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- March 14th, 2023, 10:07 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1759
- Views: 981786
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Wasn't one of the big takeaways of the original Blue line and Green line that it's better to run trains down the middle of roads rather than on the side? And if so, why do we have so much side running rail in these plans? I can't tell from the plans -- are they still proposing to cross the 7th St/6t...
- March 9th, 2023, 10:10 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5275
- Views: 1255494
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
For what it's worth, the argument went that should buy the railroad so that TC&W wouldn't be a stumbling block in negotiations, not that they would shut it down. They could have done the necessary reroutes and then resold it to a private company as-is, or hired somebody to operate it on their be...
- March 9th, 2023, 9:42 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Transit Crime
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1025400
- March 6th, 2023, 10:02 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
- Replies: 1138
- Views: 354189
Re: Suburbs - General Topics
The excursion train thread reminded me that at one point the Renaissance Festival was supposed to be relocating, due to their lease with the quarry around them ending. A little googling found their new proposed location outside of Jordan, but then radio silence. Did I miss that they were able to som...
- February 22nd, 2023, 4:31 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5275
- Views: 1255494
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
That fairly pronounced path that cuts down along the side of the bluff -- anybody know the story behind that? It seems too deliberate just to be a desire path.
- February 22nd, 2023, 3:00 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: North Loop Green - 350/360 N 5th St - 35 stories - 393'/418'
- Replies: 203
- Views: 163788
Re: North Loop Green - Hines - 350 N 5th St(?) - 35 stories - 393'/418'
It's stupid, but I'm sure the issue is that if they make any improvements that encourage people to cross here, and then somebody crosses and gets run over by a train, they'll be liable.
- February 22nd, 2023, 2:56 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5275
- Views: 1255494
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
It may be a pipe dream, but I think there's still a decent chance that the Bassett Creek Valley station will eventually be surrounded by some pretty dense TOD.
- February 17th, 2023, 3:04 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Roseville / Rosedale - General Topics
- Replies: 166
- Views: 87407
Re: Roseville / Rosedale - General Topics
Has anybody seen any updates on the big redevelopment project at Roseville?
- February 13th, 2023, 6:00 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: 2023-24 Minnesota Legislature
- Replies: 68
- Views: 33350
- February 7th, 2023, 1:11 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Street, Road and Highway Projects
- Replies: 1392
- Views: 610124
Re: Street, Road and Highway Projects
The City and County are making plans to reconstruct the 1st Avenue S, 10th Avenue S, Nicollet Avenue S and Pillsbury Avenue S Bridges over the Midtown Greenway.
Source.
Source.
- February 7th, 2023, 10:47 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: 200 Central (2019) - 293' / 27 Stories
- Replies: 72
- Views: 89746
Re: 200 Central (2019) - 293' / 27 Stories
Yeah, they're apparently planning to access the city's Inclusionary Zoning TIF money to fund the project, which requires meeting higher levels of affordability.
- February 7th, 2023, 10:30 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Freight Rail News and Happenings
- Replies: 247
- Views: 124958
Re: Freight Rail News and Happenings
I don't think there's anything that precludes the railroad and the city from entering into a binding contract, though, if both were willing parties. In other words, if the city (with mostly other people's money) offers to build new storage track that is attractive to the railroad, they could sign a ...
- February 6th, 2023, 10:08 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Freight Rail News and Happenings
- Replies: 247
- Views: 124958
Re: Freight Rail News and Happenings
Looks like there are some very large, expensive houses directly impacted by this, which may explain why it's a priority.
- February 2nd, 2023, 3:46 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1800
- Views: 1039142
- February 2nd, 2023, 11:05 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis LRT Tunnel Discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 22136
Re: Downtown Minneapolis LRT Tunnel Discussion
I'd argue that Hennepin and Nicollet should be consolidated anyway, but the problem remains dipping down quickly enough to not sever First Avenue. In theory, it's maybe doable -- about 400' of run between First and Second to drop about 20' puts you at a 5% grade, which I think is towards the upper e...
- January 30th, 2023, 4:34 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis LRT Tunnel Discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 22136
Re: Downtown Minneapolis LRT Tunnel Discussion
Lots of people talk about how the Minneapolis geology is ideal for tunneling, but that's only true if you're looking at a very deep tunnel that cuts through the sandstone beneath the Platteville limestone cap. This isn't really feasible for an LRT tunnel that would require long, expensive elevators ...
- January 26th, 2023, 10:37 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis LRT Tunnel Discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 22136
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
As somebody who almost never rides LRT into downtown, how bad is the problem actually ? And how much is it an operational problem that some dedicated tweaking of traffic signals and maybe supervision of station operations, or maybe stop consolidation, could fix? While the idea of a downtown tunnel s...
- January 25th, 2023, 1:42 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
- Replies: 1432
- Views: 485711
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
There is a much more offensive and developable parking lot right across the street, so priorities.
- January 25th, 2023, 11:03 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
- Replies: 1432
- Views: 485711
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
Yeah, unless they can relocate the substation, that lot is undevelopable.
- January 23rd, 2023, 2:53 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis LRT Tunnel Discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 22136
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
I think you're correct. That said, right now for trains departing from Target Field, they're able to tightly control departure times since it's the terminal station, meaning that (at least for trains heading east) they're able to ensure proper spacing. That would no longer be the case, when in the f...