WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.220 how's the air quality today is it good 00:00:02.220 --> 00:00:05.100 it's good yeah 00:00:05.100 --> 00:00:07.379 I got so freaked out by the air quality 00:00:07.379 --> 00:00:10.440 I bought an air purifier 00:00:10.440 --> 00:00:11.940 those are good for you anyway when I 00:00:11.940 --> 00:00:13.559 turned it on so it's got a monitor it 00:00:13.559 --> 00:00:15.420 showed the air inside the my apartment 00:00:15.420 --> 00:00:17.699 is already very clean 00:00:17.699 --> 00:00:19.440 so I felt like I got ripped off I didn't 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:21.240 need it it's good for you to have it's 00:00:21.240 --> 00:00:22.439 especially in the winter and the fall 00:00:22.439 --> 00:00:24.720 when the windows are closed yeah air 00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:26.340 purifiers are really good I have one 00:00:26.340 --> 00:00:30.180 okay I'm a pro pure air I'm a pro air I 00:00:30.180 --> 00:00:32.040 feel old I feel old that I've bought one 00:00:32.040 --> 00:00:33.600 I feel like anyone who buys an air 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:35.940 that's like a rite of passage once 00:00:35.940 --> 00:00:38.280 you've bought an air purifier 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:40.620 you're not long for this world 00:00:40.620 --> 00:00:41.579 okay 00:00:41.579 --> 00:00:44.700 well anyways 00:00:44.700 --> 00:01:11.780 [Music] 00:01:11.780 --> 00:01:14.700 I have nothing else going on today we're 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:16.380 in the wet neighborhood right now right 00:01:16.380 --> 00:01:18.600 now right now right now right now right 00:01:18.600 --> 00:01:20.100 now right now right now right 00:01:20.100 --> 00:01:22.020 [Music] 00:01:22.020 --> 00:01:29.220 you just Clap into them so I can sink it 00:01:29.220 --> 00:01:31.619 we're all set nerve-wracking clap we're 00:01:31.619 --> 00:01:33.299 on the wedge live podcast here on 00:01:33.299 --> 00:01:36.540 Lindale Avenue in the median at 27th 00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:38.460 Street for 00:01:38.460 --> 00:01:42.360 uh a reunion episode a uh results 00:01:42.360 --> 00:01:43.860 episode 00:01:43.860 --> 00:01:46.020 we have Hennepin County has released 00:01:46.020 --> 00:01:49.979 data showing that the 4-3 conversion on 00:01:49.979 --> 00:01:53.159 Lyndale Avenue from Franklin to 31st was 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:55.380 a smashing success 00:01:55.380 --> 00:01:58.619 and so uh Melody Hoffman and I Melody 00:01:58.619 --> 00:01:59.479 from 00:01:59.479 --> 00:02:02.340 southwestvoices.news hi and myself John 00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:05.040 Edwards from wedge live we're here last 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.200 year around this time right 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:11.099 yeah in May yeah we we did a part one of 00:02:11.099 --> 00:02:13.080 the median episode when it had just gone 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:14.160 in 00:02:14.160 --> 00:02:16.319 and it was immediately apparent to me 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:18.120 that it was a success I didn't need the 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:20.520 stats I didn't need the uh the data 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.560 Gathering to know that because 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.140 I was able to cross the street at 25th 00:02:25.140 --> 00:02:27.420 Street for the first time in a long time 00:02:27.420 --> 00:02:29.459 so we're here to talk about it 00:02:29.459 --> 00:02:31.980 welcome Melody it's good to see you it's 00:02:31.980 --> 00:02:33.180 good to be here 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:35.400 I like to be on the median with you you 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:38.040 know I I'm glad that you had such a 00:02:38.040 --> 00:02:40.860 hopeful thinking I what I was worried 00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:42.780 about was what the community was going 00:02:42.780 --> 00:02:45.120 to say and you never know with the 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.300 community right uh because there were 00:02:48.300 --> 00:02:50.459 some times where traffic was getting 00:02:50.459 --> 00:02:53.400 really backed up and it depends on who 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:54.660 comes out to community engagement 00:02:54.660 --> 00:02:56.519 sessions it depends on who fills out 00:02:56.519 --> 00:02:58.620 surveys it's true because what made me 00:02:58.620 --> 00:03:00.780 optimistic is the drivers that I heard 00:03:00.780 --> 00:03:01.620 from 00:03:01.620 --> 00:03:03.840 we're all like well this 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:06.540 this is so much less painful than it 00:03:06.540 --> 00:03:08.519 used to be because there's a 00:03:08.519 --> 00:03:10.860 psychological there's a mental anguish 00:03:10.860 --> 00:03:13.140 component to driving a car right 00:03:13.140 --> 00:03:15.900 absolutely yeah high stress activity if 00:03:15.900 --> 00:03:17.340 you're doing it right 00:03:17.340 --> 00:03:20.700 it's high stress absolutely yeah and so 00:03:20.700 --> 00:03:23.640 slower speeds more predictable behavior 00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:25.620 from other drivers 00:03:25.620 --> 00:03:27.780 it made it better to drive on too and I 00:03:27.780 --> 00:03:28.980 think that was clear from the beginning 00:03:28.980 --> 00:03:30.900 too and traffic was not getting backed 00:03:30.900 --> 00:03:31.560 up 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:33.599 should we get into the stats or do we 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:35.700 have more to say no let's get into the 00:03:35.700 --> 00:03:37.140 stats so people who aren't familiar with 00:03:37.140 --> 00:03:38.640 the stats can get caught up with the 00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:43.500 stats that reveal that uh 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:46.680 that it is actually a much safer Street 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:49.500 research shows both qualitatively and 00:03:49.500 --> 00:03:52.860 quantitatively yeah so let's explain 00:03:52.860 --> 00:03:54.780 what happened this used to be a 00:03:54.780 --> 00:03:57.420 four-lane high-speed nobody could do a 00:03:57.420 --> 00:03:59.099 podcast in the middle of the street kind 00:03:59.099 --> 00:04:00.120 of Street 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.640 no and now it's uh it's undergone a 00:04:02.640 --> 00:04:04.500 four-lane to three lane conversion with 00:04:04.500 --> 00:04:06.239 Center turn Lanes we have the median 00:04:06.239 --> 00:04:09.060 here people are crossing we're gonna get 00:04:09.060 --> 00:04:10.980 into this later but people have died 00:04:10.980 --> 00:04:12.599 trying to cross these intersections 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.239 people have been severely injured 00:04:15.239 --> 00:04:19.320 um it like it was extremely difficult to 00:04:19.320 --> 00:04:21.840 cross as pedestrians and another thing 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:23.940 that's really significant about this 00:04:23.940 --> 00:04:27.300 pilot program is that it was started 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:30.060 because of community feedback so because 00:04:30.060 --> 00:04:33.060 so many people contacted Hennepin County 00:04:33.060 --> 00:04:34.440 about this 00:04:34.440 --> 00:04:36.600 we are sitting here because of community 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:39.180 feedback which is a a win that we 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:40.500 usually don't get from Community 00:04:40.500 --> 00:04:42.780 feedback I would say I would phrase it 00:04:42.780 --> 00:04:45.180 more harshly than Community feedback I 00:04:45.180 --> 00:04:47.280 would say the community demanded this 00:04:47.280 --> 00:04:49.560 the traffic engineer said no it can't 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:52.020 work and the community said no you're 00:04:52.020 --> 00:04:53.280 gonna do it 00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:55.680 and they ended up doing it with an 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:57.840 assist from Hennepin County Commissioner 00:04:57.840 --> 00:04:59.400 Marion green 00:04:59.400 --> 00:05:02.040 and uh so the community demanded this 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:05.280 thank you and uh we pushed Public Works 00:05:05.280 --> 00:05:06.600 into doing this they didn't want to do 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:07.800 it they said it wouldn't work there was 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:09.479 too much traffic on Lindale Avenue for 00:05:09.479 --> 00:05:12.180 this to work so congratulations to 00:05:12.180 --> 00:05:13.740 everyone in the community who demanded 00:05:13.740 --> 00:05:15.840 this shame on the Traffic Engineers who 00:05:15.840 --> 00:05:17.520 said it couldn't be done but thanks to 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:19.020 the Traffic Engineers for actually doing 00:05:19.020 --> 00:05:21.720 it in the end too yeah I'll mention that 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:24.060 I tried to get someone from Hennepin 00:05:24.060 --> 00:05:25.800 County Public Works to join us out here 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:26.960 on the median 00:05:26.960 --> 00:05:30.720 and uh the response I got was staff do 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:34.919 not generally participate in podcasts 00:05:34.919 --> 00:05:36.780 okay we couldn't make an exception for 00:05:36.780 --> 00:05:39.660 me also generally is not even a hard and 00:05:39.660 --> 00:05:41.400 fast rule they were leaving it open to 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:43.740 do other podcasts that aren't me yeah 00:05:43.740 --> 00:05:46.080 like maybe NPR news they'll go on NPR 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:48.840 news just say you don't do podcasts make 00:05:48.840 --> 00:05:50.400 me feel better because it sounds like 00:05:50.400 --> 00:05:52.919 you're doing other podcasts behind my 00:05:52.919 --> 00:05:55.800 back yeah like they'll go on WCCO news 