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by HuskyGrad
March 15th, 2024, 8:33 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Replies: 681
Views: 305595

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

If any of these had to be dropped for budget considerations, I don't think the improvements at "Area I" are that critical. A "nice to have", sure, but some of the ped-bike (and bike-bike) conflicts there could be improved with some striping alterations and signs asking people to...
by HuskyGrad
February 16th, 2024, 10:26 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
Replies: 952
Views: 219544

Re: Northstar Commuter Rail

by HuskyGrad
January 27th, 2024, 4:05 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 2909
Views: 692134

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. I'm truly not aware of any transit system that implemented swipe to pay via credit card board moving vehicles. I don't think Cubic or any other m...
by HuskyGrad
January 22nd, 2024, 6:33 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1219581

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. I offer the ending at Golden Triangle because ...
by HuskyGrad
December 2nd, 2023, 6:59 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Xcel Energy Center
Replies: 54
Views: 105799

Re: Xcel Energy Center

Hmmm.. I'm torn over the public having to put so much money into stadiums. On one hand I have Timberwolves season tickets, enjoy a Twins game every once in awhile and have seen the Vikings play at U.S. Bank. On the other hand Glen Taylor sold the Timberwolves franchise for $1.5 billion. He could ha...
by HuskyGrad
November 27th, 2023, 9:25 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
Replies: 615
Views: 1080752

Re: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics

Guess they're prepping to get started on the East Gateway project. I had completely forgotten about it.
Burger King going to stay open until they get demolished?
by HuskyGrad
November 6th, 2023, 6:53 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
Replies: 625
Views: 383093

Re: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Great River (TCMC)

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231107/59c7789110c622253aafd09735ce1224.jpg I thought it might be worthwhile to build a station over Central Avenue here. Then in the future you could build light rail up Central or if they wanted to build a branch line to the St. Paul Campus and Fairground they c...
by HuskyGrad
September 28th, 2023, 10:31 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
Replies: 33
Views: 69406

Re: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center

We could replace it with our very own CopenHill.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49877318


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by HuskyGrad
September 2nd, 2023, 2:48 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1000800

Bicycle Infrastructure

This is just a random thought I had recently but does anyone else kinda feel like places to park/lock you bike is starting to fall behind our current levels of infrastructure? (Obviously we still could do more in terms of paths and protected lanes, just in comparison). I had a little first hand exp...
by HuskyGrad
August 2nd, 2023, 8:46 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 2909
Views: 692134

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

A friend of mine took a video of themselves riding the D line. I was surprised to see that the buses were not the branded rapid transit buses, but instead the older metro transit articulated buses. Are they not using the branded buses for all the BRT lines? Is there a supply chain problems causing ...
by HuskyGrad
July 23rd, 2023, 3:17 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1219581

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Recent drone update for the whole corridor.

https://youtu.be/neKcEGXFbZ4
by HuskyGrad
July 7th, 2023, 8:50 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
Replies: 33
Views: 69406

Re: North Loop Neighborhood

I guess shoving waste into the ground in a landfill is better than burning it and getting heat and electricity from it, greatly compacting the size, and recovering the metal from it. I’m curious how the additional emissions from transporting to a non-central location compares to those from HERC tod...
by HuskyGrad
April 3rd, 2023, 2:08 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Replies: 1194
Views: 545472

Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar

I made a mental health decision to stop caring about this project years ago because I had said my piece and it was clear how this effort would ultimately end up. Still, plenty of people have good reason to be frustrated about the years that were wasted on an obviously infeasible plan. However, peop...
by HuskyGrad
March 14th, 2023, 12:01 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Replies: 1749
Views: 951493

Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT

When are we going to admit that we're just bad at designing light rail? I'm not sure that we're bad at design it light rail. It's more that the constraints levied by stakeholders, federal requirements, and budgetary pressures can lead to poor projects. As an agency I do feel Met Council puts more v...
by HuskyGrad
March 9th, 2023, 10:47 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1219581

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 b...
by HuskyGrad
March 8th, 2023, 3:22 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1219581

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

single-tracking LRT for <1 mile TriMet is currently adding a second track where the decision was made to single track two segments of the Red Line that opened in 2001. It continually caused operational issues that is now being rectified. Single track should be avoided at all costs and if it you mus...
by HuskyGrad
March 8th, 2023, 11:14 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1000800

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

Evie has a whole fleet of cars sitting at the old amtrak depot. Wonder what they are waiting for getting them in service? maybe there are tracking parts that are on back order.
Maybe it's related to the Bolt battery replacement program.
by HuskyGrad
February 23rd, 2023, 10:22 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1219581

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

But seriously, is there no plan to make a direct trail connection here? It's all county owned and would be a great connection for residents and park users. https://i.imgur.com/h7KhacC.png https://i.imgur.com/TPeNunO.png That trail should be built, and then someone should convert the kenwood water t...
by HuskyGrad
February 22nd, 2023, 3:02 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1219581

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

There are going to be three really low ridership stops on the Mpls portion of the SWLRT, but the Bassett Creek Valley Station and Bryn Mawr Station bug me more than the 21st Street Station for two reasons. It would be nice to have a understanding of what happens to buses once SWLRT starting up. But...
by HuskyGrad
February 21st, 2023, 11:34 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1219581

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Is it too late to switch to the 3C….. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I am guessing there would have been a LOT more tunnels and unexpected impediments if they had gone route 3c... Like maybe yeah, but it would have been worth it. The tunnel in Kenwood is to appease NIMBYs and the ridership at 2...