath
- Replies: 175
- Views: 85678
Re: George Floyd murder and aftermath
Yeah, based on what we know right now I'm inclined to agree. Frey wasn't up to the task, and was waffling over how to address the crisis. In general I think the governor did pretty well but clearly he, too, underestimated what it was going to take Friday night. All the elected officials were afraid ...
- June 1st, 2020, 12:49 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Hiawatha-Lake - Minnehaha - Downtown Longfellow
- Replies: 316
- Views: 377914
Re: Southside - General Topics
That's good news, glad to hear they're already committing to rebuild. We really need that affordable housing.
- June 1st, 2020, 10:00 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: George Floyd murder and aftermath
- Replies: 175
- Views: 85678
Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
I was shocked to find the Holiday at Hiawatha and 46th had burned. That's way outside the affected areas otherwise. It was also oddly personal because when she was little my daughter always wanted to go there to wash our car because their car wash had an animated rain drop that she thought was cute.
- May 28th, 2020, 9:57 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Hiawatha-Lake - Minnehaha - Downtown Longfellow
- Replies: 316
- Views: 377914
Re: Southside - General Topics
Does anybody know whether the small restaurants - Midori's, Gandhi Mahal, etc. - were damaged? And how about the post office?
- May 11th, 2020, 9:46 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
- Replies: 681
- Views: 334996
Re: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
This signage could be a case study in bad messaging. Please everybody have empathy for other users who may or may not be correctly interpreting the signs and making choices accordingly.
- May 5th, 2020, 3:51 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 631
- Views: 411780
Re: Amtrak Empire Builder and Intercity Rail to Chicago
They'll probably soon be retiring the locomotives purchased contemporaneously with when the original second-train studies began, so they'll even be the same thing originally specified.
[edit to note this is wry humor, not a serious suggestion]
[edit to note this is wry humor, not a serious suggestion]