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.199 do you have a stat uh that you 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:00.479 especially enjoy well I was just since 00:06:00.479 --> 00:06:03.780 we were talking about uh the worry the 00:06:03.780 --> 00:06:05.520 previous worry that there's too much 00:06:05.520 --> 00:06:08.639 traffic on Lindale and it won't work 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:10.320 um thanks everybody's honking at us 00:06:10.320 --> 00:06:12.060 because we're so cool 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:15.840 um so speeds did go down which which was 00:06:15.840 --> 00:06:18.360 one of our hopes or our hopes one of the 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:20.520 hopes of the safety Improvement plan I 00:06:20.520 --> 00:06:21.960 love it when people drive the speed 00:06:21.960 --> 00:06:22.740 limit 00:06:22.740 --> 00:06:25.979 and it happens so earlier before the 00:06:25.979 --> 00:06:28.139 conversion Northbound people were 00:06:28.139 --> 00:06:30.539 driving an average of 39 miles per hour 00:06:30.539 --> 00:06:32.160 which is above the speed limit 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.080 significantly 00:06:34.080 --> 00:06:35.819 um southbound they were driving 35 miles 00:06:35.819 --> 00:06:39.300 per hour after the conversion Northbound 00:06:39.300 --> 00:06:42.300 people are only driving 29 miles per 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:46.860 hour southbound 25 miles per hour so 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:48.660 that's a significant decrease that's 10 00:06:48.660 --> 00:06:50.940 miles per hour less and the speed limit 00:06:50.940 --> 00:06:53.100 is 30 miles per hour yes so they are 00:06:53.100 --> 00:06:56.160 driving under the speed limit now no or 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:57.780 at the speed limit or at the speed limit 00:06:57.780 --> 00:07:01.080 thank you and if you're like well with 00:07:01.080 --> 00:07:03.600 all this with all the speed with all the 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:05.880 traffic going slower is that 00:07:05.880 --> 00:07:08.880 significantly changing travel time 00:07:08.880 --> 00:07:13.080 and I don't know I mean it's adding 00:07:13.080 --> 00:07:17.220 Northbound an average of 26 to 43 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:18.720 seconds 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.300 average 00:07:20.300 --> 00:07:23.639 across 10 blocks across 10 blocks that's 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:25.440 not a ton of time 00:07:25.440 --> 00:07:27.300 that's that's a worthy trade-off 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:29.400 especially when we got to that by 00:07:29.400 --> 00:07:31.620 forcing people to drive the speed limit 00:07:31.620 --> 00:07:33.479 I don't know why we would have speed 00:07:33.479 --> 00:07:36.780 limits if we decided it was okay as long 00:07:36.780 --> 00:07:38.400 as you got where you were going faster 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:40.440 like of course you can get where you're 00:07:40.440 --> 00:07:42.599 going faster if you exceed the speed 00:07:42.599 --> 00:07:43.400 limit 00:07:43.400 --> 00:07:45.960 so it's okay that it's taking a little 00:07:45.960 --> 00:07:48.840 longer the safety improvements are worth 00:07:48.840 --> 00:07:50.699 it 00:07:50.699 --> 00:07:52.979 yeah and as a driver I don't know why 00:07:52.979 --> 00:07:54.240 we're talking about driving let's stop 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:56.520 after I say this but I will concur with 00:07:56.520 --> 00:07:58.139 that anecdote you were sharing earlier 00:07:58.139 --> 00:08:01.380 that like I am happy to take that it 00:08:01.380 --> 00:08:03.660 takes longer because it's a chiller 00:08:03.660 --> 00:08:06.180 process to drive down Lindale now like I 00:08:06.180 --> 00:08:08.160 don't have to worry so much like I'm 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.139 just driving and everything's chill and 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:12.360 there's not 85 things coming at me like 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:14.940 cars driving super duper fast around me 00:08:14.940 --> 00:08:16.560 like things are just chill and that's 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:18.599 cool with me so my mom is not an urban 00:08:18.599 --> 00:08:20.639 driver she's a Suburban driver this is 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:22.080 the kind of street she could drive down 00:08:22.080 --> 00:08:24.060 she would feel comfortable on this 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:26.759 street yeah driving it yeah moms 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:28.800 everywhere are now able to drive on 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:30.840 vanilla that's great 00:08:30.840 --> 00:08:33.779 thank you 00:08:33.779 --> 00:08:35.700 your favorite stats about driving 00:08:35.700 --> 00:08:37.200 because that's what's most important to 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:39.899 me is driving in cars did we say 85 00:08:39.899 --> 00:08:42.419 reduction in cars not stopping for 