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Yeah, I work with a view of the tracks east of Downtown East station. Trains are stopped there pretty regularly coming into the downtown zone, and and most (if not all) of those trains are a few minutes off their scheduled time.

To those that do post on both forums, I have a polite request: Please, please, please stop using "Urban" to refer to this site. I don't know why exactly, but it bugs the crap out of me. Seems it was started by nasa, but now some of you have taken it up as well. Even though I know you don'...

To be fair, I don't think there's any rules against starting a "Duval Proposed Tower" thread in Anything Goes... Right?

So then is it safe to assume that there aren't any foundation issues and what we think we're seeing isn't really a leaning building? I'm sincerely asking, not being "snarky".

I've walked by the building several times and never has it appeared to be leaning as the lens distortion shows.

Since we're having this conversation. Does anyone else find it odd they are opening a "full service" location just upstairs from the first floor one? Seems odd to me. Also, what could they offer upstairs that isn't currently being offered on the first floor? From what I can tell, they pre...

I think once it's in Capella next to the StarTribune, it's no longer "third wave."

(/sarcasm)

I mean, unless we're going to add bus stops in the skyways for floating buses, then yeah, people will have to wait outside on the sidewalk (but we really should improve stops...that would benefit all transit riders). But mothers can (and do) bring their kids inside the closest skyway-connected buil...

While getting off at Nicollet Mall today, the speakers were pumping out an old-style train whistle sound effect while the NexTrips displayed "This is a train whistle test message." It was a good 10 seconds of steam train noises, nothing short. That was... odd.

Seems like this would help get some data. There's even a PDF guide for running reports and simulations.

http://www.minneapolismn.gov/publicwork ... fic-counts

Speaking of NexTrip, I noticed the Transit app (that's name of it) has GPS markers and timing info for Blue & Green lines now. Nifty.

... facepalmy ad. I should've known.

http://www.metrotransit.org/celebrate-100-million-blue-line-rides-with-us Celebrate 100 million Blue Line rides with us! The METRO Blue Line surpassed 100 million rides in January. Celebrate this historic milestone with us by sharing your best photos—old and new—on social media using the hashtag #B...

I'm not sure it matters if this is a private skyway. It is a skyway going from one private building to another private building. There would be absolutely no reason for anyone to use it, since the new Xcel building will not have any skyway level shopping, or any connection to any other buildings. T...

Alright, the fact I've been chewing on this so long means it's not worth the time. Nick, I don't hate you, I like your Streets.MN posts, but I don't get why you don't talk to me when I say hi? I feel like I contribute a lot here yet you make it clear that this isn't the place for through one-liners....

I don't think you're going to get what you're looking for on here Hey, keep bullying. I don't care that you run a web board the way you want, but I care when I find out it's doing real harm to real people and driving people away from being involved in this city. I take issue with what you say to pe...

Maybe "boi" is just a silly attempt to give all of the characters more different writing/spelling/grammar styles? That was my assumption for a while, anyway.

I'm not trying to dominate the thread with "me" "me" "me" but to answer the questions... I'm told I'm unwelcome. I was called a fag by one member. I was told I'm better off at SSC with the "kiddies running around there." By a moderator though? Or someone else?...

Hey twincitizen, I appreciate you responding to this, and I just want to get input, I'm not trying to force anything. But I think this discussion is valuable. To me, though, your post isn't addressing anything I said, or maybe I'm not making the connection. "If new people come along and aren't ...

I also don't intend to "lead" a witchhunt of Nick or anything. I'm simply expressing feelings and opinions that come from observation and participation. I certainly don't claim that I've got it all figured out. I think about some of my posts and absolutely cringe. Effective communication ...