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by Suburban Outcast
February 26th, 2016, 5:23 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Northern Lights Express
Replies: 504
Views: 476383

Re: Northern Lights Express

Bonus if the proposed schedule holds up: The Cambridge-Target Field train time is ~7 minutes faster than the drive time without traffic.
I bet that is probably due to 65 being an expressway with multiple stoplights with only a few limited-access interchanges.
by Suburban Outcast
February 13th, 2016, 2:47 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: White Bear Lake-to-Minneapolis Transit Corridor
Replies: 31
Views: 7689

Re: White Bear Corridor

Also, given that 35E's MnPASS lanes are already being extended to County Rd J (NB) and Highway 96 (SB), most people in this area might be more inclined to still drive to downtown Saint Paul from the northern suburbs (I use 35E on my commute and its usually only 10 minutes to downtown even with traff...
by Suburban Outcast
September 5th, 2015, 1:49 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Google Maps, Apple Maps, etc.
Replies: 259
Views: 129826

Re: Google Maps

Looks like Google has updated some of the streets and roads around the cities to July 2015 photos

View of Downtown Minneapolis from 35W over the river
Latitude 45 from Washington Ave
by Suburban Outcast
April 19th, 2015, 10:06 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Video Games
Replies: 158
Views: 73140

Re: Video Games

I like the mods, but I still prefer SimCity 4 a bit more than Cities: Skylines to be honest. SC4 looks more realistic to me, as something about the 3D graphics of the 2013 SimCity and C:S just seem odd to me for some reason. Plus the various demands for stuff like crematoriums gets annoying. I still...
by Suburban Outcast
April 19th, 2015, 2:11 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: The Finn - 735 Cleveland Ave - Edina Realty Development
Replies: 37
Views: 9917

Re: 735 S Cleveland- Edina Realty Redevelopment

Which is a valid point as I'm not the biggest fan of the design either. I just wish the neighborhood opponents would put more focus on the design/appearance of a new development rather than the size of it and parking issues.
by Suburban Outcast
April 18th, 2015, 9:22 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: The Finn - 735 Cleveland Ave - Edina Realty Development
Replies: 37
Views: 9917

Re: 735 S Cleveland- Edina Realty Redevelopment

I have a feeling that parking is still going to be pretty easy in that area. Even when I go to HPB on Ford and their lot is full, there has always been a spot on the street only a block or two away. When most people complain about parking to me, it's usually that they are too lazy to walk a block or...
by Suburban Outcast
March 29th, 2015, 12:52 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1137
Views: 345751

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

Little Canada only has about 2,500 ppsm, but the minimum lot size for new houses ranges from 10,000-11,000 sf. There are always a couple residents that are in opposition when large lots get subdivided. Minnesotans in general just have an aversion to density for some odd reason.
by Suburban Outcast
March 23rd, 2015, 10:17 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
Replies: 1024
Views: 217743

Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image

I don't know. I spent two years working in Loretto. Most of my coworkers were from Buffalo, Montrose and Delano. The amount of racist comments I heard out there was off the charts. When I attended MNSU my freshman year, some guy from Delano thought Little Canada was "so ghetto" when I tol...
by Suburban Outcast
March 22nd, 2015, 5:43 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
Replies: 1024
Views: 217743

Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image

You can always play the "Twin Cities Edition" of Monopoly (I think from the 90s) that is now full of defunct or renamed businesses (Minnegasco, National City Bank, Dayton's, etc.). http://monopolytraveler.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Twin-Cities-Board.jpg http://monopolytraveler.com/blog/wp...
by Suburban Outcast
February 1st, 2015, 4:23 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Super Talls
Replies: 106
Views: 16178

Re: Super Talls

by Suburban Outcast
January 31st, 2015, 2:00 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Forum Etiquette
Replies: 219
Views: 26892

Re: Forum Etiquette

Honestly, some of the discussions on the forum and streets.mn in general are off-putting to me due to condescending tones. It has lead me to become more apathetic towards urban planning in general. I have gradually focused towards getting GIS-based jobs over the planning field (although they can go ...
by Suburban Outcast
November 14th, 2014, 10:14 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Nord Haus - 315 1st Ave NE (208' - 20 Stories)
Replies: 617
Views: 132928

Re: Superior Plating site

I think the 17-story tower is adequate for now. Something of this scale would be nice on the block where Surdyk's currently is, whenever that could ever be developed (I assume a very long time).
by Suburban Outcast
October 23rd, 2014, 12:31 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
Replies: 952
Views: 219604

Re: Northstar Commuter Rail

Between the 850 and 852 (expresses from Foley) there are 37 AM rush hour departures to Minneapolis, dropping off on Marquette. There are 5 AM Northstar departures to Minneapolis, dropping off in the North Loop. Which one would you take? Honestly the train if it fit my schedule. I've found trains to...
by Suburban Outcast
October 21st, 2014, 9:14 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
Replies: 952
Views: 219604

Re: Northstar Commuter Rail

They should at least have the Foley Blvd station be built, which would transfer some of the park and ride commuter ridership from bus to rail. While there wouldn't be a massive improvement in travel time switching from the express buses, it still doesn't make sense that Northstar goes by the largest...
by Suburban Outcast
October 17th, 2014, 9:16 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 2909
Views: 692498

Re: Public Transit News and Happenings

I always see a "mini bus" around Rosedale. I think it is an 87. Makes me laugh every time. It looks half the size of a regular bus. It's the 87 that goes down Cleveland, I took it for a semester to the U's Saint Paul Campus in 2012 when Rosedale still had a P&R lot. It's not bad, but ...
by Suburban Outcast
October 16th, 2014, 4:38 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
Replies: 733
Views: 337525

Re: Rush Line Corridor (Alternatives Analysis)

The density just isn't there and given the 35E expansion, I doubt this will ever come into fruition except maybe a fancier express bus. WBL is dense for an eastern suburb, but it's still less dense than Robbinsdale or SLP. Maplewood really isn't too dense either; if WBL's downtown was where Maplewoo...
by Suburban Outcast
September 28th, 2014, 3:20 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
Replies: 952
Views: 219604

Re: Northstar Commuter Rail

Even with the high speed, you have to factor in the actual average speed the train will go. I just came back from UMD from a symposium on Friday and it took me less than 2 hours to get to Vadnais Heights (though yes I was speeding). Even if the train's max speed goes faster than my car, I can still ...
by Suburban Outcast
September 28th, 2014, 2:34 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Google Maps, Apple Maps, etc.
Replies: 259
Views: 129826

Re: Google Maps

I noticed that there are some August 2014 street views available along I-94 east of downtown Minneapolis and around the metro (such as Hwy 13 in Prior Lake), and I assume more locations will be uploaded in the near future.
by Suburban Outcast
September 28th, 2014, 8:37 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
Replies: 2909
Views: 446467

Re: Downtown East Project (Ryan Companies / Wells Fargo)

Probably the architectural features of the development for the next couple months which will lead to more arguing since everyone has different tastes, while within that time period somebody will get offended by a condescending post and then will leave the site. And then the cycle restarts with anoth...
by Suburban Outcast
September 24th, 2014, 7:28 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: St. Cloud Airport
Replies: 19
Views: 4460

Re: St. Cloud Airport

My uncle and aunt who live north of Sartell did a roundtrip to Dublin last month from the St Cloud airport via O'Hare and Toronto to Dublin, and then via Newark and O'Hare; getting there they did alright, but their flight to O'Hare from Newark got cancelled and they ended up flying straight to MSP t...