00:08:42.419 --> 00:08:44.700 pedestrians 00:08:44.700 --> 00:08:46.440 that's a weird way to phrase the stats 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:47.700 that is a very weird but that's the way 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:49.440 Hennepin County put it more cars are 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:52.800 stopping for pedestrians a ton more cars 00:08:52.800 --> 00:08:56.760 well especially at 20 25th and 27th 25th 00:08:56.760 --> 00:09:01.320 is the biggest Improvement 92 percent 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:04.080 more likely to stop for pedestrians at 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:07.080 25th Street yeah and I said I sympathize 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:09.360 with the pre-lindale uh the 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:12.019 pre-conversion status of Lindale because 00:09:12.019 --> 00:09:15.300 everyone's going 40 miles an hour 00:09:15.300 --> 00:09:17.760 and is it safe for you to stop if you 00:09:17.760 --> 00:09:19.080 see a pedestrian if the person behind 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:22.380 you is also going 40 miles per hour it 00:09:22.380 --> 00:09:24.300 almost feels safer as well I'll bypass 00:09:24.300 --> 00:09:25.800 this pedestrian because I don't want to 00:09:25.800 --> 00:09:27.779 cause a big accident here with everyone 00:09:27.779 --> 00:09:31.800 behind me speeding crashing into me the 00:09:31.800 --> 00:09:33.660 other problem with that setup is that 00:09:33.660 --> 00:09:35.580 you might be the nice person in your 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:37.740 lane but the problem is is that other 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:40.620 lane may not stop and we've had this 00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:43.980 issue when previous build outs of bike 00:09:43.980 --> 00:09:45.959 infrastructure and other pedestrian 00:09:45.959 --> 00:09:48.240 kinds of Crossings is that people will 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:50.399 go behind like the person that has 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.860 stopped the cars behind will go around 00:09:52.860 --> 00:09:55.620 and then hit the person trying to cross 00:09:55.620 --> 00:09:58.019 it's the problem it's a huge problem so 00:09:58.019 --> 00:10:00.120 four lane roads are a problem huge 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:02.760 problem for pedestrian and bicyclists 00:10:02.760 --> 00:10:06.120 Crossing safety yes so here is my other 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:09.839 favorite stat okay 86 increase in 00:10:09.839 --> 00:10:13.260 pedestrians Crossing at 25th 27th and 00:10:13.260 --> 00:10:16.019 29th yeah yeah this is there a lot of 00:10:16.019 --> 00:10:17.279 pedestrians in this neighborhood there's 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:20.220 like 20 000 people in the neighborhoods 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:22.680 to either side of Lindale Avenue 00:10:22.680 --> 00:10:24.779 and a lot of them don't have cars there 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:27.000 are a lot of places to walk to even if 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.040 you don't have a car I walk to the 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:30.600 grocery store 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:33.720 multiple times a week using the crossing 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:36.120 at 25th Street I could never use that 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:38.640 Crossing before and I'm an experienced 00:10:38.640 --> 00:10:42.000 bold pedestrian it was too much now I 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:43.740 use it all the time 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:45.839 it turns out people wanted to cross the 00:10:45.839 --> 00:10:48.720 street at these intersections 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:51.959 but they wisely decided they were too 00:10:51.959 --> 00:10:53.700 dangerous to do it and now that we've 00:10:53.700 --> 00:10:55.680 made it safe they're doing it 00:10:55.680 --> 00:10:59.820 by an incredible increase uh uh 86 00:10:59.820 --> 00:11:01.380 percent increase 00:11:01.380 --> 00:11:04.560 the demand was there yeah also traffic 00:11:04.560 --> 00:11:06.720 volumes at Franklin and Lindale 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:08.880 down by 11 percent 00:11:08.880 --> 00:11:10.680 cars have decided I'd rather drive 00:11:10.680 --> 00:11:12.720 someplace faster 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:16.140 and that's that's smart uh take the 00:11:16.140 --> 00:11:17.940 interstate it's fine a lot of people say 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:19.380 take the greenway 00:11:19.380 --> 00:11:22.019 yeah when someone argues for a bike lane 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:23.700 miles from The Greenway it's like we 00:11:23.700 --> 00:11:25.680 already have the greenway well yeah we 00:11:25.680 --> 00:11:27.060 already have interstates if you want to 00:11:27.060 --> 00:11:28.800 