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PS: There's this very prolific reddit account I just noticed called "CANT_TRUST_HILLARY". https://i.imgur.com/GU53jbg.png Not only is it new, but holy shit has it been doing stuff (average of about 10k link karma per day and 1k comment karma per day). Right now, as I type this, there are 3...

so, uh, Sanders now has a bedrock-lead in NH, and it's looking like Iowa has followed the same path, and he's been making some inroads in earning support from african americans. Still a month until the first debate~ On the republican side, it looks like Trump and Carson are currently doing pretty we...

forcing 19th century technology into a 21st century community. I agree. We should stop forcing Benz's monsterous 19th century creation into every aspect of our modern communities! Cars were invented in the 19th century, and that's, like, hundreds of years ago! https://i.imgur.com/Urp9x9U.png /s one...

First Trump, and now "Mike Huckabee: Presidential Candidate Says Ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford Still 'the Law of the Land'"

Oh, yeah. While I wasn't entirely clear in doing so (since I just edited it in quickly), noting the shared school district was meant to tie into merging the suburban cities (sans St Paul) together, since it has already effectively blended the three together socially.

I think a city-county merger of St Paul-Ramsey County was discussed somewhere here before. With St Paul having roughly 3/5 of Ramsey County's population, it could theoretically defacto annex the rest of the county that way. Now that would be an interesting happening. Edit: Oakdale, North St Paul, an...

It's ok, because St Paul can just tax the rest of the state to make it work.

Thought I'd make a thread for the state fair since there isn't one yet. Have there been any studies about attendance capacity at the fair? With population growth and densification, I'd figure there will be a point at which they convert some of the parking to more fairgrounds. Ideally in the future w...

The depth needed under an LRT overpass (minimum 8', optimum 10') plus the parking garage entrance on Sibley north of the train deck is why an at-grade LRT crossing of Kellogg and Sibley won't work.. It would be an embankment, not an overpass. Except where it goes over the parking portal, which alre...

I do agree with froggie on the red line turning directly on to Robert from 4th. As for only having "couple of buses and an amtrak train" on the concourse, as it's already generally been said, this LRT will be in place for decades; intercity services will catch up. On the topic of local ser...

Re: the SPUD conversation from earlier. What if the construction of a Rush/Riverview service was used to reroute the Green Line to the back of the SPUD? A professional rendering of the area in question: https://i.imgur.com/jJrwwkR.jpg The Riverview and Central corridors converge on Central station f...

-1: The shape of the City of Maplewood

(from the other thread)
I always find it great how Maplewood is just a bunch of leftovers.

A few insights from what I've heard some very influential people say. >They're very determined in getting this built >This was going to be LRT from the beginning. >They'd like to (and think they can) do this for between $400-500M (largely due to the already-owned ROW), easing the acquisition of fund...

From that article: It turns out key leaders in the North American High Speed Rail Group are also behind a new EB-5 regional center. Rail group CEO Joe Sperber and Chairman Joseph Wang are co-owners of Liberty Minnesota Regional Center, which won approval from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Ser...

The phrase "There is literally nothing wrong with X" is a somewhat hyperbolic/ironic meme, but in seriousness, I would run it along part of Kellogg. The current route could be kept, but turn onto Kellogg right after Central station, and run it to the Depot. It's sort of silly to rebuild it...

A livestream for those who can't see the hype in person: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrnC8VoQkx8 Also, it'd prolly be a good idea to rename this thread to a general "Election 2016" thread, so we can also talk about 'The Donald' ;) http://www.vox.com/2015/8/25/9206795/donald-trump-parei...

"To us that's just a battle flag, it has nothing to do with racism," says Brook. Yeah! Great to see them celebrating Minnesota's vibrant history as a confederate state! /s :roll: Our actual history, of course, doesn't justify deliberately speeding through neighborhoods and revving the eng...

MRRDC is real unhappy that Nick was appointed, for what it's worth.

https://www.facebook.com/MplsRRDC/posts/674440306023466

After quoting several of his statements relating to parking, they felt that they also had to outline his position on the Oxford Comma

That would have required running it along Kellogg instead of 4th, or added two more sloooooowwwww turns. The only mistake was building the maint building too close to Broadway

There is literally nothing wrong with running it along Kellogg.

what about if they wanted to build parking ramps? I'd image that would be even less cost-effective than keeping them as parking lots, but just to be thorough.