Comments on: Thursday, April 11, 1957: Freeways, fast and fun http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86 Minnesota history at your fingertips Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:16:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Yesterday’s News » Blog Archive » Best of Yesterday’s News http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-28203 Yesterday’s News » Blog Archive » Best of Yesterday’s News Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:57:37 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-28203 [...] April 11, 1957: Freeways, fast and fun [...] […] April 11, 1957: Freeways, fast and fun […]

]]> By: Nick http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-3990 Nick Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:44:29 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-3990 Bobby: I think that's Brettallica's point. Boston has had a long time to continue adding trains, much like other larger cities. Minneapolis has just gotten started, but you can already see how it can make things easier. Just ask Seattle, who is finally getting their first line next year - decades late. Bobby: I think that’s Brettallica’s point. Boston has had a long time to continue adding trains, much like other larger cities. Minneapolis has just gotten started, but you can already see how it can make things easier. Just ask Seattle, who is finally getting their first line next year - decades late.

]]> By: Bobby http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-3208 Bobby Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:50:47 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-3208 Brettallica, it IS NOT EASIER to get around by train in MN. There is only one line N-S line and a soon to be E-W line. How does this help the other 99.9% of the people who don't live or work near those lines? Brettallica, it IS NOT EASIER to get around by train in MN. There is only one line N-S line and a soon to be E-W line. How does this help the other 99.9% of the people who don’t live or work near those lines?

]]> By: Brettallica http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-1405 Brettallica Wed, 07 May 2008 17:57:35 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-1405 Funny! I lived in Boston until 1999, and have seen the Globe's equivalent to this article from the same era. What's odd in both cities is how many proposed freeways never got built. I wonder what our traffic problem would be like if it had? In Boston, nearly everyone gets around now by train (affectionately called "The T"). Only recently have Minnesotans discovered how much easier it is to get around a large city by train over cars (which you then have to park somewhere). Funny! I lived in Boston until 1999, and have seen the Globe’s equivalent to this article from the same era. What’s odd in both cities is how many proposed freeways never got built. I wonder what our traffic problem would be like if it had? In Boston, nearly everyone gets around now by train (affectionately called “The T”). Only recently have Minnesotans discovered how much easier it is to get around a large city by train over cars (which you then have to park somewhere).

]]> By: William http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-261 William Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:13:38 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-261 As a newly-licensed driver in the mid-'60's, my contemporaries would regale me with accounts of taking their cars "out on 494," where there was "nobody," to test the upper limits of their cars' speed. Try that today! As a newly-licensed driver in the mid-’60’s, my contemporaries would regale me with accounts of taking their cars “out on 494,” where there was “nobody,” to test the upper limits of their cars’ speed. Try that today!

]]> By: Administrator http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-260 Administrator Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:47:40 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-260 Hi, Kathleen. Thanks for writing. You should be able to purchase a copy of that photo, which is filed as a black-and-white print in the newsroom library. For details, see: www.startribunecompany.com/152 Hi, Kathleen. Thanks for writing. You should be able to purchase a copy of that photo, which is filed as a black-and-white print in the newsroom library. For details, see:

http://www.startribunecompany.com/152

]]> By: Kathleen Sikora http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-259 Kathleen Sikora Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:42:01 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/86#comment-259 Is it possible to obtain (purchase?) a copy of the first photo on this page (I-94 under construction in May 1965)? The area shown (just past the Riverside Bridge) is that of our block club, though much changed ... obviously. It would be great to have a photo that would be clear in an 8x10 size. Is this possible? Thanks. Kathleen Sikora Is it possible to obtain (purchase?) a copy of the first photo on this page (I-94 under construction in May 1965)? The area shown (just past the Riverside Bridge) is that of our block club, though much changed … obviously. It would be great to have a photo that would be clear in an 8×10 size. Is this possible? Thanks. Kathleen Sikora

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