urbanMSP

I assume you do the same on eastbound 15th, with the curb lane to sharrow merge there? That merge is the danger zone, so if that's your practice there, it'd make sense to not see it as any more dangerous than the others.

I'll take a full lane on Franklin, but when I do it on 15th, I get very angry drivers. I've been cursed out and people have laid on their horns.

September 1, 2016
The Franklin Avenue Bridge reopened to traffic this afternoon. Pedestrians, bicyclists and motor vehicles can all use the bridge to cross the Mississippi River again.

Accelerated bridge construction techniques were used so construction crews could remove and replace the entire bridge deck in just 17 weeks -- shortening the need for an extended closure and detour.

Significant engineering and construction planning have resulted in a historically accurate, multi-modal bridge deck configuration that will serve bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists well into the future.

Motorists can now enjoy a brand new structural bridge deck across the Franklin Avenue Bridge. Pedestrians and cyclists are able to cross the bridge using the newly constructed -- and separated -- facilities.

While a majority of the work above deck is done, please understand that crews will continue work periodically within one side of the bicycle and pedestrian lanes through the fall. This is to allow under deck restoration efforts to continue.

We appreciate the patience and cooperation of all -- particularly the local neighborhoods and regular users of the bridge. We understand the challenges of the detour and extended work hours during the accelerated schedule.

a street that's even harder to walk/bike along.

Posted this here for the sake of not duplicating threads.

What are folks thoughts on the MnDOT detour of all freeway access traffic from Hennepin/Lyndale down Franklin at the moment? When I first saw they were going to do this I figured they would have tried to mitigate how it would impact the neighborhood. Guess I was overly optimistic. We've got blocks and blocks of backed up traffic (sometimes all the way to Chicago, way-increased noise and pollution, a #2 bus that is now even less reliable than ususal, and a street that's even harder to walk/bike along.

Is there somebody who's responsible for this?

Posted this here for the sake of not duplicating threads.

What are folks thoughts on the MnDOT detour of all freeway access traffic from Hennepin/Lyndale down Franklin at the moment? When I first saw they were going to do this I figured they would have tried to mitigate how it would impact the neighborhood. Guess I was overly optimistic. We've got blocks and blocks of backed up traffic (sometimes all the way to Chicago, way-increased noise and pollution, a #2 bus that is now even less reliable than ususal, and a street that's even harder to walk/bike along.

Is there somebody who's responsible for this?