drive on Lindale like it's an interstate 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:31.440 go drive someplace else yeah can I as 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:34.140 you look for more stats I will just say 00:11:34.140 --> 00:11:36.779 um it's really nice to have a street 00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:39.959 design that in its conclusion has really 00:11:39.959 --> 00:11:41.880 helped pedestrians specifically because 00:11:41.880 --> 00:11:43.920 that is rarely what happens usually 00:11:43.920 --> 00:11:46.260 we're looking at street redesigns that 00:11:46.260 --> 00:11:49.440 is more helpful to getting cars and 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:51.660 drivers somewhere faster and more 00:11:51.660 --> 00:11:53.940 convenient so it's really nice to be 00:11:53.940 --> 00:11:55.740 sitting here celebrating something that 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:56.519 is 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:59.640 for pedestrians first and for their 00:11:59.640 --> 00:12:03.779 safety first and that it actually helped 00:12:03.779 --> 00:12:05.940 and worked and that people came in used 00:12:05.940 --> 00:12:09.540 the infrastructure because sometimes you 00:12:09.540 --> 00:12:11.459 build infrastructure and it isn't 00:12:11.459 --> 00:12:14.279 necessarily used by people for a variety 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:16.440 of reasons but this was just like right 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:18.839 on the money I feel like I'm a I'm an 00:12:18.839 --> 00:12:20.519 analyst right now and we're like doing 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:23.120 like traffic infrastructure like 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:25.019 analyzing and I think this should be 00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:26.880 like a new 00:12:26.880 --> 00:12:30.720 like a new brand of analysis analyzing 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.000 and I'm going to start a brand right now 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:34.800 here I feel like you'd be stealing the 00:12:34.800 --> 00:12:37.260 wedge live podcast oh I just stole your 00:12:37.260 --> 00:12:39.120 brand okay I already do it here on the 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:40.440 podcast well this is what we do all the 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:42.720 time this is the thing I like it have me 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:45.899 back uh well did you want to sing your 00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:48.420 monthly with melody song monthly with my 00:12:48.420 --> 00:12:51.080 lady 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:53.300 [Music] 00:12:53.300 --> 00:12:54.780 with Melody 00:12:54.780 --> 00:12:56.399 [Music] 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:59.100 where I share all the news for you and 00:12:59.100 --> 00:13:02.120 me you're here all the time Melody 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:04.380 and so we get to keep this version of 00:13:04.380 --> 00:13:06.720 Lindale the pilot is permanent until the 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:09.480 Reconstruction it which is slated to 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:12.360 begin in 2026 they're doing engagement 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:14.700 now they're doing planning now 00:13:14.700 --> 00:13:18.839 so between now uh we're summer 2023 and 00:13:18.839 --> 00:13:22.380 uh uh third quarter of 2024 is when 00:13:22.380 --> 00:13:25.079 Hennepin County will approve a 00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:26.880 preliminary layout I think is what it's 00:13:26.880 --> 00:13:29.160 called so between now and then third 00:13:29.160 --> 00:13:31.320 quarter of 2024 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:33.660 they'll want to be hearing from people 00:13:33.660 --> 00:13:35.820 like you and me and everyone else who 00:13:35.820 --> 00:13:37.680 lives in the area about what they want 00:13:37.680 --> 00:13:38.700 to see 00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:40.920 do we want to see bike improvements more 00:13:40.920 --> 00:13:42.980 pedestrian improvements 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:45.779 uh they're definitely going to narrow 00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:48.000 the street 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:51.360 but other than that I don't I don't know 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:53.399 that anything is we don't have 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:56.519 sample layouts yet to look at 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:58.920 no but in a 00:13:58.920 --> 00:14:01.320 um at the bike advisory subcommittee 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:04.880 meeting this past week they did share 00:14:04.880 --> 00:14:06.800 some 00:14:06.800 --> 00:14:10.980 slides of like a preview of the 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:13.680 Reconstruction to come and they did talk 00:14:13.680 --> 00:14:14.700 about 