urbanMSP

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...

They claim it would be capable of 60+ trains/day with that configuration. The two/three existing tracks would still run-through, so there may be opportunities for more platforms on the southwest side of Target Field, but the new tracks next to the existing platform would be stubs. The Cedar Lake Tra...

So the LRT platform will be raised over a public plaza, and then there will be a large staircase leading up to the stadium? I hadn't gathered that from earlier pictures, but if so I really like it. Where does the Northstar train fit into all of this? I'm only seeing that one platform area. That's P...

Can't we call this a tram line or something other than a streetcar? It won't actually be in a street, after all. Would the line have to be single tracked under virtually all bridges, or just some of them? Would it need to be single tracked at stations as well? Obviously there would be passing track...

Yeah, I hate the parking ramp, but aren't later phases supposed to have basically no parking at all? Or, at least kind of keeping things at a status quo?

I went to today's meeting on the bus service restructuring related to the Central Corridor. Here's a travel-time matrix which I haven't been able to find online before. Keep in mind that it's just the estimated travel time. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eqjntnS6qL8/T-nrk_FDTxI/AAAAAAAABhM/BAX4U...

Will this thing block off 11th ave? If so, that would be a bummer. I think the theory is that the stadium will cantilever over the road somehow. ...as opposed to the wide-open dead zone that is there now? Yes, that's clearly what I meant. Of course I was saying the Metrodome and its surroundings ar...

I've always thought this was a pretty good design. I suppose my only quibble would be that I'd prefer to have one of those corner towers right at the intersection of Hennepin and Washington rather than the relatively low-slung grocery entrance -- Make that corner taller than the others, and maybe ev...

...as opposed to the wide-open dead zone that is there now?

Eesh. Yeah. My architect uncle also always used to talk about the roofs of Frank Lloyd Wright's homes -- apparently they leaked a lot (though perhaps that was due a bit to the technology of the time rather than shape...)

Yeah, as long as the stadium is going to happen, I want it to be a good use of space. I like the plaza spaces and the opportunities for multiple uses. The entranceway also reminds me of a coliseum or something, which could really be great (kind of like the pillars around the TCF Stadium).

Yeah, elevated stations tend to suck at that. I also see that they have a problem with bikes that could easily be solved by adding a couple of racks... The Interchange's roof wouldn't be quite that big. I do wonder a bit about how snow/ice would come off in the winter. I think the Interchange render...

Is the map highlighting the wrong building? Is this the project that was known as "515 Huron Apartments" at one time?

Before the thought disappears from my head, I'll resurrect some year 2010 ridership numbers I'd posted back on Minnescraper, derived from the existing conditions report for the Central Corridor Transit Service Study Route 16: 16,880 daily, 5.0 million annually Route 50: 6,886 daily, 1.5 million annu...

bandar: The line does have its own right-of-way (it's just in the middle of the street), and there will be some signal preemption -- just not the 100% preemption that you see along the Hiawatha corridor. If you've ever been on the University of Minnesota shuttle to the Saint Paul campus, I expect th...

Yeah, regardless of whether people like the skyways or not, I hope we can all (or nearly all) agree that they're still going to be around for a long time, and it's in our best interest to make sure they're implemented in a good way. I think the most frustrating aspect of skyways is that they usually...

It's there on the desktop version, but hiding in plain sight -- you have to click the orange link icon just to the left of the thread title. If you mouse over it, there should be a popup saying "View first unread post".

Would it be possible for the mobile site to get those little orange icons next to new posts in threads? It's just a minor annoyance, but when I click on the "New Post" link, it tends to take me a while to figure out which entries I have and haven't read yet.

Was traffic flowing on both sides of the bridge again? From the weekly CCLRT newsletter, it looks like the bridge should be in its new normal road configuration by tomorrow. The southeast connecting ramp from Cedar Ave to eastbound CR-122 should also be open. Apparently access from NB I-35W to Washi...

Wow! That's a new one for me -- of course, I was only months old when that was published...