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by eazydp
May 22nd, 2023, 10:36 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034475

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

If you live in the service area Metro Transit micro is another option if you want to live car free.
TIL. This is a really cool service. I'd love for a Southside equivalent.
by eazydp
November 10th, 2022, 8:48 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: D Line - Chicago-Fremont/Emerson Rapid Bus
Replies: 225
Views: 75962

Re: D Line - Chicago-Fremont/Emerson Rapid Bus

D line opening on December 3rd, very exciting as this is my local line. I do appreciate how the stations have made the nodes on Chicago feel slightly more like an urban street car line again. The real time tracking screens are lit up.
by eazydp
June 2nd, 2022, 3:07 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
Replies: 615
Views: 1135103

Re: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics

As a large fan of both Sterb's AND the Korean Restaurant/Norebang (next to the fire station), I would be devastated to lose the businesses. Ideally they could be preserved, at least Sterb's. I fully agree that Oak/Washington screams so loudly for more dense development, that it is inevitable. I like...
by eazydp
June 2nd, 2022, 2:47 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034475

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

My experience with the cycle tracks has been mixed... If I am understanding the definition correctly. Basically the sidewalk extends and has a different paint color, so the bike route is on the sidewalk edge. Things I like: they are more permanent; more difficult for a car to block or drive in/on. T...
by eazydp
November 27th, 2021, 9:07 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Northern Lights Express
Replies: 510
Views: 497570

Re: Northern Lights Express

Does it mean we can contact our local/state/us politicians to use encourage them to apply the funds to NLX?
by eazydp
April 18th, 2019, 10:23 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: A Line - Arterial Rapid Bus
Replies: 477
Views: 70682

Re: A Line - Arterial Rapid Bus

46, the route I love and hate. I have lived in it's range for 10 years, yet 3/4 of the time I try to use it I end up either walking or finding an alternative due to the 30 minute frequency. It's so painful because it's such a convenient route to Blue line and the 54/future Riverside. There is a larg...
by eazydp
January 17th, 2019, 10:13 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: We have 30 Days of Biking; why not 30 Days of Transit?
Replies: 5
Views: 1675

Re: We have 30 Days of Biking; why not 30 Days of Transit?

As a parent, take your kids! They love riding the bus or the train. It's super exciting for them and others on the bus/train love it too. Plus you're molding a future multi-modal champion. I fully agree that a sporting event (or similar major event) is one of the best motivators to attempt transit f...
by eazydp
December 16th, 2018, 8:55 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Hiawatha-Lake - Minnehaha - Downtown Longfellow
Replies: 316
Views: 356930

Re: Hi-Lake - Minnehaha Mall (Target/Cub) - Downtown Longfellow

Aldi (which owns TJ's) and Aldi Süd is kind of like Fleet Farm vs. Farm and Fleet. Although FF was never a single entity as Aldi once was. I think Aldi is great. It's the same 'sell our own label' model as TJ's with less organics and cheaper costs. Just bring your own bags and coins for a cart.
by eazydp
March 30th, 2018, 12:43 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034475

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

I spent a year and a half living on a busy one-way street in a dense neighborhood of Munich. It was a city with about 4-5 times the bikers of Minneapolis and facilities that were a bit better, but attainable in a few years compared to say, Amsterdam. My experience there can probably foreshadow the f...
by eazydp
March 30th, 2018, 12:33 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Northern Lights Express
Replies: 510
Views: 497570

Re: Northern Lights Express

I have to admit, I didn't think this project would still have legs. We should start issuing some betting lines on a completion vs non-completion and maybe even open up the finish year/month pools.
by eazydp
June 24th, 2017, 7:06 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034475

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

Sharrows are the worst, enough said.

I would rate the mini-roundabout on Bike Blvds as my favorite relatively low cost improvement.
by eazydp
June 24th, 2017, 7:04 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
Replies: 887
Views: 136034

Re: Nicollet-Central Streetcar

After this disastrously long Nicollet re-do, it's going to take a long time for the DT businesses to get motivated to lose their street for another few years for a street car. I hope this happens in my lifetime though!
by eazydp
April 29th, 2017, 1:19 am
Forum: Cities Around the World
Topic: Seoul
Replies: 1
Views: 847

Re: Seoul

I also lived in South Korea about a decade ago. It was in a small town on the southern coast with about 300k residents, Yeosu. It had a halfway decent transit system, but the area was quite sprawling. It was 1,000 won (~$1) per trip with no transfers. You could indeed get access to nearly the entire...
by eazydp
July 3rd, 2015, 9:01 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Highlight Center (Old MPS Headquarters) - 807 Broadway St NE
Replies: 10
Views: 5959

Re: Highlight Center (Old MPS Headquarters) - 807 Broadway S

Sport Ngin moved in this week. Very cool repurposing of the original materials and features on the interior of what had been kind of a 60s dystopian bureaucratic nightmare interior (think drop panel ceilings and elementary school like finishes). A brewery called Able Brewing is also moving in to the...
by eazydp
May 17th, 2015, 8:49 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034475

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

Chicago Ave bicycle lane striping was happening south of Lake St today. They are striping it from Lake to 46th, and then there are already lanes south of 46th a ways.
YES! I had no idea but this is so needed, yay!
by eazydp
March 10th, 2015, 10:01 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Fiber Internet and TV Services, Cord Cutting
Replies: 659
Views: 107551

Re: Minneapolis Fiber

Field... so close to Hale!
by eazydp
June 3rd, 2014, 8:52 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
Replies: 1597
Views: 355033

Re: Green Line (Central Corridor LRT)

As mentioned above, I caught a wrapped train advertisement for some UMN program. I'd imagine that is going to be a popular choice given the prominence to/from campus.

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by eazydp
May 23rd, 2014, 10:41 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034475

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

I hope we all enjoyed the 2 weeks of a "continuous" bike path on the East Bank. They have now shut down the bike path section between The Mall/Church Street for some sort of construction and detoured biked onto the scholars walk. They posted even larger signs that it's illegal to bike on t...
by eazydp
May 19th, 2014, 10:46 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034475

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

Refuge islands rock. Yes. The 17th Ave Bike way aka the Southern Bike connection did nearly everything right which 40th St did wrong. The refuge islands on 42nd and 46th are a fantastic experience on a bike. These need to become the default. The only issue is sometimes cross bound traffic get confu...
by eazydp
May 9th, 2014, 9:21 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Apartment Building Names
Replies: 15
Views: 1759

Re: Apartment Building Names

Since my topic name was mod-hammered I wanted to address The The is a reference to the best/hipsterest band name ever. Actual Wolf is a close second. If I were making an apartment building, that would be the name I choose. The The. In fact, as a home owner, I now deem my home "The The", so...