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:16.800 focusing on 00:14:16.800 --> 00:14:18.540 some stuff going on on the sidelines 00:14:18.540 --> 00:14:23.540 like Ada curb cuts and updating lights 00:14:23.540 --> 00:14:27.720 and other like non-street design stuff 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:30.839 so there is some there are some hints as 00:14:30.839 --> 00:14:32.459 to what's to come 00:14:32.459 --> 00:14:34.740 but what the street will specifically 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:36.839 look like with the four to three 00:14:36.839 --> 00:14:40.680 conversion is not completely known 00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:44.100 but it does say in the statement that in 00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:46.440 the meantime the county will keep the 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:49.560 three-lane restriping in place yeah so 00:14:49.560 --> 00:14:52.260 we know that through 2026 before they 00:14:52.260 --> 00:14:54.779 start the construction and we might see 00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:57.060 it we might see it in the layout I'm 00:14:57.060 --> 00:14:58.560 just really oh we're definitely gonna 00:14:58.560 --> 00:15:00.839 see uh we're not going back to four 00:15:00.839 --> 00:15:02.220 lanes ever they're not going to 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:04.620 reconstruct this as a four lane I hope 00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:06.180 not but they won't you know what we've 00:15:06.180 --> 00:15:07.680 seen in 00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:10.860 I really hope not I just okay unless we 00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:12.660 like uh unless Margaret Anderson 00:15:12.660 --> 00:15:15.240 Kelleher runs for County Commissioner I 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:17.399 mean okay I know it's just like you know 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:19.620 you're prepared as a reporter I have to 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:22.920 be really careful in what I say 00:15:22.920 --> 00:15:25.980 uh here's a historical artifact that I 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:27.899 brought it's a fixed Lindale protest 00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:31.199 sign oh yes so do tell about from 2019 00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:33.360 the background of this yeah I don't can 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:34.860 we see this on camera it's a fixed 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:37.740 Lindale protest sign from 2019 and 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:39.720 that's all I have to say well to explain 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:41.639 what this protest was about for people 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:43.320 who aren't familiar 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.920 a large number of pedestrians after uh a 00:15:46.920 --> 00:15:49.139 man was killed Crossing 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:51.360 uh near the intersection of 25th and 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:54.180 Lyndale went out and crossed the street 00:15:54.180 --> 00:15:57.600 in large numbers and stopped traffic it 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:59.160 was irritating to some drivers some 00:15:59.160 --> 00:16:01.079 drivers were like right on 00:16:01.079 --> 00:16:02.519 great job 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.639 but we caused a minor convenience for 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:06.959 like an hour 00:16:06.959 --> 00:16:09.180 just continuously crossing the street 00:16:09.180 --> 00:16:11.000 occasionally letting traffic through 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:13.800 iconic photos were taken 00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:16.139 and uh it brought some attention to the 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:17.579 issue and there was a public meeting 00:16:17.579 --> 00:16:20.519 held shortly after where people demanded 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:23.100 that uh Hennepin County give us a 4-3 00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:24.480 conversion they were skeptical the 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:26.699 Traffic Engineers were skeptical they 00:16:26.699 --> 00:16:28.800 said said it couldn't work too much 00:16:28.800 --> 00:16:29.820 traffic 00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:32.100 but we got it in the end 00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:34.920 and uh that's my history lesson and it 00:16:34.920 --> 00:16:37.620 and it did work it worked now we're 00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:38.880 stuck with it 00:16:38.880 --> 00:16:41.279 yep I was impressed I went to one of the 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:44.160 focus groups uh that Hennepin County had 00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:46.320 for the community engagement I point out 