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- October 1st, 2019, 7:10 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
- Replies: 466
- Views: 58577
Re: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
The highway 52 route was picked for political reasons more than geometric reasons. The official Zip Rail study was paused during the alternatives analysis phase - technically a route hasn't been selected.
- September 24th, 2019, 10:37 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Richfield - General Topics - 66th Street
- Replies: 213
- Views: 26700
Re: Richfield - General Topics - 66th Street
How about commercial rent control and some kind of right-of-first-refusal for commercial tenets like these? We could be getting new housing density while preserving the commercial density we already have. MN only pre-empts residential rent control in statute 471.9996.
- September 24th, 2019, 10:27 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Regional Water Resources (Aquifers, Rivers, Lakes)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3121
Re: Regional Water Resources (Aquifers, Rivers, Lakes)
What’s the alternative? Asking earnestly. Buying them out and forcing these houses off your tax rolls seems no cheaper/better. Depends. How long will it take the property taxes from the 2-3 dozen single family homes around Twin Lake to pay for the $70,000 in expenses from this event? And how often ...
- September 20th, 2019, 12:54 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Crime
- Replies: 174
- Views: 17432
Re: Crime
If we want to fight crime, then we need to fight the causes of crime: poverty and segregation. Having more police officers doesn't address either of those.
- July 27th, 2019, 6:23 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2337
- Views: 237983
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
I appreciate that they're extending the span of service on the 64. :D (ignore the 3 peak trips that are cut. :( ) ROUTE 64 • Select trips will be extended for earlier morning service to Maplewood Mall and North St. Paul on weekends, plus a later weekday trip from Maplewood Mall leaving at 12:21 a.m....
- July 24th, 2019, 8:50 pm
- Forum: Cities Around the World
- Topic: New York City
- Replies: 130
- Views: 15114
Re: New York City
This is fantastic. Now we just need a lawsuit that forces the construction of sidewalks and ramps throughout the 7 county Twin Cities area. :D https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/454368-judge-approves-new-york-agreement-to-install-wheelchair-ramps-at-all The agreement will require pedestrian ra...
- July 19th, 2019, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Former West Publishing / County Jail development site
- Replies: 134
- Views: 26861
Re: Former West Publishing / County Jail development site
Reminds me a bit of the freeway cap in Duluth.
- July 12th, 2019, 1:31 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2337
- Views: 237983
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Now we just need lake street to be on that list. Fantastic to have movement on dedicated bus lanes.
- July 10th, 2019, 9:20 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Local Labor Actions
- Replies: 0
- Views: 602
Local Labor Actions
Here's a fun new topic. How about the Prime Day strike this coming week? This is one of the best articles on it.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... our-pledge
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... our-pledge
- June 26th, 2019, 3:27 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville - General Topics
- Replies: 84
- Views: 13239
Re: Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville - General Topics
Tower crane went up in the last couple weeks at the approximate site of the future high-rise hotel at the Viking Lakes project in Eagan. I could make out a Kraus-Anderson trailer. Eagan permits don't seem to indicate a tower being constructed yet (wasn't even sure it was approved). Anyone know anyt...
- June 19th, 2019, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bottineau LRT (Blue Line Extension)
- Replies: 1023
- Views: 115575
Re: Bottineau LRT (Blue Line Extension)
Would be nice to use the West Broadway streetcar alignment between Robbinsdale and downtown (before going out to Brooklyn Park). It skips the Railroad bs and provides good crosstown & radial transit service instead. Just gotta get from the original blue line to Washington ave somehow to serve the no...
- June 14th, 2019, 6:11 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Road Geek Topics
- Replies: 267
- Views: 33850
Re: Road Geek Topics
Who do we need to lobby to get a (permanent?) traffic enforcement campaign at this specific intersection? It would only take like 1-2 cops to go car to car writing tickets for blocking the box.
- June 6th, 2019, 3:25 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Hillcrest golf course redevelopment site
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3042
Re: Hillcrest golf course redevelopment site
The "future land use" for this site in the 2040 land use map was nearly entirely single family homes, with a tiny "business node" on larpentuer. I grew up near here, and would hate that result. Hopefully that is just a placeholder, but unless we push elected officials and organize to make it happen ...
- May 28th, 2019, 10:32 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Tunnels!
- Replies: 99
- Views: 10879
Re: Tunnels!
The only "hyperloop" thing that could ever be feasible would be sticking some kind of HSR or Maglev in a vacuum tube to eliminate air resistance (perhaps for only part of a journey). And if he wants the boring company to be viable, it should be focusing on making tunnel boring for subways more affor...
- May 21st, 2019, 3:26 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: D Line - Chicago-Fremont/Emerson Rapid Bus
- Replies: 159
- Views: 15585
Re: D Line - Chicago-Fremont/Emerson Rapid Bus
I get the frustration of a bus stopping ahead of you when driving. It's also frustrating when your bus stops to pick up/drop off people, and cars don't let it back in, refusing to yield. Transit riders can't avoid those cars failing to yield, but cars can take an alternate route.
- May 17th, 2019, 7:10 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2337
- Views: 237983
Re: Public Transit News and Current Happenings
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/16/724145472/trump-administration-cancels-nearly-1-billion-in-california-high-speed-rail-fund Trump Administration Cancels Nearly $1 Billion In California High Speed Rail Funding Can/will the feds successfully pull back the money? If they do, would that mean $1B or even $...
- May 15th, 2019, 3:28 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)
- Replies: 4470
- Views: 406436
Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)
If we were to build (or if we built) our light rail system mostly in a series of cut-and-cover tunnels, we could prevent cracks by making them climate controlled. 

- May 3rd, 2019, 5:17 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 810
- Views: 79043
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
Is there a chance this still gets moved to the CP rail spur? Why is that shown on the LPA and labeled as to be studied still? They plan on analyzing using W 7th vs the CP Rail Spur in more detail before deciding on which of the two they'll use (and how), but only for the highlighted section (I thin...
- May 2nd, 2019, 7:14 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Southdale Area Development - Edina
- Replies: 740
- Views: 94975
Re: Southdale Area Development - Edina
How about "pedestrian access from the whole parking lot, bike access from select spots"
- April 24th, 2019, 11:15 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Labeling the Transit System
- Replies: 69
- Views: 5404
Re: Labeling the Transit System
Looking at it, you can tell they're just forcing the new lines into the existing format. A fresh format designed to handle the whole region would be nice. hBRT on highway 36 would also be nice. (pretty please!)