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- August 9th, 2023, 12:31 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
- Replies: 260
- Views: 126057
Re: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
Fortune article alleging that changes in Minneapolis metro housing supply is a major factor for the region’s low inflation rate. https://fortune.com/2023/08/09/minneapolis-housing-zoning-real-estate-inflation-yimby-nimby-minnesota/ I’m not an economist who can look at the metro housing supply number...
- August 9th, 2023, 10:43 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
- Replies: 260
- Views: 126057
Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
Allegations that in our current market with very low supply, sellers are discriminating against FHA- and VA-backed mortgages. Resulting in an effective redlining as immigrants and households with low wealth are over represented among federally backed mortgages. Increasingly sellers are avoiding the ...
- August 4th, 2023, 1:20 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Dinkytown
- Replies: 439
- Views: 279376
- August 4th, 2023, 10:56 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1803
- Views: 1090117
Bicycle Infrastructure
For what it is worth, out in Hopkins the city is beginning the planning and community engagement regarding a full reconstruction of 17th Avenue between TH 7 and Excelsior Blvd (the future SWLRT Shady Oak station area) All reconstruction plans call for narrowing the street and including bike faciliti...
- August 3rd, 2023, 3:40 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
- Replies: 1498
- Views: 617060
- August 3rd, 2023, 9:36 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1767
- Views: 1024156
- August 2nd, 2023, 4:36 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Shakopee - Savage - Prior Lake - Scott County
- Replies: 47
- Views: 48373
- July 25th, 2023, 8:06 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
- Replies: 119
- Views: 127006
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
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... -plan.html
- July 24th, 2023, 3:31 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1316560
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 ...
- July 20th, 2023, 12:08 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
- Replies: 671
- Views: 81530
Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
Commissioner Alexander retiring after a year. https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis ... 600291125/
- July 17th, 2023, 10:11 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 367
- Views: 154713
- July 12th, 2023, 10:15 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Tunnels!
- Replies: 157
- Views: 62004
- July 12th, 2023, 7:34 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Tunnels!
- Replies: 157
- Views: 62004
- June 28th, 2023, 12:21 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Bassett Creek Valley Redevelopment
- Replies: 47
- Views: 49263
- June 28th, 2023, 10:15 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1316560
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”.
In learning there is a thing called “construction law”.
- June 28th, 2023, 7:51 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Regional Water Resources (Aquifers, Rivers, Lakes)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14926
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/
https://www.startribune.com/dnr-unpermi ... 600285751/
- June 14th, 2023, 12:03 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Road Geek Topics
- Replies: 295
- Views: 152980
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.
- June 14th, 2023, 11:57 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1803
- Views: 1090117
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...
- June 7th, 2023, 10:13 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
- Replies: 545
- Views: 213836
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/
Autonomous cars make traffic worse due to inability to interpret human behavior that humans intuitively understand immediately. https://studyfinds.org/self-driving-car ... -behavior/
- June 7th, 2023, 2:55 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nicollet Mall
- Replies: 1466
- Views: 587889
Re: Nicollet Mall
I was remembering this one. This was a great post.Seven and a half years later and, still, no one is in charge of anything.
https://streets.mn/2015/10/28/downtown- ... elsewhere/