15. January, 2001 - Urban Sprawl links for MLK Day
- I've updated my page of
Dave's Photos to collect links to the various pages of pictures I've put on
the web. I also updated the Vacation 2000 and Downtown Minneapolis pages.
- Crosstown Hwy. will be closed for repairs beginning in 2002. This is one of the
worst traffic bottlenecks in Minneapolis currently. I used to have to drive through
it every day. I'm much happier now that I don't have to. Segments of the
interchange now carry more vehicles than they're designed for 14 hours a day.
Oof.
- Stillwater bridge plans halted. While the current situation in Stillwater isn't very
good (downtown is often jammed with cars trying to cross the river), I'm not sure
that putting in a new bridge is the right answer, either. It'll make a large part of
Wisconsin an easier commute, which will lead to increased development there. And
none of the plans for a new bridge included provisions for anything other than cars,
usually with just one person in each of 'em.
- After years of study, Light rail is a go in Twin Cities area. Which is a pretty good
thing, since construction had already started on the first line. In all, this was an
encouraging process. Yes, it's still taking a ton of federal money, but the county
and state made big commitments first.
- Sprawl Watch
- Smart Growth America
- Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
- Loss of rural land accelerating in MN. But there's still a lot of open space left.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Mon, 07 Jan 2002 14:52:10.