I have a really far-fetched, "Jetsons"-type, vision that would need a great
deal
of engineering expertise, multi-county support and citizien input, but never fearing
playing the fool I will intrepidly advance one idea: Let's demolish I-35W as a
'land-based' freeway and instead either
1) liberate I-35W as a 'land-based' transportation corridor by building an
'aerial' freeway that would by-pass most of Minneapolis altogether (inspired by David
Piehl's suggestion about Lake St. feeding into the Wells Fargo (formerly Honeywell)
campus), or
2) "liberate" I-35W by having it come to a halt at a suburan mall (pick one,
anyone -- Burnsville on the south, Roseville on the north) where drivers would park
their
single-occupant cars and board either a mag-lev type train or an aerial tram system to
enter and exit Minneapolis. This scenario would necessitate a much improved bus transit
system over what we currently have so that once commuters are let off at a location in
DT
Mpls. they can board a bus to quickly and safely transport them to their destination
within the city. Or,
3) build a subway system. One that would eliminate the need for I-35W to cut
through Minneapolis altogether. But,
4) if Mpls. had a Personal Rapid Transit system, this might eliminate the need
for
any of the preceding ideas.
Any other off-the-wall ideas floating around?
Jenny Heiser
East Phillips neighborhood
"When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to
solve the problem. But when I
have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. " -- Buckminster
Fuller (1895-1983)
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