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- April 26th, 2021, 10:25 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Carbucks
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19768
- April 19th, 2021, 7:49 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
- Replies: 1138
- Views: 365654
Re: Suburbs - General Topics
There is absolutely old-style white flight continuing to happen throughout the Twin Cities metro. It's not as explicit as it used to be, but it happens all the time.
- April 13th, 2021, 7:59 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Saint Paul - General Topics
- Replies: 694
- Views: 407327
- April 8th, 2021, 9:06 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
- Replies: 681
- Views: 329731
Re: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Any parliamentary procedure experts know who has the authority to bring a motion to reconsider? The prevailing side, or the losing side? The person who made the motion? To my understanding this shouldn't be a problem from a parliamentary procedure standpoint. Only the prevailing side can make a mot...
- April 6th, 2021, 8:53 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Dismantling Downtown Freeways
- Replies: 195
- Views: 55747
Re: Dismantling Downtown Freeways
Ramsey County's Riversedge proposal has four towers on a cap over railroad and Shepard Rd. It's not impossible, but it is very expensive.
https://www.ramseycounty.us/your-govern ... riversedge
https://www.ramseycounty.us/your-govern ... riversedge
- April 2nd, 2021, 9:30 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: The Great River Passage Plan
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19336
Re: The Great River Passage Plan
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Be prepared for more ticks than you've ever seen in your entire life.
Be prepared for more ticks than you've ever seen in your entire life.
- March 29th, 2021, 10:05 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1003551
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Note this from slide 17: "To fit the LRT guideway, sidewalks, and two travel lanes about 75 feet of right of way is needed. When additional right of way is available other elements can be included: boulevards, bikeways or street parking." I assume that is pretty bare-minimum sidewalks. Not...
- March 15th, 2021, 8:28 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis 2021 Elections - Mayor, City Council, BET, Park Board
- Replies: 167
- Views: 63024
Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
Plenty of people enjoy it. It's an interesting game for a day.Literally no one enjoys or defends that endorsement process, yet it endures...and it's really hard to understand why.
- March 4th, 2021, 1:34 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
- Replies: 433
- Views: 208489
Re: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
On the contrary, I think that's asking for collisions between vehicles and buses.
- March 4th, 2021, 12:10 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
- Replies: 433
- Views: 208489
Re: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
I think to successfully do a U-turn, you would have to allow cars to temporarily enter the bus lane.
- March 3rd, 2021, 9:55 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
- Replies: 433
- Views: 208489
Re: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
You save a few feet by consolidating them as a two-way.
- February 25th, 2021, 11:45 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 720
- Views: 226179
Re: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
I'll be interested to see how well this works on Marshall, it's a tight corridor for everything they're trying to do on it. I do think that's probably part of the issue with floating bus stops there, it would make things even tighter. Another consideration might be snow clearing in the winter, as S...
- February 23rd, 2021, 9:20 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 720
- Views: 226179
Re: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
Ethan Fawley on Twitter seemed to suggest that just converting the outside lanes to bus-only lanes is unlikely for safety reasons:
- February 23rd, 2021, 9:16 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Corridors
- Replies: 434
- Views: 96544
Re: Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Corridors
But still. People hate transfers, even if it's to another aBRT. And the eastsiders are much more likely to want to go to downtown St. Paul anyway. Eastsiders won't lose direct-to-downtown options from Como-Maryland; the buses on Payne, Arcade, E 7th, etc. will continue to go downtown, and you'll ha...
- February 22nd, 2021, 1:53 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
- Replies: 681
- Views: 329731
Re: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
I was under the impression that the water on the golf course was primarily a groundwater inflow issue (because lakes here are just areas where the ground level dips below the water table), and not an issue of insufficient outlet. The Barr report concluded that "the potential lowering of Lake Hi...
- February 22nd, 2021, 1:43 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Corridors
- Replies: 434
- Views: 96544
Re: Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Corridors
That was the big argument for why Rice-Robert had to come first, to make the transfer less onerous.
- February 21st, 2021, 5:08 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Corridors
- Replies: 434
- Views: 96544
Re: Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Corridors
I remember seeing a population map of the metro area and it seemed downtown Minneapolis was at the center but when I look at this map it looks like it favors the east side of the metro. Is this because they want to cover multiple counties? Or is the population and job centers farther east than I th...
- February 21st, 2021, 4:50 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Corridors
- Replies: 434
- Views: 96544
Re: Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Corridors
I think this is sort of the wrong way of thinking about it. Corridors that demonstrate high ridership help make the case for improvements, just as the aBRT corridors are upgrading the local bus corridors that have the highest ridership, and not suburban corridors with no service. Let's say, for ins...
- February 19th, 2021, 12:05 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
- Replies: 681
- Views: 329731
Re: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Meadowbrook is an asset, which could be sold and the money from that can be used to reinvest in parks within the city boundaries. It's not about profit-making, but best utilization of assets to serve those who pay MPRB taxes. (Which are almost as much as for the MPD) The park blocks from my house d...
- February 19th, 2021, 11:10 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
- Replies: 681
- Views: 329731
Re: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
The Park Board is not a money-making venture--if it were, it should be ripping out playgrounds and wildlife areas, which are pure money pits. If they don't need significant capital investment (a big if), golf courses are almost always more profitable than whatever else they could do with that land w...