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by Mdcastle
March 25th, 2024, 4:45 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1246799

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

I'd say building the tracks on the biggest infrastructure project in the state in the wrong place is a bigger deal than someone sneezing on a train.
by Mdcastle
March 22nd, 2024, 6:56 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1246799

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Building the tracks in the wrong place is a "minor error?"
by Mdcastle
March 1st, 2024, 1:29 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Replies: 1194
Views: 553790

Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar

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So the difference in capital costs for doing streetcar vs ABRT is approximately 18-20 ABRT routes? What are we doing here?
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St. Paul doesn't want to see people leaving the airport for downtown Minneapolis on real trains and to downtown St. Paul on nothing but buses.
by Mdcastle
March 1st, 2024, 8:42 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Southdale Area - Edina
Replies: 797
Views: 242946

Re: Southdale Area - Edina

There's a market for new suburban office space?
by Mdcastle
February 18th, 2024, 7:55 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburban Malls and Associated Retail News
Replies: 227
Views: 165667

Re: Suburban Malls and Associated Retail News

Kind of wonder if Hy-Vee is going to pull out of this market entirely, since they haven't shown any inclination to keep expanding to establish themselves.
by Mdcastle
February 16th, 2024, 4:33 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
Replies: 219
Views: 85123

Re: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development

So, how did it work out with the city squandering the money of hard-working taxpayers trying to get "just a normal city" there?
by Mdcastle
February 14th, 2024, 11:03 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
Replies: 219
Views: 85123

Re: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development

https://www.startribune.com/a-grocery-store-was-supposed-to-make-a-neighborhood-near-the-mall-of-america-it-closed-in-less-than-four-months/600343491/ Strib article. Seems Bloomington city management had a really niave and iddyllic vision of creating their idea of an urban utopia from scratch and ar...
by Mdcastle
February 6th, 2024, 9:08 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Introductions
Replies: 160
Views: 71168

Re: Introductions

I absolutely love the suburbs and despise the city, but I share your obsession with street lights, and have a personal collection of street lights and traffic signals.
by Mdcastle
February 6th, 2024, 12:00 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
Replies: 516
Views: 173145

Re: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail

If the idea is to get funding for stuff as oppossed to actually getting stuff that's feasible or useful, maybe we could offer grants for digging ditches and then filling them in.
by Mdcastle
February 4th, 2024, 10:20 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
Replies: 516
Views: 173145

Re: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail

Citizens in Bloomington have been raising questions about the city manager before.
by Mdcastle
January 22nd, 2024, 3:34 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 2909
Views: 701274

Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)

So, why would a card have to be contactless to have it work on a bus? Swiping it worked just fine everywhere else, including vending machines of the era.
by Mdcastle
January 22nd, 2024, 11:51 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 2909
Views: 701274

Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)

Considering everyone had a credit card and cellular techology was everywhere even back in 2004, why did they buy a system that couldn't accept credit cards on the buses?
by Mdcastle
January 17th, 2024, 11:54 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Columbia Heights - Hilltop - Fridley - Spring Lake Park
Replies: 41
Views: 25354

Re: Columbia Heights - Hilltop - Fridley - Spring Lake Park

Not really sure what you'd put there. Seems to small for a big box or destination type retailer, no visibility from Central for a restaraunt, any new construction would be too expensive for small locally owned shops. Also wonder when Menards is going to get around to rebuilding that super-weird store.
by Mdcastle
January 17th, 2024, 8:58 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
Replies: 733
Views: 345405

Re: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)

If we were going to build Hwy 36 BRT it might have been nice to make plans before we built a dozen new bridges along it in the past decade or so.
by Mdcastle
January 16th, 2024, 12:52 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
Replies: 733
Views: 345405

Re: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)

So, how many dedicated lanes do the Red and Orange Line have?
by Mdcastle
January 14th, 2024, 12:50 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1246799

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Yeah, the original intent of MN 280 was to connect the expressway stub of what is now CSAH 25 to the Midway area via the Greenway, bypassing congestion downtown, the southwest suburbs being rapidly growing at the time and the Midway being a lot more important as a job center than it is now. The Gree...
by Mdcastle
December 21st, 2023, 9:19 pm
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
Replies: 55
Views: 239692

Re: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn

Shrugs. This conservative doesn't read into anything about the colors or orientation of the flag, and thinks the whole "it looks like Somalia" thing is a bunch of malarky. It's certainly better than the current one. Maybe I'll actually get a flagpole put up in front of my house this spring.
by Mdcastle
December 21st, 2023, 7:58 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Valleyfair - Shakopee
Replies: 54
Views: 37411

Re: Valleyfair - Shakopee

Saw a report on the site formerly known as Twitter that "Lakeshore Landing" was razed and there's that perennial "B&M Invert" rumor is popping up again for 2026. This was the former Dinos Alive ticket booth / gift shop, after it sitting vacant for a few years they tried renti...
by Mdcastle
December 16th, 2023, 9:11 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Replies: 1291
Views: 813267

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market

Target can't be left out in wasting workers time and money and increasing carbon emissions.
by Mdcastle
December 15th, 2023, 7:28 pm
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
Replies: 55
Views: 239692

Re: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn

This was my second choice after the sort of North Star Flag although I wish they'd use a darker shade of green.

I don't have strong opinions on the variations other than I feel green should be included to represent the land and forests.