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Dan Marshall
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Yes that is interesting 🧐. Hmmmm
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Bikes. Kids. Saint Paul. Egg Tacos. Coffee. 1/3 of @MischiefToy.bsky.social . Irredeemable YIMBY. he/him
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Dan Marshall
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Yes that is interesting 🧐. Hmmmm
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Dan Marshall
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Commercial building financing doesn't actually prioritize occupancy for some reason.
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Dan Marshall
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I was assured this means they'll be tweaking it further to meet issues identified by @sustainstpaul.bsky.social and others. Not a bad thing I guess.
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Dan Marshall
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Thanks! If they choose to stick with the amendment, I'm pretty sure they'll change it further so that EGAOD is nothing but a fig leaf.
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Dan Marshall
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No, I don't think so. They're just dumb.
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Dan Marshall
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Lol they had so many chances
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Dan Marshall
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No one testified against upzoning
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Dan Marshall
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Dang! Apparently the council won't be voting on this today. To be continued...
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Dan Marshall
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A longtime resident of Summit Hill who now lives in Kenton House supports the amendment as well.
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Dan Marshall
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Now Ari Parritz, who developed Kenton House (Dixie's) is seconding Cody's testimony and asking for tweaks, without which Kenton House would have been almost a full story smaller.
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Dan Marshall
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Hey I guess I got to go first. Now Cody Fischer, a small scale developer, is asking for additional tweaks to the amendment. He also represents @sustainstpaul.bsky.social, which has been a great ally in this fight.
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Dan Marshall
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Saving it for therapy, lol
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Dan Marshall
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Tonight, I'll be arguing that EGAOD should be repealed, not amended. Here's what I'm planning to say during the public hearing.
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Dan Marshall
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I served on the citizen's committee and it was, well, it was an experience.
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Dan Marshall
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This is the culmination of a planning process and citizen review committee that started almost 2 years ago. 😅
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Dan Marshall
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So the council has before it an amendment to EGAOD, which has passed the planning commission and is not horrible and will likely open the doors to a lot of great mixed use projects.
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Dan Marshall
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EGAOD currently limits new buildings on Grand to 3 stories or less. Other than 695 Grand (Dixies), which was a HUGE battle, nothing's been built on east Grand since EGAOD came into effect. streets.mn/2023/04/19/u...
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Dan Marshall
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I'm at the StP City Council meeting for a hearing on the East Grand Avenue Overlay District, which is restrictive zoning which has stifled development on Grand for almost 20 years.
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Dan Marshall
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Pedestrian disregards stop sign? 👀
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Dan Marshall
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I hear you.
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Dan Marshall
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Those aren't weeds growing up through your bike trail. They're CHALLENGE FEATURES!
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Dan Marshall
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I've always loved the notion that city streets are smooth enough to take a hand off your bars at intersections so that you can let drivers know your intentions if they happen to be paying attention.
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Dan Marshall
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Just got a chance to read this. I moved out of NE to Midway in 1998 and the infinitesimal amount of change since then is infuriating. Central used to be my commute into DT and it has barely changed. Keep on fighting the good fight is all I can say.
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Dan Marshall
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If you ever get a chance to ride Margaret Street on StP Eastside, you'll experience the BB's full potential. But most anything short of that is just window dressing. Also BBs suck in winter. I appreciate that StP's new bike plan leans heavily on protected trails.
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Dan Marshall
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Lol. I love NE but it doesn't actually have a single example of good connected cycling infrastructure. Local knowledge required.
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Dan Marshall
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This aint no bike lane, this aint no MUP trail
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Dan Marshall
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My personal contemplations of the bicycle boulevard streets.mn/2021/02/08/s...
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Dan Marshall
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But there's a pictogram of a bike painted on the road...
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Dan Marshall
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A good listen & a solid episode. I've heard enough car brained crap from "avid cyclist" to know that the damage caused by Forester's ideas. Vehicular cycling should be seen as a necessary adaptation to a murderous transportation system, not as a prescription for how the world should be.
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Bill Lindeke
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Remember the good 'ol days of fighting over trash in St. Paul? Yeah, me neither. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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Dan Marshall
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This all sounds great but can we have Trash Wars II anyway?
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Dan Marshall
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Dan Marshall
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Night ride
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Peter Norton
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In case you missed it, children lost the safe and convenient use of their own local streets because of “safety conscious mothers.”
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Dan Marshall
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That is truly impressive.
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Dan Marshall
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My $30 Craigslist trailer. Every bike's a cargo bike!
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Hecate
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People sometimes ask how I do things like ger groceries without a car & they imagine i have some specialized gear. Just have a Franken Burley, a composite of a few parts from some 25 year old trailers.
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Ducking Grey Duck
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The problem with seeing potentially discworld cosplays is that it's super fucking awkward to ask someone if they're Moist
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Dan Marshall
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Totally fair! Most people overshift I think. Riding single speed has moderated my behavior, too.
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Dan Marshall
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This is what a 7 speed cassette looks like when a rider seldom shifts. 3rd highest sprocket is worn to pointy little shark teeth and all the others are like new. Much respect for this rider 🫡
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Dan Marshall
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The pedestrian tunnel content America needs today
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Dan Marshall
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Apparently in 2011 I set up a personal Instagram account & forgot about it. Someone tried to hack it, got a security notice. Account secured, found this lovely picture of Riley & Ada at a mall somewhere. Possibly Galleria in Edina. Exactly like finding a faded old Polaroid behind your dresser.
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Dan Marshall
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In short, we need to invest in placemaking, not parking. Pedestrians, not vehicle throughput. We know these strategies work & will help small shops. We just need the leadership & courage to overcome kneejerk reactionaries.
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Dan Marshall
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We need leadership that can offer an alternative vision to small biz owners & can recreate our cities around transit & micro mobility. Who can focus on keeping sidewalks clear of snow and crosswalks painted at every intersection.
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Dan Marshall
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So I would argue that we need to offer a new urban vision that would help small business owners. We need to create safe, denser, walkable commercial districts that aren't dominated by cars. Narrower streets, car free plazas, places people will want to spend time.
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All of which is under threat by exploitive mega tech companies like Amazon et al who don't pay city property taxes, freely violate local wage protections, and use bus zones and bike lanes as free parking. streets.mn/2023/10/09/a...
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Dan Marshall
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Most city residents don't realize how much of their city's budget comes from sales taxes and commercial property taxes. Our local economies depend on healthy & vibrant downtowns & commercial corridors.
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Dan Marshall
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Although there's plenty of independently wealthy shopkeepers or people with well paid spouses who open shops as a hobby but in my experience these aren't the reactionaries who show up at city council meetings screaming about bike lanes.
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Dan Marshall
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I agree with this sentiment except us shopkeepers nowadays aren't particularly well off and we're driving 13 year old Hyundais, not BMWs. Retail's a much harder gig than it used to be.
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Dan Marshall
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4th vibes just feel menacing this year.
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