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- July 2nd, 2012, 11:00 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Nicollet-Lake - greater Kmart area
- Replies: 486
- Views: 306794
Re: Lake & Nicollet
Meh. There's a Noodles & Co. in front of the University Avenue Target in Saint Paul. People go there.
- July 2nd, 2012, 10:49 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5265
- Views: 1246805
Re: Southwest LRT
It mostly just says that the Met Council finally submitted their funding request to DEED. The filing deadline had been extended by two weeks (until July 9th), and the date for awards is also expected to be pushed back by two weeks or more from the original early August timeframe.
- July 2nd, 2012, 9:20 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
- Replies: 1597
- Views: 355008
Re: Central Corridor LRT
Well, there's expectation and there's preparation.. As far as I know, there's only been one derailment of a Hiawatha LRV in revenue service that wasn't due to a collision, and it happened at 5-10 mph so there wasn't any damage. But when you're dealing with vehicles that weigh 50+ tons apiece, you ta...
- July 2nd, 2012, 6:49 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
- Replies: 1597
- Views: 355008
Re: Central Corridor LRT
I haven't heard much. The trains are Siemens model S70 or "Avanto" vehicles -- you might be able to get some idea for searching for photos, but they can be heavily customized (Metro Transit has requested over 1,000 modifications, many of which seem to be to get more stainless steel used on...
- July 2nd, 2012, 3:33 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Target Field Station (the Hotel) & Target Field Station (the Station)
- Replies: 1016
- Views: 174702
Re: The Interchange (At Target Field)
Yeah, hopefully they'll only use the second LRT platform area on event days.
- July 2nd, 2012, 11:41 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Loring Vue Apartments - (415 Oak Grove Street)
- Replies: 216
- Views: 46717
Re: Loring Vue Apartments
My main complaint with in-unit cooling systems like these is that they often aren't positioned intelligently. These have to be placed along the outside wall and require a closet to be built around them, which often intrudes into the living space in an odd way. I'm sure that's been true of many types...
- July 2nd, 2012, 6:23 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Loring Vue Apartments - (415 Oak Grove Street)
- Replies: 216
- Views: 46717
Re: Loring Vue Apartments
The thin vertical openings with glass already in them are clearly windows -- I think minneapolisguy's comment about the second photo has been interpreted as talking about the third photo. They're talking about the smaller openings positioned halfway up the wall.
- July 1st, 2012, 7:57 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
- Replies: 1597
- Views: 355008
Re: Central Corridor LRT
Here's at least a version of the chart I was referring to, from this PDF. I guess it doesn't appear quite how I remembered it.
- June 30th, 2012, 7:36 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: The Marshall - (515 14th Avenue Southeast)
- Replies: 238
- Views: 54619
Re: UTEC Student Housing
Yeah, I'm pretty much in the same boat with mnmike and go4guy. Maybe I'd feel a bit different if the site hadn't been encroached upon by parking lots to the extent it has been. I do find it a bit strange how older schools were often put on grassy plots, set relatively far back from the street -- kin...
- June 30th, 2012, 6:24 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Target Field Station (the Hotel) & Target Field Station (the Station)
- Replies: 1016
- Views: 174702
Re: The Interchange (At Target Field)
Yeah, I'm sure the problem of heat/UV can be mitigated to an extent with magic films of this type or another. I'm not sure you need anything so exotic for solar, though -- even regular panels can be transluscent, like at Como Park's EV charging stations: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7255/7058854683...
- June 30th, 2012, 6:05 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: The Station on Washington - (630 Washington Avenue SE)
- Replies: 85
- Views: 23792
Re: Washington and Walnut Flats - 630 Washington Ave. S.E.
The MN Daily had an article on this project on the 22nd: http://www.mndaily.com/2012/06/22/student-apartments-displace-mercil%E2%80%99s-stadium-village This will take out both the auto body shop and the neighboring Noodles & Co. building. Both are planning on relocating -- Mercil's is eyeing a s...
- June 30th, 2012, 3:58 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Target Field Station (the Hotel) & Target Field Station (the Station)
- Replies: 1016
- Views: 174702
Re: The Interchange (At Target Field)
As I've said, that's Phase 2. The building shown there is highly speculative -- of no more real meaning than all of the Vikings stadium renderings we've seen over the years. However, they do kind of show how the plan is to build "fingers" extending northeast from 5th Street over the trench...
- June 29th, 2012, 9:17 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
- Replies: 1597
- Views: 355008
Re: Central Corridor LRT
Getting *all* of the track done this year is impossible in my mind. I think there's a non-zero chance that the straight-through pieces can be installed by then, but I wouldn't place any bets on it. The crossover switches and the complex track layout at the operations facility will take quite a while...
- June 29th, 2012, 12:14 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
- Replies: 1597
- Views: 355008
Re: Central Corridor LRT
I'm expecting it to just be on time, which I'm figuring is sometime in the 2nd quarter of 2014. Hiawatha got delayed by several weeks due to the bus driver strike (which must have halted operator training), plus the Mall of America's last-minute decision to have a relatively integrated station rathe...
- June 28th, 2012, 9:51 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: 150 years of Minnesota railroading
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1833
150 years of Minnesota railroading
I knew this was coming up a few months back, then it slipped my mind. On June 28, 1862, the first passenger train ran in Minnesota between St. Paul and St. Anthony. Trains magazine's news wire had this write-up : ST. PAUL, Minn. – Today marks the 150th Anniversary of the first train to operate in th...
- June 28th, 2012, 5:41 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
- Replies: 1597
- Views: 355008
Re: Central Corridor LRT
Yeah, Bus Driver Dude collected some photos and put them up on his blog:
http://twincitiestransit.blogspot.com/2 ... -work.html
http://twincitiestransit.blogspot.com/2 ... -work.html
- June 28th, 2012, 12:22 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
- Replies: 1597
- Views: 355008
Re: Central Corridor LRT
Hmm. I've taken eastbound #3 buses through the zig-zag of ramps at Cedar Avenue near the West Bank station twice now, and it's looking like there are clearance issues. While I really like the idea of changing the ramps to have (roughly) 90-degree turns in order to calm traffic, it looks like Metro T...
- June 28th, 2012, 12:02 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Elan Uptown
- Replies: 422
- Views: 65339
Re: Bennett Lumber Site
I'm not a big believer that residents drive traffic significantly higher. I think retail has the largest impact, followed by office. Yeah, I think apartment traffic often gets overestimated -- certainly if you put a place in an auto-oriented zone without any walkable destinations, things can get ba...
- June 28th, 2012, 11:51 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Surly Brewery - (Malcolm Avenue & 5th Street SE)
- Replies: 181
- Views: 79902
Re: Surly Brewery Site
It'd be pretty easy to add/extend a rail spur to that 3171 SE. 5th St. location mentioned in the Star Tribune. Some of the tracks in that area are for an intermodal container yard, but there are some siding tracks and a half-abandoned spur that goes basically right to the site. Actually, looking at ...
- June 28th, 2012, 10:51 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Minneapolis Streetcar System
- Replies: 272
- Views: 44984
Re: Minneapolis Streetcar System
I've been thinking more about side-to-side clearance than vertical clearance -- yeah, hopefully just digging down a bit would handle that issue if it is one at all. There's also the possibility that a type of third-rail system could be used. I think Bombardier has started pushing a system where only...