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Affordable Housing in Minneapolis and Beyond

By on December 5, 2018 in Housing, Land use, Transportation

The current debates over the Minneapolis 2040 comprehensive plan and inclusionary housing raise some interesting ideas for consideration about the city and Twin Cities metro area overall. First, more housing at all levels of affordability is critical to the future of the city, not for the sake of density itself but rather the city’s ability […]

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Chart of the Day: Twin Cities Rental Vacancy versus Average Rents

By on August 21, 2018 in Chart, Housing

Via the Star Tribune’s Editorial page, here’s a chart from the Met Council’s latest report on housing trends. It shows the average rents charted against the ever-tightening rental vacancy rate: Here are the key points from the report about this chart: The region’s rental vacancy rate has been under 5% since the fourth quarter of […]

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The Quarterly Transit Report–March 2018

By on March 12, 2018 in Sidewalks, Transit, Walking

There’s little to report about the March service change, mostly fine tuning. That’s not surprising, considering it follows a major effort to beef up service for the Super Bowl. The only change of note is the rerouting of eastbound express routes 294, 350, 351, 361 and 364 from downtown St. Paul via the 6th Street […]

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A Defense of Metro Transit’s Superb Owl Transit Plan

By on December 13, 2017 in Downtown, Transit

A few weeks ago, we learned (many of us via Twitter, and more on that later) about Metro Transit’s plans for transit access the day of the “Big Game.” We learned (via the NFL’s web page and Metro Transit’s web page) that the plan was to restrict gameday transit traffic on all of the Blue […]

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From the Fairest Creatures We Desire Increase: Notes on MetroTransit’s Fare Raise

By on August 11, 2017 in Buses, Trains, Transit

On October 1st, Metro Transit will increase fares on all buses and trains by 25 cents.  While that small dollar amount may seem inconsequential, this decision comes as a culmination to a protracted debate.  Transit advocates have argued that the fare increase unfairly and disproportionately affects the poor. Proponents do not necessarily disagree, but argue […]

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Chart of the Day: Twin Cities Household Size and Age Forecasts

By on July 27, 2017 in Chart, Demographics

Here’s a chart from the Met Council’s latest regional growth forecast, which is full of charts and highly recommended for anyone curious about the housing and demographic trends in the Twin Cities’ region. This one caught my eye: Here’s what the 7-page document has to say about the age and demographic growth patterns: As the […]

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Chart of the Day: Twin Cities New Housing by Urban Type, 2005-2016

By on June 8, 2017 in Chart, Housing

The Met Council data crunchers have a new housing report out with the latest year’s worth of data. Here are three chart-y highlights: According to the report, there is still a lot of “balance” in the forces of housing in the Metro area. The report says this about the recent years’ trend: In our five-year retrospective […]

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We Read the Traffic Congestion Report’s Comments So You Don’t Have To

By on June 8, 2017 in Freeways, Infrastructure, New Urbanism, Politics, Traffic, We Read The Comments

When controversy happens….when tempers flare….we read the comments, so you don’t have to. Today the Center of the American Experiment, Minnesota’s Think Tank, released the report, “Twin Cities: Traffic Congestion: It’s No Accident.” The Star Tribune gave it above the fold coverage in their article, “What’s to blame for Twin Cities traffic congestion: regional growth […]

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Chart of the Day: Minneapolis and Saint Paul Populations as Percent of their Peak

By on May 17, 2017 in Chart, Demographics, History

Via erstwhile gadfly David Brauer, here’s an interesting chart. The 2016 census population estimates came out last week and sparked an interesting conversation on Twitter this week. Here’s the original population chart, via former streets.mn board member / forum founder Nick Magrino: (He got the chart from a recently released Met Council report…) Following the chart […]

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Counties Transit Board Dissolution Plan in the Works

By on December 30, 2016 in Governance, Transit

The Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB) met on December 21 to discuss the probable voluntary dissolution of CTIB and future funding options for metro rail and bus transit systems. The 78 page PDF was distributed and was the working document used at the meeting. Pages 3-7 offer a summary of the dissolution proposal as well […]

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