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- January 23rd, 2024, 10:41 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan
- Replies: 247
- Views: 170545
Re: Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Adam Platt writes in the Strib about the 2040 plan hinging on a transit system the city has zero control over. https://www.startribune.com/the-2040-equation-density-minus-transit-equals-failure/600337693/ 30-minute times come in for big criticism as affecting reduced transit use. Crappy transit will...
- January 22nd, 2024, 10:42 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1318846
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Why am I just now noticing how insanely shortsighted it is that this almost $3B project did not include a trail along the portion of the route stretching from Shady Oak Station to at least Golden Triangle Station, or even better to the end of the line. Among my many points of poor decisions, the el...
- January 18th, 2024, 3:51 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Street, Road and Highway Projects
- Replies: 1407
- Views: 651449
Re: Street, Road and Highway Projects
Minnetonka Blvd (France Ave to TH 100) reconstruction begins Spring 2024. Will take 2 years.
https://content.govdelivery.com/account ... ns/38583fd
https://content.govdelivery.com/account ... ns/38583fd
- January 16th, 2024, 11:28 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Columbia Heights - Hilltop - Fridley - Spring Lake Park
- Replies: 41
- Views: 30593
Re: Columbia Heights - Hilltop - Fridley - Spring Lake Park
Proposal for converting a vacant Medtronic office to housing.
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... pment.html
Seems despite being across the street from a Target, retail is too challenging for drawing traffic.
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... pment.html
Seems despite being across the street from a Target, retail is too challenging for drawing traffic.
- January 11th, 2024, 11:36 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1318846
Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Minnpost dive into a lawsuit over a demotion of an engineer who objected to the change orders being approved by Council staff always ended in line with contractor projections. The engineer was objecting to the submitted costs, such as over estimates of work stoppage. https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2...
- January 10th, 2024, 12:11 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1318846
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
If that was considered I'm guessing it was rejected because of visual blight of the bridge and the need for security fencing so people don't throw stuff onto the tracks or overhead wires. I attended the earliest public meetings where the options were shown including putting the bike trail on a brid...
- January 9th, 2024, 4:54 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Rice Creek Commons (TCAAP site) - Arden Hills
- Replies: 105
- Views: 235606
- January 9th, 2024, 2:49 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1318846
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Just noticed in that old design, coulda had a Penn Ave connecting North to Isles.We could've been a real city:
- January 9th, 2024, 10:45 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1318846
- January 5th, 2024, 10:39 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Plymouth – General Topics
- Replies: 23
- Views: 45796
Plymouth – General Topics
Old offices proposed by Doran for 416 units near Fernbrook and TH55.
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... ffice.html
Seems this is a big deviation from the city’s comp plan for the site in use and density.
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... ffice.html
Seems this is a big deviation from the city’s comp plan for the site in use and density.
- January 5th, 2024, 10:30 am
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Grand Marais
- Replies: 1
- Views: 18030
- January 2nd, 2024, 12:53 pm
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Grand Marais
- Replies: 1
- Views: 18030
Grand Marais
The vacant lot adjacent to Sven and Ole’s has a multi use proposal.
https://wtip.org/proposed-downtown-gran ... nd-zoning/
https://wtip.org/proposed-downtown-gran ... nd-zoning/
- December 26th, 2023, 9:03 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2970
- Views: 760673
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Fascinating video take on the UK’s experiment in privatizing busing (except London).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0DFCVzAEY
Less than 10 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0DFCVzAEY
Less than 10 minutes long.
- December 24th, 2023, 8:21 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Road Geek Topics
- Replies: 295
- Views: 153027
Re: Road Geek Topics
Designing roads to divert rain for agricultural storage and use, rather than diverted into storm water.
https://www.wired.com/story/this-radica ... lly-works/
https://www.wired.com/story/this-radica ... lly-works/
- December 22nd, 2023, 4:27 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
- Replies: 55
- Views: 252746
Re: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
Some people actually think it looks like Somalia's flag? :? Just put them together and you'll see they aren't similar in any way besides both of them having a star. My brother remarked that he felt the tricolor was a knock-off worse version of the Jubaland flag, and that it was clearly borrowed fro...
- December 21st, 2023, 3:01 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
- Replies: 55
- Views: 252746
Re: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
Secondary Meanings : (Interaction between elements) … - The swallowtail/chevron creates an arrow pointing at the North Star when flying horizontally, and when hanging vertically it looks like a waterway disappearing into the distance with the star in the sky above. I can see heads of trolls mad tha...
- December 19th, 2023, 12:20 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Southside - News & General Topics
- Replies: 1102
- Views: 421975
- December 19th, 2023, 11:25 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
- Replies: 55
- Views: 252746
- December 19th, 2023, 9:28 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Video Games
- Replies: 158
- Views: 86799
Re: Video Games
Wild tilt shift video from Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty that makes it look like a stop motion video of tiny models.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj4rdkaK4-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj4rdkaK4-k
- December 18th, 2023, 12:20 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington - General Topics
- Replies: 332
- Views: 143577
Re: Bloomington - General Topics
Near West Bush Lake Road and 494, a vacant site along W. 78th St has a proposed 200 unit plus day care. https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2023/12/15/bloomington-enclave-life-time-apartments-daycare.html In the sliver of Bloomington north of 494. The article says an old Life Time Fitness wa...