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I appreciate that they're leaving the other half of the site empty, so the Phase 2 plans can be potentially be modified to avoid the twin tower concept, or, if it falls through entirely, bought by someone else in the future and developed independently. Much better than the Stanton Eclipse proposal, ...

Hooray!

The comments on that article are delicious.

I'm sure they'll have it working by early 2026.

No pictures, but Target Field Station Platform 1 has NexTrip, while Platform 2 does not. Weird.

Well, its encouraging that DMUs are under consideration, I guess. Also, how exactly does "BRT Express" differ from normal express buses? Just the fancy paint?

Yeah, I noticed as I walked by, excitedly tweeted a picture, then checked the website and had my hopes dashed. Still, progress.

Pretty sure non-residents can visit state parks.

Amen. On top of it, mass transit has a proverbial gun to its head, and it's not because of the GOP. Driverless cars will be here by 2020 and the burden is on transit to re-invest and re-invent itself to stay viable and capture mode share, especially as the millenial generation comes of age and make...

I don't personally purchase it, but Cedar Summits' milk is very good. It is a shame they bought into the woo and are closing down when there's no reason to. Or, alternatively, its a shame that enough their customer base buys into the woo and will stop purchasing their milk that they have to close do...

Hey, if you can find a way to retire on the ratepayer's dime, why not?

mulad and VAStationDude remind me that I took a 6 on Friday night that had the automated announcements. Does anyone know what's the threshold for "a major transfer point"?

This year it is the brutal cold, verse a few feet of snow to contend with.

Nitpick: January 2014's average temp was -2.

It's been said before, but lol at the "LRT on tires" Red Line not making the High Frequency cutoff. What a joke.

For skyway gateways, I would include the USBancorp Center and the Target store entrance. Both have big windows that let people easily see escalators/stairs up to the skyway level, and that there's (at least one) business entrance up there.

But these changes would require a few parking spots to be removed, and removing even one surface spot downtown is tantamount to removing all parking downtown and declaring a HOLY WAR ON CARS!!!1

(Source: Two of my coworkers, upon learning of the impending redevelopment of the Nicollet Hotel block)

I'm struggling to see how the design of this hotel is somehow worse than the flat, boring, featureless ... thing ... being build on the corner of 1st Ave and 8th Street. IMO, it isn't a worse design. Its just that a bad design is more acceptable for a cheap hotel on a secondary street than a luxury...

Ain't nobody got time to read articles.

I don't think anyone wants to pay more taxes

I will happily pay more taxes, for things I believe in.

I don't think so. I wonder if denying the parking variance would just make Mortenson shrug, build a roof over the parking lot, them probably cut some corners elsewhere to make up the cost. The city had leverage with The Venue at Dinkytown, because they were asking for variances and permissions that ...