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Downtown Phoenix also plans to have completed by next year:
A Residence Inn (Luhrs Redevelopment)
Arizona Cancer Center
National Bank Building-conversion to a hotel
Let's not forget Glendale: This year Westgate and University of Phoenix Stadium will be host to the Superbowl, the BCS Championship and the Fiesta Bowl
That's all a pipe dream. Most of that is proposed and will never come to fruition. Most of those are in the Metro as a whole not in Munneapolis. Show some actually buildings that are completed, under construction or approved. I'd like to see a list but until than you are just stating facts that I'm not sure you can back up.
It's all a pipe dream? Haha ok.
One would think that if you actually lived in the Minneapolis - St. Paul area, you would have some idea as to what is under construction. Therefore, I think it's safe to assume you trolling from outstate MN or another state.
Seattle is not the fastest growing city in the US. Austin, Charlotte, Denver, and Washington are all growing faster, and by MSA, it's behind Austin, Raleigh, Houston, San Antonio, Orlando, Denver, Dallas, Washington, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, and Nashville.
Here's Seattle's transit plan:
Here's Minneapolis's (does not include current or proposed commuter rail - the Northstar line currently operates between Minneapolis and Big Lake, the Red Rock Line is proposed between Minneapolis and Hastings, and the Rush Line is proposed between St. Paul and Hinckley):
I don't know where to look for Denver, San Diego, or Phoenix.
Seattle is not the fastest growing city in the US. Austin, Charlotte, Denver, and Washington are all growing faster, and by MSA, it's behind Austin, Raleigh, Houston, San Antonio, Orlando, Denver, Dallas, Washington, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, and Nashville.
Here's Seattle's transit plan:
Here's Minneapolis's (does not include current or proposed commuter rail - the Northstar line currently operates between Minneapolis and Big Lake, the Red Rock Line is proposed between Minneapolis and Hastings, and the Rush Line is proposed between St. Paul and Hinckley):
I don't know where to look for Denver, San Diego, or Phoenix.
Here's the plan for Denver. By 2016, Denver's Light rail should be much better.
^The light rail lines I've seen in San Diego are at-grade, meaning that the trains run with traffic and have to wait at traffic lights. They are a glorified, much more expensive version of transit that buses already offered.
What's special about Seattle's light rail lines is that except for the line which runs through Rainier Valley in South Seattle (the working-class area of Seattle), Seattle's really pushing for all of its new lines to be grade-separated which allows for much faster transit.
Are Denver's current and future light rail lines underground/elevated?
What about Minneapolis?
Seattle is not the fastest growing city in the US. Austin, Charlotte, Denver, and Washington are all growing faster, and by MSA, it's behind Austin, Raleigh, Houston, San Antonio, Orlando, Denver, Dallas, Washington, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, and Nashville.
Here's Seattle's transit plan:
Here's Minneapolis's (does not include current or proposed commuter rail - the Northstar line currently operates between Minneapolis and Big Lake, the Red Rock Line is proposed between Minneapolis and Hastings, and the Rush Line is proposed between St. Paul and Hinckley):
I don't know where to look for Denver, San Diego, or Phoenix.
The MSP map isn't even completely accurate in the sense that it is missing the Midtown and Riverside Corridors, along with the entire long term streetcar system.
^The light rail lines I've seen in San Diego are at-grade, meaning that the trains run with traffic and have to wait at traffic lights. They are a glorified, much more expensive version of transit that buses already offered.
What's special about Seattle's light rail lines is that except for the line which runs through Rainier Valley in South Seattle (the working-class area of Seattle), Seattle's really pushing for all of its new lines to be grade-separated which allows for much faster transit.
Are Denver's current and future light rail lines underground/elevated?
What about Minneapolis?
For Minneapolis it depends on the line. In both downtowns, the light rail lines are at grade, which hopefully will change in the coming years. Outside of the downtowns (inner neighborhoods and suburbs), many of the planned lines run along freight rail ROW's, tunnels, next to freeways, or on elevated tracks for portions. However, the planned Midtown corridor in Minneapolis runs through some of the densest portions of Minneapolis, from Uptown to Midtown, but is almost completely grade seperated in a pre-existing rail trench (the Midtown greenway).
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