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- April 21st, 2024, 7:34 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 372
- Views: 156453
Re: Interstate 94
Found this somewhat relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5pPKfzzL54 Does freight exist? Does that bed in a box you ordered from Amazon magically coalesce inside the Amazon van when it pulls up in front of your house? Like the transporter in Star Trek? The guy has some great jargon that he's j...
- April 8th, 2024, 11:04 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 372
- Views: 156453
Re: Interstate 94
Hi, I'm just tuning in to the debate on this. None of the promotional materials address the issue of freight traffic if 94 got turned into a "boulevard". Nobody seems to be studying this. In particular, what would be the impact on the BNSF intermodal yard? Given a choice between a semi dri...
- November 28th, 2023, 9:49 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Transit Crime
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1052745
Re: Transit Crime
If the only answer to the problem is putting an army of enforcers on the job we could be waiting for quite a while.
- November 25th, 2023, 6:56 pm
- Forum: Cities Around the World
- Topic: Oslo, Norway (my home away from home)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5698
Re: Oslo, Norway (my home away from home)
I just looked at the map and noticed that the Oslo airport (unlike ours) is a sensible distance away from the city.
- November 17th, 2023, 11:42 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Xcel Energy Center
- Replies: 54
- Views: 118642
Re: Xcel Energy Center
I think what really irritates people about public funding for stadiums is that the sports teams are regular for-profit businesses. And the owners behave like petulant children when they demand subsidies, usually for more luxury boxes. Some of the people posting in this thread are attempting to draw ...
- September 30th, 2023, 1:05 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
- Replies: 33
- Views: 78153
Re: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
Electricity will never be cheap enough to use it for district heating.
- September 28th, 2023, 9:52 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
- Replies: 33
- Views: 78153
Re: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
HERC has always seemed like a zero sum proposition to me. Yes, it drastically reduces weight and volume while generating a tiny amount of electricity, but the resulting ash is drastically more toxic, requiring a special type of landfill. When HERC was built a lot of us thought that plastics recyclin...
- July 25th, 2023, 5:56 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 372
- Views: 156453
Re: Interstate 94
Would this impact semi traffic, especially container freight? I haven't been able to come up with any facts and figures relating to freight traffic on that stretch. How much would this handicap the BNSF intermodal yard?
- April 17th, 2023, 8:34 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Street Design
- Replies: 45
- Views: 56438
Re: Minneapolis Street Design
Can someone who's advocating for smaller fire trucks post a link or a picture? Are we talking about a ladder mounted on a Ford Transit van?
Everywhere I've traveled in the US and Europe the fire trucks look the same size as the Minneapolis ones.
Everywhere I've traveled in the US and Europe the fire trucks look the same size as the Minneapolis ones.
- April 5th, 2023, 8:50 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Freight Rail News and Happenings
- Replies: 247
- Views: 133891
Re: Freight Rail News and Happenings
BNSF is wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway, and thus incapable of paying dividends and repurchasing shares. Theoretically they should be capable of long term thinking, unlike the others.
- December 25th, 2022, 12:46 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2970
- Views: 760685
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Americans live in segregated neighborhoods, drive alone, and work among the economically likeminded. They are often unaware of problems like drugs, homelessness and poverty. So when they ride transit its one of the only times they see that and think its somehow unique to transit. I'm really not sur...
- November 17th, 2022, 12:30 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Root District - Farmers Market / Royalston Station
- Replies: 81
- Views: 66567
Re: Root District - Farmers Market / Royalston Station
It may replace some of the blue collar employment lost by Graco's departure. The fact that we've seen a little disappointment upthread that there is not a concrete and steel apartment tower being built on this site once again begs the question of where the proper place for a factory is. Out in the c...
- August 18th, 2022, 8:08 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Public Bathrooms
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16230
Re: Public Bathrooms
I was lucky on a trip to Boston and this worked perfectly for me: http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/08/if_it_works_what_a_relief/ It wasn't until later that I found out just how incredibly lucky I was. It was a very high quality experience, and I was awed that they were able to m...
- July 25th, 2022, 12:30 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Transit Crime
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1052745
Re: Transit Crime
I thought metro transit explicitly allowed housing insecure folks to use trains/buses for resting areas as long as they weren’t actively disturbing folks, like panhandling etc. If so, I actually like this policy. I don’t think it’s a be all solution, however I find it to be a very empathetic way to...
- July 25th, 2022, 9:33 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Transit Crime
- Replies: 280
- Views: 1052745
Re: Transit Crime
The volunteer/vigilante approach certainly has a place, but the root cause of the problem is mental illness, and I don't see how you solve it without hiring an army of social workers, and nobody wants to pay for that.
- July 21st, 2022, 11:52 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
- Replies: 433
- Views: 213174
Re: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
You could start by mailing a small, cheap postcard to the registered owner notifying them that the camera had spotted their car running a red light. I think a substantial reduction could be achieved by simply alerting them to the fact that somebody is paying attention. This avoids the accusation of ...
- June 21st, 2022, 5:27 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
- Replies: 433
- Views: 213174
Re: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
The point I've been trying to make is that the most compelling use case for 24 hour bus lanes would be supporting the planned conversion of the Uptown Theater. At 2500 capacity it would force bus ridership because driving there would be an absolute clusterf*ck.
- June 19th, 2022, 3:01 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
- Replies: 433
- Views: 213174
Re: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
This is all I've seen on it so far: https://racketmn.com/uptown-theatre-minneapolis-set-to-become-concert-venue/ When I look at those drawings it seems quite cramped for 2500, maybe about right for 1200. Even at 1200, that's a third more people than the previous maximum movie crowd. Maybe people wil...
- June 18th, 2022, 8:10 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
- Replies: 433
- Views: 213174
Re: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
If the Uptown Theater does, in fact, get redeveloped into a live performance venue with a capacity of 2500, it's going to take a LOT of buses to get all those people in and out.
- April 9th, 2022, 1:22 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Nicollet Ave / Eat Street - Whittier, Stevens, Loring Park
- Replies: 225
- Views: 147173
Re: Nicollet Ave / Eat Street - Whittier, Stevens, Loring Park
Kind of a weird nod to mansard on the sides and a very bland, sterile front facing facade. It looks quite profitable.