45 minutes of biking in a suburb of Utrecht, sent to me by a friend today. This is “suburban” in terms of population (65,000), but not in terms of density, as it is 15% denser than the City of Mpls.
https://youtu.be/aANhcGI39TU
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- April 21st, 2020, 11:55 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Embarrassing Confessions of Urbanists
- Replies: 349
- Views: 111926
- April 21st, 2020, 10:05 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Roseville / Rosedale - General Topics
- Replies: 166
- Views: 94739
Re: Roseville / Rosedale - General Topics
The other thing is that the 55+ demographic is perceived as less likely to commit crimes or cause a lot of traffic or parking issues. Maybe that’s the perception, but from my experience it’s the 55+ demographic that is least likely to give up their cars (or at least make the biggest issue of not ha...
- April 21st, 2020, 9:58 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
- Replies: 887
- Views: 144208
Re: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
... but dense areas like this that literally used to be streetcars deserve to have rail here. Rail is forever... I know what you were trying to get at, but I just loved the juxtaposition of these two statements within the same paragraph. Ha, yes, it is funny. As you know, that was a mode shift to v...
- April 21st, 2020, 9:57 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
- Replies: 887
- Views: 144208
Re: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
I see your point, Alex, but it’s not always just about logic and money. I was just watching the movie “Why We Cycle”, and a really funny thing stuck out. A city put in all these nice, logical, wide, comfortable bikeways, but they found people still rode their bikes through the city on more dangerous...
- April 21st, 2020, 9:42 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Highway Transitway Corridor Study
- Replies: 84
- Views: 30078
Re: Highway Transitway Corridor Study
I won't hold my breath on any development along Highway 36 in Stillwater being car-light and pedestrian-friendly. How about making the existing Downtown Stillwater car-light and pedestrian friendly while the area around Highway 36 is left as is; auto-centric and not friendly towards transit, pedest...
- April 21st, 2020, 9:31 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: E Line Arterial BRT
- Replies: 148
- Views: 77123
Re: E Line Arterial BRT
This!: [I urge anyone to consider the trips they make on a daily basis and to think about the trips that their friends and family make on a daily basis. I'm sure there are exceptions, but the broad reality is that travel is everywhere to everywhere. A good transit system should reflect this, and tha...
- April 21st, 2020, 9:11 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Embarrassing Confessions of Urbanists
- Replies: 349
- Views: 111926
- April 20th, 2020, 4:53 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Apartments vs. Condos | Renting vs. Owning
- Replies: 174
- Views: 40398
Re: Apartments vs. Condos | Renting vs. Owning
"financing is harder to get" Wall Street firms bought up single family homes during the Great Recession (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/single-family-landlords-wall-street/582394/) A skeptic might think that owning multifamily housing would bring the same benefits t...
- April 20th, 2020, 2:01 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
- Replies: 887
- Views: 144208
Re: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
Most other US streetcars suck because they implement little or no priority measures, operate in cities that have weak transit systems, and circulate low-population downtown areas. The Nicollet-Central streetcar as currently envisionsed is too short to be successful, but a longer one would take the ...
- April 20th, 2020, 1:53 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
- Replies: 887
- Views: 144208
Re: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
I am not optimistic about the city's seriousness about the climate emergency. https://twitter.com/MplsWard10/status/1235573373712785411 Don't know what "removing the bike lane" even means for that block (3000 block of Hennepin), but as annoying as stopped vehicles in the lane are, that bl...
- April 20th, 2020, 12:59 pm
- Forum: Cities Around the World
- Topic: Los Angeles
- Replies: 58
- Views: 46515
Re: Los Angeles
Idea to remove cars from just one street (Broadway) in downtown LA. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-16/los-angeles-ban-cars-broadway-downtown-streetcar-pedestrian-zone The plan would still allow fire, police, and buses. A future street car from Staple Center could use it instead of...
- April 20th, 2020, 12:53 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: City living trends and predictions
- Replies: 135
- Views: 89801
Re: City living trends and predictions
Google, Amazon, Tesla are flirting with getting into homebuilding. https://www.businessinsider.com/homebuilder-stocks-struggling-impact-from-tech-company-investment-amazon-google-tesla-2018-10 Feels like home building needs some innovation. If by innovation we mean surveillance capitalism, count me...
- April 20th, 2020, 11:28 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Highway Transitway Corridor Study
- Replies: 84
- Views: 30078
Re: Highway Transitway Corridor Study
Is it not obvious that the reason for this route would be to encourage new development in the undeveloped area surrounding Stillwater? This is why it’s funded by Washington County, right? If it would make this new development into a car-light, pedestrian-friendly area, it sounds like a good idea. Ma...
- April 20th, 2020, 11:15 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Role of Visitors and Spaces for them in Cities
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5444
Re: Role of Visitors and Spaces for them in Cities
Much like Cancun, Orlando & Las Vegas are non-places. They are giant tourist parks. Great for tourism, but nothing to do with urbanism or placemaking for residents (who are mostly just contract workers for those non-places). Think about cities that have a virtual logo in your mind: St. Louis &am...
- April 20th, 2020, 10:04 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Behavioral aspect of commuting
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3725
Re: Behavioral aspect of commuting
Great article.
Yeah, until we prioritize transit, walking, & biking, and make taking a car (excuse me, SUV) more difficult, change is unlikely to happen.
Yeah, until we prioritize transit, walking, & biking, and make taking a car (excuse me, SUV) more difficult, change is unlikely to happen.
- April 20th, 2020, 9:44 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1803
- Views: 1092050
Re: Bicycle Infrastructure
The tree removals are for parking bays, not the bike lanes. Cut the widening and you can save the trees. Good point. This was approved by the SLP City Council. But change is afoot. From the City of SLP: Southeast bikeway improvements Dear St. Louis Park community member, On March 2, 2020, the St. L...
- April 20th, 2020, 9:14 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1319770
Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)
Possibly incorrect list of Non-Freeway roads that get grade separated crossings from SWLRT: 1. Technology Drive and Prairie Center Drive 2. Prairie Center Drive (again) 3. Flying Cloud Drive 4, Flying Cloud Drive (again) and Shady Oak Rd 5. Felta Rd & Smetana Rd (in a tunnel) 6. Excelsior Blvd ...
- April 20th, 2020, 9:05 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, known as SARS-CoV-2
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3873
Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
On that note, Florida is also bringing the national average down, which is fascinating. The state seems to have done everything wrong from a policy perspective, and has a vulnerable population, is doing so well. That might validate the idea that heat and humidity help slow the spread of this virus,...
- April 19th, 2020, 11:14 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Embarrassing Confessions of Urbanists
- Replies: 349
- Views: 111926
Re: Embarrassing Confessions of Urbanists
I’m developing a fetish for European city bike videos on YouTube.
- April 19th, 2020, 10:45 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 376855
Re: MSP Airport
MSP passenger levels down 95%.
Car parking capacity at … 2% utilization.
https://kstp.com/coronavirus/passenger- ... ?cat=12685
Car parking capacity at … 2% utilization.
https://kstp.com/coronavirus/passenger- ... ?cat=12685