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Slightly random here, but I did find it interesting that a concern very briefly expressed at the last East Lansing city council meeting was that, as part of its renovation of Spartan Stadium, MSU would actually build a little restaurant/bar area aro…
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It does feel weird, to me, to have a giant surface parking lot stuck between the two downtowns, feels like the location should be more "built up" than that. (I say that, yet we recently returned from a vacation in downtown Houston... and there are l…
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Mid-Michigan transit plan released: https://www.movingmidmichigan.org/documents Just some things I found interesting. CATA bus ridership in 2024 was 8.4 million rides. Still down from the 2019 number of 10.5 million. COVID minimum was in 2021,…
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Yes, I find myself now against any sort of mandated diversity to the downtown housing stock... though it is ironic that the senior housing on Albert Avenue has helped impel the city council to act on downtown crime, because seniors actually complain…
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It's interesting. It's unclear, but I do fear a little bit shrinking student sections or moving them away from the court so big money can get a closer seat. Guess we'll see. Big college sports is professional sports now.
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How are the homeless generally treated by local authorities, by the way? What I mean is, a couple of weeks ago, I was catching a bus around 8:00 AM by the Five Guys in EL, and noticed a guy sleeping in the "ATM Vestibule" of the Chase Bank right the…
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Maybe you know Chris Arnade. These days, he spends his time walking around the world, just writing about what he sees. He might be most famous for the book "Dignity", where he spent lots of time walking around with the poor in the US, writing about …
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The Dairy Queen in Trowbridge plaza has opened, by the way. "You're not literally going to attach a photo of the inside of a fast food restaurant, are you?" But I am.
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Not written by me this time, but an article in Enjoyer today about the fish ladder: https://enjoyer.com/lansing-fish-ladder-filled-with-heroin-needles/
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CATA announces that the extension of Rt 3 into Delta Township is ending because the millage out there failed, the route will revert back to its previous termination point (which I think was the Lansing Mall): https://www.cata.org/About/News/cata-…
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Flying out yesterday morning.
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Long, long ago I wrote that bitcoin mining centers would gradually move to cold climates, where the "waste heat" wasn't actually waste. This may not be bitcoin mining but, same idea, which is neat.
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Fair amount of work on the park behind the Brody Complex (does it have a name)? Lots and lots of the brush trimmed. A few new picnic tables about. Pictured, MSU seems to be expanding (or repairing? was it already there?) the fence at the edge of the…
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There is a weird issue with e-bikes where, originally, the e-bikes looked and largely functioned like bicycles (often the manufacturers literally just took their standard bicycle frames and added a motor). And they were ridden by bicycle people, who…
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Came my way on Twitter, a graduate level class at MSU looking for community opinions about the Red Cedar River: https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2fZhacBc0DXmOj4?Q_CHL=qr
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@gbdinlansing I do think, maybe MSU, needs to do some education for new students on proper bicycling (and now, electric scooter) etiquette. I mean just basic stuff, I think many students have never ridden a bike so often before. 1. If there is a …
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When I worked downtown, I always thought it was a little odd that there was a blinds store downtown. Would have been very sensible in another time, of course, felt odd circa 2015.
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Just walking through this evening (pretty photo). But yeah... nobody, walking on the sidewalk, is going to think "this side of the sidewalk is for people, and this side is for bicycles". Not unless there is an absolute ton of bike traffic. Is kind o…
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Better than a parking lot. It isn't bad to have your city leaders right next to your public transit hub, instead of behind a gate on the edge of the city. (Not that that was a consideration this time, but I'm just sayin', location isn't bad.)
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Walked by yesterday.