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by Anondson
July 25th, 2023, 8:06 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
Replies: 119
Views: 114540

Re: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County

Redevelopment adjacent to the park and ride station in Chanhassen. 325 units, an Aldi, and other retail (plus more parking)

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... -plan.html
by Anondson
July 24th, 2023, 3:31 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247096

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Anyone have a reason why they'd do that? It doesn't seem like they wanted the sidewalk to meet the railroad perpendicularly, because all of ten feet away no such jog exists where the sidewalk crosses the LRT tracks. I believe the zigzag you noticed is due to safety regulations for ped crossings of ...
by Anondson
July 20th, 2023, 12:08 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
Replies: 671
Views: 71583

Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.

Commissioner Alexander retiring after a year. https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis ... 600291125/
by Anondson
July 17th, 2023, 10:11 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Interstate 94
Replies: 321
Views: 139346

Re: Interstate 94

by Anondson
July 12th, 2023, 10:15 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Tunnels!
Replies: 157
Views: 57429

Re: Tunnels!

by Anondson
July 12th, 2023, 7:34 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Tunnels!
Replies: 157
Views: 57429

Re: Tunnels!

CNN list of iconic tunnels around the world.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/the-worlds-m ... index.html
by Anondson
June 28th, 2023, 12:21 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Bassett Creek Valley Redevelopment
Replies: 47
Views: 44189

Re: Bassett Creek Valley Redevelopment

Image
Looks Border Ave still accounted for.
by Anondson
June 28th, 2023, 10:15 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247096

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

I would be interested in a deep dive where this statement by Zelle about the auditors’ recommendation that they “do not align with … construction law”.

In learning there is a thing called “construction law”.
by Anondson
June 28th, 2023, 7:51 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Regional Water Resources (Aquifers, Rivers, Lakes)
Replies: 32
Views: 11981

Re: Regional Water Resources (Aquifers, Rivers, Lakes)

Blaine found to have over-pumped groundwater causing homeowners to lose water in their own wells.

https://www.startribune.com/dnr-unpermi ... 600285751/
by Anondson
June 14th, 2023, 12:03 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Road Geek Topics
Replies: 295
Views: 143664

Re: Road Geek Topics

Supposedly Blake Road was to be turned over to Hopkins when the reconstruction was over. I think it is still pending.
by Anondson
June 14th, 2023, 11:57 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034637

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

If the project was more forthcoming ASAP it might have been possible that the county and municipalities made more long term plans for more robust detours, instead of signs pointing towards paint protected gutter-lanes on dangerous county roads. I have some hope imagining that it was known much soone...
by Anondson
June 7th, 2023, 10:13 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
Replies: 545
Views: 196326

Re: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles

Study:
Autonomous cars make traffic worse due to inability to interpret human behavior that humans intuitively understand immediately. https://studyfinds.org/self-driving-car ... -behavior/
by Anondson
June 7th, 2023, 2:55 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nicollet Mall
Replies: 1466
Views: 546681

Re: Nicollet Mall

Seven and a half years later and, still, no one is in charge of anything.

https://streets.mn/2015/10/28/downtown- ... elsewhere/
I was remembering this one. This was a great post.
by Anondson
June 6th, 2023, 1:41 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nicollet Mall
Replies: 1466
Views: 546681

Re: Nicollet Mall

If express buses come back to pre-covid levels this is a bad idea. Marq/2 was packed with buses during peak hours.
They sure were! Some long nights going south on Marquette. The timing of lights seemed against moving evening buses, but the turns off Marquette were the big bottlenecks.
by Anondson
June 6th, 2023, 12:15 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nicollet Mall
Replies: 1466
Views: 546681

Re: Nicollet Mall

Rerouting buses from Nicollet Mall to make it more a pedestrian street?

https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis ... 600280566/
by Anondson
May 30th, 2023, 3:51 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
Replies: 221
Views: 79421

Re: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections

Those are some fun comparisons to see trends in there.

Nowhere grew like Minneapolis in raw totals. Though Lakeville had a boom.
by Anondson
May 23rd, 2023, 7:33 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034637

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

So much has been passing this legislative session. Turns out Minnesota is getting the Idaho stop. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230523/ea769acfe0d31cfff58d3b9200bb5836.jpg https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2887&type=ccr&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&a...
by Anondson
May 16th, 2023, 3:07 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
Replies: 255
Views: 114251

Re: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics

Cory Doctorow wrote a short essay, with links, positive towards rent control.

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/16/mort ... t-control/

Lot of interesting thoughts in it!