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- July 27th, 2023, 7:57 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2936
- Views: 716193
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
It's nice to see that the Route 17 improvements are happening with this pick. They had previously said that the changes wouldn't go into effect until the 3rd Avenue Bridge was complete.
- July 25th, 2023, 12:21 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2936
- Views: 716193
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Yeah, I got the impression that the change was primarily to get Northstar funding stability, and a hedge against the other suburban counties doing the same thing with the Red/Orange/Gold lines. (Unless BRT lines are funded differently?)
- July 20th, 2023, 8:42 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 343
- Views: 143356
Re: Interstate 94
Yeah, same. Concordia/St. Anthony are already just two lanes, converting them to two-way roads (and opening up development lots between them and the narrowed freeway) would go pretty far towards calming them.
- July 18th, 2023, 3:45 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 343
- Views: 143356
Re: Interstate 94
Right, the absolute best case scenario for the at-grade proposals they showed is basically Olson Memorial Highway, but it's more likely to be Hiawatha with no Lake or Franklin overpasses. I really like the Local/Regional concept. Assuming that the local two-way streets shown are the currently-existi...
- July 13th, 2023, 2:33 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
- Replies: 33
- Views: 73240
Re: North Loop Neighborhood
Yeah, HERC is massively overblown as a pollution source relative to the freeways and Riverside plant, etc. Other power plants in Minneapolis include the Main Energy Plant on the East Bank campus (natural gas) SE Steam Plant by the Stone Arch Bridge (barely ever runs) and a hydro plant on each of the...
- June 29th, 2023, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
- Replies: 964
- Views: 347017
Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Yeah. I'm guessing they weren't able to get financing secured so they're trying to sell to someone who can.
Which worked with HenCen, so it's not unheard of.
Which worked with HenCen, so it's not unheard of.
- June 28th, 2023, 12:59 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Bassett Creek Valley Redevelopment
- Replies: 47
- Views: 46004
- June 28th, 2023, 11:37 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1296
- Views: 823282
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
LaSalle Plaza has sold for a fire-sale price , which will apparently allow Hempel to make all sorts of improvements, some of which are good, some of which are terminally car-brained. I'm hoping they're motivated and able to fill in the retail spaces (and that the pickleball courts and whatever are s...
- June 27th, 2023, 2:37 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
- Replies: 1432
- Views: 488541
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
Downtown is back, baby.
ETA: Unironically, though, this is extremely good news. The store has been absolutely packed right up to the 6pm closing time any time I've stopped in there after work in the past couple years. Hopefully further extensions to 9 or 10 are also in the cards.
ETA: Unironically, though, this is extremely good news. The store has been absolutely packed right up to the 6pm closing time any time I've stopped in there after work in the past couple years. Hopefully further extensions to 9 or 10 are also in the cards.
- June 26th, 2023, 8:46 pm
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Winona
- Replies: 28
- Views: 28079
- June 26th, 2023, 2:03 pm
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Fargo/Moorhead
- Replies: 32
- Views: 24883
Re: Fargo/Moorhead
Here's a Strib article on the same project. I doubt they're thinking of this, but they should relocate the Amtrak station to here from downtown Fargo, which doesn't appear to have enough space between the cross streets for the Empire Builder to stop without blocking at least one of them. Not that it...
- June 20th, 2023, 12:16 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 625
- Views: 396878
- June 19th, 2023, 7:15 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 625
- Views: 396878
Re: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Great River (TCMC)
According to this report on the Wisconsin passenger rail program, Great River service is expected to start in September 2023, though it also mentions further down that Minnesota is still attempting to secure state funding for NLX, so it may not be fully up to date.
- June 19th, 2023, 7:04 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 510
- Views: 504835
Re: Northern Lights Express
The most recent analysis on the MnDOT website leaves it up in the air whether the maintenance facility would be in Sandstone or Duluth. Presumably a layover yard would need to be built in Duluth anyway, so hopefully the maintenance facility ends up there too. Not sure about additional layover facili...
- June 14th, 2023, 9:41 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1800
- Views: 1044648
Re: Bicycle Infrastructure
Yep. I'm becoming convinced that the "two-year" closure of Cedar Lake Trail was a fabrication the whole time. It's been nearly four years now, and they're not even remotely close to finishing up the Glenwood/LRT bridge. Admittedly, Glenwood has been completely closed for this whole time, b...
- June 12th, 2023, 2:28 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 352831
Re: MSP Airport
I don't believe the South St Paul Airport is part of the MAC system - I think it's just owned by the city.
- June 9th, 2023, 9:45 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2936
- Views: 716193
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Hard to say. There's definitely a lot of transfers on to and from the 32, but I think it's about as good as (non-21) crosstowns get, with Rosedale on one end and North Memorial/Hyvee/Robbinsdale on the other. I think it's more useful to pilot free fares on routes like this than on, say, the D Line o...
- June 9th, 2023, 12:49 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 720
- Views: 221072
Re: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
Now that Broadway NE has been 4-3'd for a few years, the pain points are just wherever two lanes squeeze down into one. Traffic would flow markedly better if it didn't switch back to two lanes per direction for a block on either side of Central, then again from 35W to Stinson. I'm having trouble fin...
- June 9th, 2023, 10:27 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 720
- Views: 221072
- June 9th, 2023, 10:01 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Street, Road and Highway Projects
- Replies: 1392
- Views: 613698
Re: Street, Road and Highway Projects
The county is rebuilding University and 4th from 35W to Oak next summer. Here's the layout . University is only a state highway north/west of Central, so I guess it's the city's responsibility between Central and 35W? Though, I think bridges over interstates are the state's responsibility no matter ...