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by MNdible
December 3rd, 2012, 10:05 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 2909
Views: 701663

Re: Transit News and Happenings

Everybody knows that parks and buses don't go together, in the same way that allowing a decent restaurant to operate in a park is a terrible idea.

Our parks must be natural. No messing them up with messy transportation or commerce or people.
by MNdible
December 3rd, 2012, 9:48 am
Forum: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Topic: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Replies: 219
Views: 70933

Re: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Elections

Just to clarify -- nobody has actually suggested that Tuthill is considering running for mayor, right?

Also, it appears thatshe has a number of challengers lined up should she choose to run for her council seat again.
by MNdible
December 2nd, 2012, 2:03 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
Replies: 625
Views: 391315

Re: Intercity rail to Chicago

I'm sorry you're not impressed. Why don't you go to Washington and convince some congressmen that an investment in rail makes sense?

In the meantime, I'd still argue that a 5h30m trip is competitive with air travel and would capture a significant chunk of the travel over this route.
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 7:01 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: StoneBridge (2nd Street South & 11th Avenue South)
Replies: 339
Views: 64960

Re: StoneBridge (2nd Street South & 11th Avenue South)

But Montecondeux is good. You should trademark that.
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 6:59 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
Replies: 625
Views: 391315

Re: Intercity rail to Chicago

I just don't see any value in making the line marginally faster but not significantly so- I do see a real value to business in being able to move people and goods from Twin Cities to Chicago quickly, predictably and economically. 125MPH (or 110) doesn't do this any more than the current line, makin...
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 6:48 pm
Forum: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Topic: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Replies: 219
Views: 70933

Re: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Elections

Yes, I really do hope that Rybak runs again.
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 5:35 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Third North - (800 Third Street North)
Replies: 109
Views: 33567

Re: Third North - (800 Third Street North)

That is just an awesome picture.
Agreed!

Is that the ramp down to the lower level of parking that we're seeing in the left foreground?
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 5:32 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: The 155 - (155 University Avenue Southeast)
Replies: 53
Views: 13133

Re: The 155 - (155 University Avenue Southeast)

The buildings only have workout facilities because it helps rent the units. Even if people never actually use the facilities. In this respect, it's like gym contracts.

(I kid, of course).
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 5:29 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 2909
Views: 701663

Re: Transit News and Happenings

I don't know the current status of transit service here very well, but it appears that York has better service than France does. If our friends at google maps are to be believed, the 6 runs on York.
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 5:07 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MN Highway 36
Replies: 47
Views: 5336

Re: HWY 36 walkway????

Are you really surprised you're getting pushback? Given the choice of building something or not building something, how many regular posters on this board are going to choose the latter in any given situation? No, I'm not the least bit surprised. I guess in some ways I'm deliberately poking at this...
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 9:53 am
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Zoning in Minneapolis
Replies: 285
Views: 85036

Re: Zoning in Minneapolis

"We" are "they" and "they" are "we" -- you could also say we want them to use our public right of way to create compelling spaces in our neighborhood. We do. But I don't think a $400 (if that's what it is) fee is bad at all, considering that the layout needs ...
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 9:40 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Dock Street Flats - (333 Washington Avenue North)
Replies: 144
Views: 43090

Re: Dock Street Apartments - (333 Washington Avenue North)

Gahhh... right in the way of future expansion of the train station. Just to be clear, the transit planners looked at this and adjusted the plans to accommodate future expansion of the train station. Now, it may not accommodate future fantasy expansion of the train station, but that's another thing ...
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 9:29 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MN Highway 36
Replies: 47
Views: 5336

Re: HWY 36 walkway????

But think of the children.

Alright, I'm the bad guy. Carry on. Build the bridge so that the people in this disconnected cluster of apartments can walk through the giant parking lot to get to the mall.
by MNdible
November 30th, 2012, 9:24 am
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Zoning in Minneapolis
Replies: 285
Views: 85036

Re: Zoning in Minneapolis

And how about "No sidewalk seating that encumbers or interferes with street use or the continuous width of sidewalk on a street." No $400+ annual barriers to business experimentation required. They're using the public right of way rent free to make money. They don't own that sidewalk -- w...
by MNdible
November 29th, 2012, 11:18 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Victoria Park (W 7th & Otto)
Replies: 42
Views: 14347

Re: Victoria Park (W 7th & Otto)

Was this the once-dirty petroleum site that was the subject of the lawsuits about whether or not they'd let them build residential?
by MNdible
November 29th, 2012, 11:14 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Crocus New Hill
Replies: 3
Views: 1366

Re: Crocus New Hill

I'd read about this earlier, but was thinking it was the Wilder building at Lafond and Milton, and I couldn't figure out who would be building million dollar homes in Frogtown. Makes sense now.
by MNdible
November 29th, 2012, 9:27 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MN Highway 36
Replies: 47
Views: 5336

Re: HWY 36 walkway????

"Throwing good money after bad" may be a logical fallacy, but that doesn't make it a good idea.

Not sure why we're so obsessed about fixing this particular spot.
by MNdible
November 29th, 2012, 3:53 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown Hotel Discussion
Replies: 423
Views: 59729

Re: Uptown Hotel Discussion

Based on the name and the website, am I the only one to assume that the ValuStay is infested with bedbugs?
by MNdible
November 29th, 2012, 3:41 pm
Forum: Greater Minnesota
Topic: Elk Run Biobusiness Park (Pine Island)
Replies: 36
Views: 11951

Re: Elk Run Biobusiness Park (Pine Island)

Even when this wasn't yet a failed plan, there were a lot of people (and not just the usual smart growth suspects) who said this proposal was ridiculous pie-in-the-sky. There's a long line of people to say I told you so on this one.
by MNdible
November 29th, 2012, 3:36 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MN Highway 36
Replies: 47
Views: 5336

Re: HWY 36 walkway????

The entire Rosedale area is a pedestrian disaster, not because of the Snelling bridge, but because the land uses are designed for automobiles. It's a lost cause. We'd be better served to focus our energies where they'll have real benefits for significant numbers of pedestrians. Also, pedestrian over...