G.H.Moore
@ghmoore.bsky.social
MN--> NC! Urban planner-person ~ transportation, land use, zoning, environment | Usually transportation and specifically Amtrak posting, probably! [also Minnesota sports, sorry] | Opinions are just mine, thanks!
Agree re: awfully biased strib reporting! Isn’t ridership down YOY so far compared to 2024, though? It’s not looking great iirc, and the recovery does lag behind peer metros. Not to mention the depressing, ongoing collapse in LRT ridership!
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Agree re: awfully biased strib reporting! Isn’t ridership down YOY so far compared to 2024, though? It’s not looking great iirc, and the recovery does lag behind peer metros. Not to mention the depressing, ongoing collapse in LRT ridership!
And he was pretty good. Going off of the precincts that went for Her, the historic nature of her campaign, and the interviews with Hmong St. Paulites, I think the Hmong community’s vote was totally underestimated in pre-election analysis. That, and the anti-bike lane folks came out.
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
And he was pretty good. Going off of the precincts that went for Her, the historic nature of her campaign, and the interviews with Hmong St. Paulites, I think the Hmong community’s vote was totally underestimated in pre-election analysis. That, and the anti-bike lane folks came out.
Late to seeing this but since it’s little discussed: the 18th ave NE/great northern greenway trail is amazing! Yes, it has a gap, but in particular being able to bike safely to the Quarry from Logan Park was a game-changer for me!! And the other 1/2 of the trail is also super useful
November 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Late to seeing this but since it’s little discussed: the 18th ave NE/great northern greenway trail is amazing! Yes, it has a gap, but in particular being able to bike safely to the Quarry from Logan Park was a game-changer for me!! And the other 1/2 of the trail is also super useful
(To be clear I think this is very sad and also this is where my brain went with this early in the morn! I hope his offline life improves.)
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
(To be clear I think this is very sad and also this is where my brain went with this early in the morn! I hope his offline life improves.)
J-Tank 714, sits at computer and ponders the dust of his life/he only feels strife/family deleted/won-dering why the AI took them so far away/his backups weren’t saved/J-Tank 7fourteenn/his family is so far/J-Tank 7fourteeen/will always have this scar
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
J-Tank 714, sits at computer and ponders the dust of his life/he only feels strife/family deleted/won-dering why the AI took them so far away/his backups weren’t saved/J-Tank 7fourteenn/his family is so far/J-Tank 7fourteeen/will always have this scar
inflection and in a resignedly sarcastic and world-weary yet also not hostile and “this is how it is” way possible! Anyway, I think of this often, especially the “oh GAWD this is great” in annoying crowds/when around big groups and of course when I’ve visited NYC as an adult and used the subway!
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
inflection and in a resignedly sarcastic and world-weary yet also not hostile and “this is how it is” way possible! Anyway, I think of this often, especially the “oh GAWD this is great” in annoying crowds/when around big groups and of course when I’ve visited NYC as an adult and used the subway!
It was my first-ever time in NYC (school trip) and so of course a great idea was to have the rural midwesterners ride the subway for one or two stops just to do it! Our giant group was plunging up the staircase to exit, messing up the flow, when the businessman said that with the most classic NYC
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It was my first-ever time in NYC (school trip) and so of course a great idea was to have the rural midwesterners ride the subway for one or two stops just to do it! Our giant group was plunging up the staircase to exit, messing up the flow, when the businessman said that with the most classic NYC
but “MMM, chwerry” is also in our family lexicon as meaning “ah this is good I like it” and so used thusly to good comedic effect! Another one is “oh GAWD this is great, welcome to New YAWK,” said by what I remember to be a very stereotypical middle aged businessman wearing a fedora-like hat, lol.
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
but “MMM, chwerry” is also in our family lexicon as meaning “ah this is good I like it” and so used thusly to good comedic effect! Another one is “oh GAWD this is great, welcome to New YAWK,” said by what I remember to be a very stereotypical middle aged businessman wearing a fedora-like hat, lol.
Long ago on a family trip, a random messy, happy toddler outside a rest stop said, in classic toddler voice, “MMMM, chwerryy!!” whilst eating some messy cherry candy or popsicle (again this was awhile ago; can’t remember exactly). To this day we repeat that whenever the word cherry comes up—
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Long ago on a family trip, a random messy, happy toddler outside a rest stop said, in classic toddler voice, “MMMM, chwerryy!!” whilst eating some messy cherry candy or popsicle (again this was awhile ago; can’t remember exactly). To this day we repeat that whenever the word cherry comes up—
True, though I do find it hard to understand how they can keep LA from shooting like that if it seems they are called for a foul every other time they attempt to play real defense! I sincerely no longer understand whatever logic and rules are behind NBA officiating
October 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
True, though I do find it hard to understand how they can keep LA from shooting like that if it seems they are called for a foul every other time they attempt to play real defense! I sincerely no longer understand whatever logic and rules are behind NBA officiating
So this season is the “other teams with bigger stars than the wolves get to foul us however they want, and they get to flop and do whatever they want to get weak fouls” thing going to continue? Because if so, it’s gonna be a very dull and long season! NBA officiating makes no sense to me.
