Hard to keep elected officials when people camping on their boulevard and hurling insults at them and their children becomes an accepted practice.First, Bender's retiring, leaving defunders without a clear leader for the future (I really can't stand that Bender's retiring. Follow through.)
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- September 20th, 2021, 8:26 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis 2021 Elections - Mayor, City Council, BET, Park Board
- Replies: 167
- Views: 73031
Re: Minneapolis 2021 Elections - Mayor, City Council, BET, Park Board
- September 20th, 2021, 8:24 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2975
- Views: 773549
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Ridership on the 61 has been very middling at best. It was briefly scoped in Network Next for an ABRT route, but it fell to the wayside very quickly. I imagine good service on Como-Maryland will go further toward reducing some of the crosstown demand on the 61.
- September 16th, 2021, 7:58 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Saint Paul Districts and Neighborhoods
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9134
Re: Saint Paul Districts and Neighborhoods
Aside from the district council boundaries, all of the neighborhood designations are pretty informal, and I don't think a lot of residents would be able to name them easily.
- August 24th, 2021, 7:51 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Nicollet Ave / Eat Street - Whittier, Stevens, Loring Park
- Replies: 225
- Views: 154553
Re: Nicollet Ave / Eat Street - Whittier, Stevens, Loring Park
But don't worry, we've figured out everything that was right and wrong about previous top-down renewal projects and this time we're going to do it right.Funny, what's currently there was part of a similar 'coordinated plan' of the 1970s.
- August 13th, 2021, 2:00 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 721
- Views: 240007
Re: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
Lake Street is not going to be reconstructed for this project. And with or without bike lanes on this section of Lake Street, not doing a 4-3 conversion locks you into a double-threat situation for crossing pedestrians. There's a good reason these four-lane undivided roads are disappearing throughou...
- August 13th, 2021, 8:37 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 721
- Views: 240007
Re: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
What does that mean for the section between ~28th Avenue and the River, which under the “medium alternative” was slated to get a 4-3 conversion and bike lanes, and doesn’t really need full bus lanes due to low traffic congestion? I wondered this too. A four-lane road (even with two of them painted ...
- July 19th, 2021, 1:52 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 721
- Views: 240007
Re: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
Didn't someone here say they saw poor compliance with the test ones they built on 7th St N?
- July 13th, 2021, 8:17 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1769
- Views: 1034662
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
That side-running concept should be ruled out by the side road closures alone. That would absolutely divide the neighborhood in half.
- July 13th, 2021, 7:59 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1803
- Views: 1099053
Re: Bicycle Infrastructure
City/county/DNR are working on getting needed easements for the rebuilt section from Arlington to Maryland. Once that's built (hopefully later this year or next) the trail will connect through to Cayuga and beyond.
- July 9th, 2021, 10:09 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Lyndale 4-3 Conversion and Bryant Avenue Reconstruction
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5743
Re: Street, Road and Highway Projects
There's just no way that a 4-3 conversion of Lyndale is going to be able to handle the volume of traffic that the street has to handle. Take an honest look at the car queuing needs at lights throughout this stretch. It's going to make people livid. I think you're completely right here on the effect...
- July 6th, 2021, 9:37 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: C Line - Penn Avenue North Rapid Bus
- Replies: 240
- Views: 56771
Re: C Line - Penn Avenue North Rapid Bus
I was told by someone who should know that the chargers "literally melted."
- June 29th, 2021, 8:43 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: F Line BRT (Central-University)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7955
Re: F Line BRT (Central-University)
While it's no way to plan/build a transit system, there is absolutely a political element of "geographic parity" or whatever you want to call it, that is going to be expected by suburban legislators and the city/county officials that lobby them. Note too that the $25M in existing federal ...
- June 24th, 2021, 12:59 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 641
- Views: 424239
Re: Amtrak Empire Builder and Intercity Rail to Chicago
The Transportation bill just passed includes the $10m match for the second train to Chicago.
- June 21st, 2021, 1:26 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
- Replies: 260
- Views: 134038
Re: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
Meanwhile, NYT reporting lumber prices falling back to earth: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/busi ... price.html
- June 14th, 2021, 10:20 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
- Replies: 1502
- Views: 628976
Re: Uptown-LynLake-Wedge - News & General Topics
The most recent example that comes to mind is I Like You moving from 1st Ave NE to Johnson St. The first interview with the owner said that they were moving because the neighborhood had changed and become too bustling (a nightmare scenario for a gift shop, I guess), but then a few weeks later she a...
- June 14th, 2021, 9:56 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
- Replies: 1502
- Views: 628976
Re: Uptown-LynLake-Wedge - News & General Topics
Right. They're way more likely to lose customers by blaming crime and unrest than by saying "Uptown is too expensive, come visit us on Grand."
- June 11th, 2021, 3:29 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1769
- Views: 1034662
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
It’s about 100’, give or take. Still fairly narrow, but feasible.
- June 10th, 2021, 5:51 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1769
- Views: 1034662
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Before anyone asks, Broadway in Robbinsdale is about 66' wide, which is just about impossible to fit surface LRT in unless the street becomes a pedestrian/transit mall.
- June 10th, 2021, 5:35 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis 2021 Elections - Mayor, City Council, BET, Park Board
- Replies: 167
- Views: 73031
Re: Minneapolis 2021 Elections - Mayor, City Council, BET, Park Board
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-dfl-endorses-in-seven-council-races-fails-to-endorse-in-six/600066740/ Endorsements in 1 (Payne over Reich), 4 (Cunningham), 7 (Goodman), 8 (Jenkins), 9 (open, Chavez), 12 (Johnson), and 13 (Palmisano). Ellison (5) came within two points of losing the DFL endo...
- June 7th, 2021, 8:29 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Highland Bridge: Ford Site Redevelopment
- Replies: 199
- Views: 188824
Re: Highland Bridge: Ford Site Redevelopment
You can see a lot of curbs in this drone video from about a month ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYpSngUXcs0