urbanMSP

I think they should have painted the back of each letter gray, or some other neutral color. Right now the letters on the opposite side of the bridge (from whatever side you're viewing) mess up the effect of the letters on the near side.

Nice. Earlier this morning, only the western one was there.

many places have all toll interstates it's not some radical idea. the us constitution does not say free interstates are a right. it's a privilege and we're spoiled. True, but our metro was built on free to use freeways. Changing that would cause financial pain for a lot of people. Maybe the end sta...

We're lying to ourselves if we think our current way of life and land use is somehow good for lower income folks.

So we might as well make it worse, right?

Extra Lanes do not solve Holiday Traffic Congestion Problems. Our interstates should not be designed and our tax money should not be spent to make a small percentage of people's ride to their cabin 30 minutes faster 15 summer friday afternoons a year. It should be built to accommodate the people an...

I do support making all urban freeway lanes into toll lanes. So you support what amounts to a strongly regressive tax? I know, I know. You want to encourage people to live closer to work, use public transit, etc. But that's a lot easier said than done for most people, especially those on the low en...

I am serious, we should have more tolled urban freeway lanes and fewer "free" freeway lanes. If I want to pay to go somewhere faster, that's good right? If I don't want to, maybe I'll think twice about my trip. Hey, why not just make all freeway lanes toll lanes. I mean, if you don't want...

494 capacity expansion in Plymouth begins today. This should really be a MnPASS lane. It's ridiculous how people want general purpose lanes. I'd rather have a lane that allows me to pay for performance, if we're going to be adding pavement. Just imagine if every freeway in the metro had a lane conv...

Isn't the tower planned to go on the site of the shorter (4 story) building? (The one on the northwest corner)

Watched MN United defeat Swansea City (English premier league) 2-0 tonight. Good game! Before the game Nick Rogers (MN United team president) stated: The premier league already gets the respect that they rightfully deserve. … That’s the standard,” he said. “You never know, if we’re able to get a res...

The first big pieces of steel appear to be getting installed today. (the big crane is currently lifting one of the green trusses)

From the document: Phase 1 CTIB Transitways The following projects have been identified as CTIB’s Phase 1 Program of Projects: • Southwest LRT • Bottineau LRT • Orange Line BRT • Gateway Exclusive BRT (if selected as the LPA) • Robert Street Arterial BRT (if selected as the LPA) • Riverview Light Ra...

It can reach 400ft when fully extended.

Park lot (pallet park) is filled with theater goers

In my opinion, the posted speed limit should match the design speed of the highway. If civil engineers consider that speed to be safe, then why shouldn't the law? Also, people tend to have a feel for the design speed. It feels safe to go fast on a straight level road with wide lanes/shoulders, so pe...

Channel 5 news always wants you to be outraged about something. Stirring up drama seems to be goal #1. I don't bother watching it anymore.

The big crane appears to be getting raised today.

ING building:


Personally, I like it.

Be glad it wasn't this:

In the left of that image, you can see some yellow tractor treads behind the red crane. Those treads are for the BIG crane.

Usually they use the 747s for Air Force One. "Usually", because "Air Force One" is actually the call-sign of whatever aircraft is carrying the president, not the name of the aircraft itself. The familiar 747s used since 1990 are specially modified and are known as "VC-25A&q...