October 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
So this season is the “other teams with bigger stars than the wolves get to foul us however they want, and they get to flop and do whatever they want to get weak fouls” thing going to continue? Because if so, it’s gonna be a very dull and long season! NBA officiating makes no sense to me.
There was one dude who walked through the march in the opposite direction with his phone on his forehead like that heads up game thing and his phone screen said ”TRUMP” on a red background and it was silly and laughable
October 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
There was one dude who walked through the march in the opposite direction with his phone on his forehead like that heads up game thing and his phone screen said ”TRUMP” on a red background and it was silly and laughable
See King County Metro for (imo) an excellent example of a well-done set of modern bus liveries—that actually cover the whole bus! I have never understood why MT chose to have large parts of their regular buses be plain white. That, and I don’t even love-love MT’s BRT paint jobs, either.
October 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
See King County Metro for (imo) an excellent example of a well-done set of modern bus liveries—that actually cover the whole bus! I have never understood why MT chose to have large parts of their regular buses be plain white. That, and I don’t even love-love MT’s BRT paint jobs, either.
So doesn’t this number alone render the argument that “the yearly savings in O&M $ will be so big“ moot? $20 mil is how many years of ops? + the need to repay the feds as you mentioned
October 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
So doesn’t this number alone render the argument that “the yearly savings in O&M $ will be so big“ moot? $20 mil is how many years of ops? + the need to repay the feds as you mentioned
I’ve found that reader mode works in a non-phone browser on the Strib site, but it hasn’t worked on safari on my phone since the same timeline you mentioned above! But has been just fine on my laptop
October 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I’ve found that reader mode works in a non-phone browser on the Strib site, but it hasn’t worked on safari on my phone since the same timeline you mentioned above! But has been just fine on my laptop
Omg, truly!! ❤️ I don’t know if I‘ll ever have a better wild rice burger; it’s one of those times where I actually want the recipe or someone to buy it from them ahhh lol
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Omg, truly!! ❤️ I don’t know if I‘ll ever have a better wild rice burger; it’s one of those times where I actually want the recipe or someone to buy it from them ahhh lol
I miss that wild rice burger more than any now-unavailable dish I’ve ever had😭
September 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I miss that wild rice burger more than any now-unavailable dish I’ve ever had😭
lol, am back in MN for a bit after having lived in a v different accented part of the country for 3 yrs—and I am tickled at every turn when I hear anyone speak in public omg it’s so cute & is cracking me up! I guess 3 yrs was enough to reset my brain & be able to hear the accents as an outsider! 😆
September 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
lol, am back in MN for a bit after having lived in a v different accented part of the country for 3 yrs—and I am tickled at every turn when I hear anyone speak in public omg it’s so cute & is cracking me up! I guess 3 yrs was enough to reset my brain & be able to hear the accents as an outsider! 😆
—and of course given how much of the twin cities were really just various streetcar suburbs within the larger cities, or, later on, no different than richfield, columbia heights, etc., that rings true! “Mpls is a city of neighborhoods” = it’s a “city“ of leafy streetcar suburbs w a small core
September 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
—and of course given how much of the twin cities were really just various streetcar suburbs within the larger cities, or, later on, no different than richfield, columbia heights, etc., that rings true! “Mpls is a city of neighborhoods” = it’s a “city“ of leafy streetcar suburbs w a small core
It took me a while to understand why people at my college who were from NE coastal cities said that most of Mpls & St. Paul were “like suburbs“ to them or at least pretty suburban in character. I eventually realized that to them the typical neighborhood was like an older streetcar suburb In the NE—
September 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It took me a while to understand why people at my college who were from NE coastal cities said that most of Mpls & St. Paul were “like suburbs“ to them or at least pretty suburban in character. I eventually realized that to them the typical neighborhood was like an older streetcar suburb In the NE—
Thanks lol because even trying to be as neutral as possible (as a lynx fan) that description felt WILDLY out of left field and just wrong compared to what actually occurred!
September 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Thanks lol because even trying to be as neutral as possible (as a lynx fan) that description felt WILDLY out of left field and just wrong compared to what actually occurred!