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There was an article about the possibility of Allina relocating to the Midway
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To add to Wendy's comments. The arguments about suburbanites coming to the
city for their jobs needs to be analyzed in factual terms.
>From the 2000 census, some errors due to metc and census totals not being
quite the same.
Minneapolis residents working in city: 107,905 35.7% 53.0
y bus.
The nationwide guideline is that a transit trip takes at least 50% longer
than a comparable car trip.
And maybe some of the survey numbers were gained by carefully crafted
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One of the very vocal supporters of lrt in Houston has written that nobody
rides the bus but minorities and the servant classes, and that's why lrt is
needed. By inference, he doesn't ride with "those" people.
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Don't forget the favorites of lrt pushers: dry cleaners, florists, and book
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methodologies, the actual data studied, etc.). Note that
commercial properties benefitted the most and that critics point out that
residential values didn't rise much or dropped 5-10%. I haven't had time to
see if the original of the study is on-line.
www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-railstu
uot;It's transit-ORIENTED development, not
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It's been pointed out that I didn't include the URL for the article on
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table is well away from the smoking area, even if I have to wait a while.
If it's too bad, I leave and never come back. Kind of like not going
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isn't wasted on such places.
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house and you had no medallion, your house burned. The neighbors with
coverage were protected. People didn't like this idea, so firefighting
became a municipal function for all, covered by taxes.
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Germany and require true bike riding training and licensing, just as
I would like to see considerably better auto driver training and
licensing.
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that there is the "fareless square" around
downtown where you don't need to pay. Want to take wagers on the number of
people who will use lrt to get around downtown Minneapolis without paying?
Of course, the stated plan was to increase the transit police staff by 1/3
when the
I saw one on Highway 36 near White Bear Avenue, so it's not limited
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e the number
of buses being operated, to benefit more than 90% of the riders, rather
than far less than 10% of the current bus ridership.
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drove autos)
ation in the safety zone extending from
the end of the runway. And be reassured, the MAC, with its vast experience
in hotels, has purchased it and is operating it until it is torn down.
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ld be built for $440
million (was it each or for both, memory says both?)
The usual nonsense about choice riders and how easy it is to expand train
service. I'll post some research about busways and how much more ridership
they can carry than is predicted for this line.
Bruce Gaarder
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that came in from Saint Cloud in the morning. The other four
came in from Anoka and Elk River. Recent stories have seen the supposed
average speed go from 34 to 40, with no explanation of how that was achieved,
since there is no agreement with BNSF on sharing the tracks, actually more
like p
ld be able to sharpen a reel mower's
blades.
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culty/glaeser/papers.html choose
"The Impact of Zoning on Housing Affordability"
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in history to the earliest dates of encouraging
home ownership. Maybe someone would like to dig up homeownership figures
from 1870?
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educing or eliminating
the 7.5% medical expenses reduction on the federal (indirectly state)
itemized deductions? Even if you make $20,000 a year, that eliminates
$1,500 of potential medical deductions.
Or maybe you favor a flat tax?
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building codes, thus
the buildings are properly constructed (for the area).
As was noted, it has been a growth area.
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If critical mass wants to hold a peaceful and lawful demonstration where
they can ride through red lights, perhaps they should obtain a parade
permit from the city.
The laws relevant to riding bicycles were posted here just last week by
a cycling instructor, if you need to refer to them.
Bruce
that it is the pedestrian's responsibility not
to move into the crosswalk if it is not safe to do so.
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ur is at the low end for
such facilities.
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k the initial
investment.
There must be something else that I don't see, beyond the $515,000 subsidy,
that makes this work for the developer.
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