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by phop
August 15th, 2023, 2:00 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 999478

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

Como avenue in Minneapolis has this for about a mile on the north side of the street, and it has held up a lot better than the asphalt bike lane in terms of ride quality.
by phop
June 29th, 2023, 9:16 am
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
Replies: 430
Views: 142027

Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion

Didn't Jenkins vote for the proposal?
by phop
June 28th, 2023, 3:46 pm
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
Replies: 430
Views: 142027

Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion

The meeting was also originally scheduled in an attempt to avoid the holiday. It all feels messier and much less politically salacious than some are trying to claim.
by phop
April 26th, 2023, 10:01 am
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Minneapolis Street Design
Replies: 45
Views: 47970

Re: Minneapolis Street Design

3rd snowiest winter in recorded history is also not going to happen very often. In my opinion, it makes perfect sense to have emergency plowing/parking plans for such a winter rather than design the street for a rare occurrence. That said, I also think the new public works modifications are a fair c...
by phop
March 3rd, 2023, 10:53 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: 2725 University Ave - U Garden Site
Replies: 9
Views: 8865

Re: 2725 University Ave - U Garden Site

This is on the March 6th planning agenda. CPED is recommending denial of all their variances.
by phop
February 22nd, 2023, 7:45 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1218607

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

I could see Bassett Creek having a good deal more ridership than 21st or Bryn Mawr simply because it's in walking distance of Dunwoody and the Sculpture Garden/Walker.
by phop
February 11th, 2023, 9:54 am
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: Metropolitan Council
Replies: 178
Views: 56219

Re: Metropolitan Council

Is this a Kenwood signalling bill or is he actually going to try and get these passed? Giving this power to MnDOT just seems like a clearly bad idea considering that the state DOT is subject to political whims that extend beyond the metro area.
by phop
January 19th, 2023, 3:57 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Transit Crime
Replies: 280
Views: 997703

Re: Transit Crime

There just has to be zero tolerance for hard drugs on transit specifically. This is a problem with pretty manageable bounds. Simply remove the ones actively using drugs from the vehicles. Keep doing it until people get the message.
by phop
January 12th, 2023, 10:26 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Transit Crime
Replies: 280
Views: 997703

Re: Transit Crime

Smoking (of any kind) on transit puts the health of transit-dependent users in danger. It's gotten to the point where this might need to be considered a more severe offense and people participating should be locked up. If you're going to do it, do it away from other people.
by phop
November 10th, 2022, 9:50 am
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: Minnesota Redistricting 2022
Replies: 57
Views: 20426

Re: Minnesota Redistricting 2022

I would also love to see a comprehensive package specifically addressing public worker shortages (mostly transit focused, but policing too, etc).
by phop
October 20th, 2022, 5:17 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
Replies: 1432
Views: 472383

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News

Doing this is not a great business move, so it seems obvious that they were dealing with pretty severe theft for them to make this decision. Not crimes of necessity but more theft ring type behavior.
by phop
May 6th, 2022, 6:40 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1218607

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Every date there other than the Kenilworth trail just seems nonsensical. If the tunnel is what's going to take the longest time, then what exactly is going to be the hold up with opening the other trails?
by phop
April 19th, 2022, 9:49 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 2909
Views: 691819

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

Logically, scientifically there's definitely an argument for no mandate, but this decision does feel pretty absurd given that we are still taking off our shoes at airports over 20 years later for even less defensible reasons. That kind of theater is no longer really culture war coded though, so we'r...
by phop
March 24th, 2022, 9:33 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
Replies: 221
Views: 78149

Re: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections

The U of M has (or had) thousands of international students pre-pandemic.
by phop
March 24th, 2022, 9:02 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
Replies: 221
Views: 78149

Re: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections

Officials at the Metropolitan Council, the regional planning agency, say they are studying the new data, but they believe their own population estimates to be released in July will be higher. "We think our population estimates will look different based on development trends," said Met Cou...
by phop
February 18th, 2022, 1:48 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: The Standard at Dinkytown - 515 15th Ave SE - 17 stories / 195'
Replies: 25
Views: 19925

Re: The Standard at Dinkytown - 515 15th Ave SE - 17 stories / 195'

Given how busy this stretch of bike lanes is during the school year, I think changing that aspect should be a must for the project.
by phop
February 11th, 2022, 10:09 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1218607

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Ah, didn't know that, interesting!
by phop
February 10th, 2022, 12:05 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1218607

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

The Met Council has managed 2 light rail projects to completion and MnDot 0, what am I missing here (re: Dibble's response)? Perhaps MnDot would still do a better job, but the fact is they have no experience with light rail transit.
by phop
February 9th, 2022, 7:27 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1218607

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Bid for legislators to have a tiny bit more oversight over the project? I also don't get it, seems like just asking for more bureaucratic/political nonsense. That's also a good point about Hennepin County. How is this going to protect Hennepin's very substantial contribution to the pot?