RD

Private lists only. No ads, less algorithm, choose what and when I want to see a topic.

@Hennepin Winter edition

More evidence of reckless driving on Lake Street after @Hennepin redesign

I’ve been trying to draw attention to the problem of speeding drivers using the center turn lane on Lake Street after the red bus lanes were added by @MetroTransitMN and @Hennepin. How many times will the poles in the island at 34th Ave need to be replaced?

@googlemaps Hi there again @googlemaps. You said the same three weeks ago. People are speeding by schools. Please fix asap.

@R27D @R27D Hi there. Thank you for your feedback. We will pass it to the team.

@sdho None of the 20mph speed limits are correct in MPLS neighborhoods either. This 20mph street (36th St east of Minnehaha) shows as 30mph.

@NortonMpls San Francisco’s outdoor advertising ban is highly underrated.

I would support any mayoral candidate that vowed to remove all the billboards from Minneapolis: “It’s not nice to look at. It feels so much more commercial, rather than a neighborhood environment, to have a bunch of billboards up.” startribune.com/eyesore-or-nei…

@johnkonrad As a former ski instructor I can 100% confirm this is true and it’s also the reason so many small ski town main streets are struggling. They don’t actually provide goods to the community or the tourists.

I live in a very liberal, very wealthy Massachusetts town, and several times a year I find myself needing to explain to friends how all the fancy Main Street businesses stay open Spoiler: it’s not from selling organic hand woven wool mittens

@googlemaps Also the east.west streets were showing 20mph but are now 25mph which is incorrect.

@googlemaps 🤩 thank you!

@RLaker84 @mollypeonies @Mousebacon @EthanFawley 4:00 to 6:00 everyday it is far worse than ever before. Speaking of signaling though I spoke with the Metro Transit project coordinator and he didn’t think City Minneapolis has done anything to adjust the Lake/River Road Signal Timing.

@mollypeonies @R27D @Mousebacon @EthanFawley I drive this stretch all the time. Traffic flows fine 90% of the time. And it was very backed up last night because everyone forgot to drive in the snow, and were pushing the limits of traffic signaling.

The new Lake St. redesign is the perfect example of Mpls failed planning. What an embarrassing disaster of a street design.

@mollypeonies @Mousebacon @EthanFawley Compounded by Metro Transit / MPLS/ StP lack of coordination. Just waiting for someone to shout “just take the bus if you don’t like traffic”. 9 minute off peak drive was 35 minutes during rush hour tonight which is still 10 minutes faster than the bus non-peak.

@R27D @Mousebacon @EthanFawley YUUUPP. Another example of “good” ideas with the right intentions but very little deeper analysis or community-centered design. It’s what frustrates me most about this city—personal beliefs/goals over community-led design. White elitism at its peak.

@AlecStapp @DOGE They should also look into why everyone who owns a “home healthcare service” is ridiculously wealthy.

The @DOGE should look into this…

This stat always blows my mind

@ReAptNNN @loganzuber17 This one for sure. It’s help up excellent in every camper van I’ve built.

@loganzuber17 I believe he does two coats of this when we use butcher block.

I’m doing butcher block countertops in my latest flip. I’ve never done them before. What coating or oil are you guys using to finish them? I don’t want a super shiny finish.

@jslag Can you believe the same people who championed this boondoggle want to completely eliminate I-94? 😂

The lake street / Marshall redesign process must not have considered winter. Worst traffic I have ever experienced in the twin cities.

I don’t think doubling every vehicle’s trip time and everyone idling in stop and go traffic is a win for the environment.

The disaster that is the Lake Street bus lane conversion is really showing tonight after the first snow. Bumper-to-bumper from Snelling Avenue in Saint Paul to Hiawatha Ave in MPLS in both directions along with bumper-to-bumper on River Road in every direction for miles.

Anyone else noticing the huge increase in rush hour speeders through the Seward neighborhood since the Lake Street bus lanes went in? They’re all heading to River Road which is now bumper bump bumper to bumper from from Franklin to Lake Street every day.

@PhilmerPhiI Some attention to repainting the faded bike lanes and green lanes we already have elsewhere in the city besides Uptown sure would be nice.

It's nearly all but guaranteed that Lyndale Avenue will have a protected bikeway in a few years. This is really huge! #LivableLyndale