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http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/ferguson ... -war-drugs

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EOst, I am with you. Sorry for getting all funky over our opposing views on wages. David Greene, you also have many valid points. Income inequality is one of the major issues facing us. My wife and I may have made it to the upper middle class but its not that sweet. We have student loans that we are...

You can take your privelige talk and shove it up your backside bro. Classy "bro." Okay, you've had negative experiences. How then can you have such a total lack of empathy? I'm glad you pulled yourself up by your bootstraps; that's great, I'm glad you were able to do it. But the belief th...

How do we stop it? Neuter the damn police unions. Require residency for the officers. Hell, we need public approval for hiring and review of misconduct. I'll throw this out there: Remove immunity. Double pay. Require liability insurance coverage as a part of employment. The moment LEO's can't carry...

If you're mad about being delayed on 35W, imagine how mad you would be if a cop murdered a family member and wasn't charged with anything. I am mad about the situation too. I've long known that are police forces have been militarized since I had my teen years impacted by heavy handed raids in the n...

I have mixed feelings on this. FIRST, the fast food protesters are crazy thinking they are entitled to $15/ hour. Sorry, but no way dude. Get some in-demand skills or education then talk about your job hunt. Jesus, you've clearly never been in a bad situation. Check your privilege. How about you tr...

I have mixed feelings on this. FIRST, the fast food protesters are crazy thinking they are entitled to $15/ hour. Sorry, but no way dude. Get some in-demand skills or education then talk about your job hunt. Jesus, you've clearly never been in a bad situation. Check your privilege. How about you tr...

If you think 35W closed off is inconvenient, just imagine how inconvenient it is being black. Perhaps I should ask my wife or the "black" half of my kids then.....although I have been mistaken by the fabulous MPD as a "Latino" and accosted for no justifiable reason as well. I wa...

I have mixed feelings on this. FIRST, the fast food protesters are crazy thinking they are entitled to $15/ hour. Sorry, but no way dude. Get some in-demand skills or education then talk about your job hunt. Now, I completely support the aspect of protesting the murders of Eric Garner and Mike Brown...

Tcmetro. Thanks for the reply. I have a much better understanding of your thoughts now.

The Marquette/2nd Ave BRT enhancement has been great for Minneapolis.

That is true, but overall it is still worth considering that both regions don’t have the majority of jobs located downtown. It is still a valid metric. The overall size and scope of the system in place in Denver is greater than what Metro Transit is operating. RTD has more Rail miles in place and yo...

A couple days late, but I guess I'll pile on the Denver transit hate ;) 225 Line: Currently a pretty much useless line, an extension through Aurora and up to the East Line is underway. That being said, the line will not serve the big medical complex on Colfax, and will instead operate around it. I'...

I would disagree with the overall sentiment on this board. RTD’s bus system runs much better than Metro Transit since their roads actually go across the entire metro for the most part. Taking a bus from suburb to suburb is rather difficult to do around the MSP metro unless you want to transfer downt...

I would love to see another super tall or at least something to rival the IDS and 225 buildings.

A lot of the land in the middle of the new interchanges is stormwater ponds. That land can't be developed anyway. Theoretically the ponds could go elsewhere nearby or the ramps could go inside of the ponds, but then the overpasses would need to be wider for turn lanes. Also, the speed limit on 62 i...

Some of the comments are ridiculous. These interchanges are hardly massive. They actually support the traffic levels in the area. I don't follow the subsidy argument either. Explain how these interchanges aren't supported by the immediate area. You obviously don't live around here to see the daily t...

This article doesn't appear dated but it appears the Broadway corridor is under study for possible Streetcar development to connect with downtown Minneapolis. The future connection to the Bottineau line is also being considered. The article states this would be under $250m for consideration under th...

What exactly does "horribly designed and inadequate" mean? A design that takes up too much precious real estate? A design that is not compatible with transit or walking? A design that costs too much money to build? It seems to me that interchages on 610 are some of the worst designed in t...

I'm not sure why you think that a streetcar would be slower than the Green Line as configured. Given a streetcar would probably have more stops (both Minneapolis and St. Paul have been talking 1/4 mile stop frequency for their streetcars) and have to deal with traffic in its ROW (and might not even...

Completely agree that the St Croix Bridge crossing is pretty much a waste. Here are some links to opinions I read that influenced my statement on a streetcar vs LRT. https://streets.mn/2014/07/07/strangulation-on-the-green-line/ http://www.humantransit.org/2010/03/streetcars-vs-light-rail-is-there-a...