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- December 29th, 2023, 2:32 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2974
- Views: 764942
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Metro Transit's November weekday ridership numbers are out, and they're even better than October. Ridership on most services fell surprisingly little in real numbers between those two months, less than is typical, and so November 2023 achieved 59.5% of November 2019 ridership, the best recovery perc...
- December 21st, 2023, 2:37 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
- Replies: 55
- Views: 253705
Re: Minnesota State Flag and Seal Redeisgn
Snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The commission flirted with some awful ideas but picked a great one. I've seen people conflating "simple" with "safe." But the chosen design is actually fairly bold, defaulting to a tricolor would've screamed 'FLAG!' and given more colors...
- December 1st, 2023, 11:59 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2974
- Views: 764942
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Metro Transit just posted the October weekday ridership numbers, and it's a pretty good report. September is typically the biggest month for ridership by a good margin, but in 2023, it looks like October was much closer than is typical. While the C and D Lines fell slightly from their October record...
- October 27th, 2023, 1:23 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
- Replies: 2032
- Views: 838689
Re: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
Tearing down that ugly ass ramp and turning it into a park/stairs/entrance/etc. might not be the #1 on the list of single biggest land use upgrades in DT but is sure isn't far off the top of that list. Room for both a residential tower and a grand staircase connecting the two levels, similar to wha...
- October 27th, 2023, 12:30 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
- Replies: 2032
- Views: 838689
Re: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
From CM Michael Rainville's latest email newsletter: The United States Postal Service is holding a public meeting regarding the future use of their facility at 100 S 1st St. The hearing will take place at 2pm on Wednesday, November 1st at the Shoreview Community Center (4580 Victoria St N). I do not...
- October 24th, 2023, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Road Geek Topics
- Replies: 295
- Views: 154057
Re: Road Geek Topics
Obviously a road's design speed is more important than its posted speed. That said, I do think there are regional difference in driving speed that likely make a difference in crash outcomes. I always think about my experience driving in Georgia where the average speed of highway traffic seemed to be...
- September 13th, 2023, 3:34 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: MPHA Family Housing Expansion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 28362
Re: MPHA Family Housing Expansion
Some updates on this:
These sixteen buildings are nearing completion.
I've attached some photos in a tweet here.
Here is a hype video for the project.
These sixteen buildings are nearing completion.
I've attached some photos in a tweet here.
Here is a hype video for the project.
- September 7th, 2023, 11:56 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Better Bus Routes - Metro Transit
- Replies: 34
- Views: 67491
Re: Better Bus Routes - Metro Transit
Not sure what we're arguing about here? Any N/S route is going to have to pass through downtown. Wanting a grid network with N/S connecting buses and wanting downtown service are compatible goals because we have Twin Cities that are both functionally laid out like hourglasses. Re: the #4 bus and fut...
- August 31st, 2023, 12:31 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Hiawatha-Minnehaha Corridor - General Topics
- Replies: 267
- Views: 247022
Re: Hiawatha-Minnehaha Corridor - General Topics
New project proposed for 3561 Minnehaha Ave. 32 units, 0 car parking spaces, 36 long-term bike parking spots. Packet . This one will be built to passive house insulation standards, all electric utilities, rooftop solar array. Footprint Development strikes again. Thankfully unlike last time , they ha...
- August 30th, 2023, 1:30 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1028804
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
I mean, knock on wood, but this project doesn't seem to include any tunnels through wetlands, floating bridges over lakes (East Link in Seattle), or P3 delivery structures (Purple Line in Maryland). Building LRT on plain old surface streets, plus three bridge structures (by my count) is something yo...
- August 1st, 2023, 9:36 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
- Replies: 1432
- Views: 520828
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
They've locked the street-facing door again, downtown is no longer back.Also in "Downtown is Back" news, the Five Guys has unlocked their street-facing entrance.
- July 27th, 2023, 4:10 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: The Dayton's Project
- Replies: 354
- Views: 272334
Re: The Dayton's Project
Their soon-to-be former offices are in the McKesson Building, which seems like an extremely strong bet for a residential conversion.
- June 28th, 2023, 10:52 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
- Replies: 1432
- Views: 520828
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
Also in "Downtown is Back" news, the Five Guys has unlocked their street-facing entrance.
- June 7th, 2023, 8:28 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nicollet Mall
- Replies: 1466
- Views: 590566
Re: Nicollet Mall
The idea of getting buses off of Nicollet has been around forever. Nicollet isn't a great fit for buses, because of the speed limits buses on the mall run arguably worse than mixed traffic, especially at off-peak hours. But it's also a major corridor with tons of destinations and a bunch of good bus...
- June 2nd, 2023, 9:16 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2974
- Views: 764942
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
A lot of LRT projects are dictated first by the availability of right-of-way, and then the route is sutured together to form an adequate ridership case post hoc. I don't know how well used the bus predecessors of the Blue Line were, but the reason the Twin Cities built its first LRT line down Hiawat...
- June 1st, 2023, 12:55 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2974
- Views: 764942
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Metro Transit ridership has increased for the first four months of thus year, hitting 137,331 daily riders in April. That's 52.2% of April 2019 ridership, which marks a new high in % of pre-COVID ridership. The D Line broke 10k weekday riders in April, which sets a new high (although just because it...
- May 17th, 2023, 12:03 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
- Replies: 260
- Views: 129749
Re: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
Man, that's not a convincing piece. I'm begging people to become more naturally skeptical of pieces that eschew any kind of analysis in favor of a lot of political in-group signaling and ad hominem attacks. Sometimes I wonder what people think economics is, because the way they write about the field...
- May 8th, 2023, 1:53 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis 2023 Elections - City Council
- Replies: 23
- Views: 30341
Re: Minneapolis 2023 Elections - City Council
If somehow I had been appointed to the city council as a 25 year-old, I would not have been a good city councilmember for reasons largely related to being 25 and lacking a good deal of life experience. Now that said, it can cut both ways. I think as you get older, you come to appreciate the extent t...
- May 2nd, 2023, 10:46 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line LRT
- Replies: 629
- Views: 265104
Re: Blue Line (Hiawatha LRT)
Blue Line set another post-COVID ridership high in March, after unexpectedly setting the previous high the month before in February. According to Metro Transit's monthly report for March 2023, the Blue Line logged 18,913 weekday riders. That's nearly 60% of the last pre-COVID month comparison (March...
- April 20th, 2023, 10:18 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1203
- Views: 585131
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
I'm curious what's better... - "Streetcar" LRVs in mixed traffic, lack of signal priority, and other hobbling factors BUT with dual-track ROW - Traditional LRT-spec with minimized grade crossings, TSP or railroad signals, 3+ LRV trains, and strategic grade separation BUT with significant ...