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:47.820 your phone as if you had notes in your 00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:50.519 phone about the community engagement 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:53.279 um but uh I was really impressed with 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:55.860 how much data Hennepin County was 00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:59.579 tracking as this pilot was being was 00:16:59.579 --> 00:17:02.519 like going on they were they were 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:06.059 Shifting the light cycles 00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:08.160 um like playing with the light cycles to 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:11.040 see how they could get it where the most 00:17:11.040 --> 00:17:13.020 traffic flow could happen right like 00:17:13.020 --> 00:17:15.059 they were really trying they were I was 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:16.260 impressed with the ways in which they 00:17:16.260 --> 00:17:18.179 were trying to make this work yeah and 00:17:18.179 --> 00:17:20.579 the data collection was outstanding too 00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:22.559 because you can see I don't know if we 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:24.480 mentioned the crash that crashes are 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:27.720 down by an incredible amount it was like 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:31.140 57 reduction in crashes yeah and the 00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:32.700 amount of injuries that happened down 00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:37.340 like 48 or 47 yeah 00:17:37.340 --> 00:17:40.080 that's an incredible stat and the reason 00:17:40.080 --> 00:17:42.059 we have those stats is because the year 00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:44.700 before the pilot they were collecting 00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:45.720 data 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:47.820 and then for the year after the pilot 00:17:47.820 --> 00:17:49.440 they're collecting data and we can go 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:52.500 back and look and compare 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:56.220 and uh you know despite my experience of 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:58.140 the street as obviously being better it 00:17:58.140 --> 00:18:00.240 is nice to have the data to point to and 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:04.039 say to the Skeptics this worked 57 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:07.500 decrease in crashes and a 48 reduction 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:10.080 in injury crashes can't argue with that 00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:12.840 and then The Pedestrian bicycle uh 00:18:12.840 --> 00:18:15.480 decrease in crashes and severity 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:17.460 yeah it was also they also know that 00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:21.360 it's a limited data or limited time 00:18:21.360 --> 00:18:23.640 frame and data collection but regardless 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:25.919 even in those that short amount of time 00:18:25.919 --> 00:18:28.200 every single month there is a decrease 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:30.780 in crashes overall 00:18:30.780 --> 00:18:33.179 which is kind of like a note like duh 00:18:33.179 --> 00:18:34.919 because you just made the street safer 00:18:34.919 --> 00:18:37.860 by taking away lanes and 00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:39.840 um taking The Pedestrian Crossing safer 00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:41.700 where they were like completely 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:43.440 dangerous but 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:45.780 it's good to see that it worked yeah do 00:18:45.780 --> 00:18:47.520 you have are we ready to move on to our 00:18:47.520 --> 00:18:48.600 next segment 00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:51.679 yep 00:18:51.679 --> 00:18:54.059 farmer's market report how's the air 00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:58.440 quality today is it good it's good yeah 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:00.780 I got so freaked out by the air quality 00:19:00.780 --> 00:19:03.360 I bought an air purifier those are good 00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:04.799 for you anyway those are good for you 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:06.419 when I turned it on so it's got a 00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:08.580 monitor it showed the air inside the my 00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:11.039 apartment is already very clean that's 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:12.720 good so I felt like I got ripped off I 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:14.220 didn't need it it's good for you to have 00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:15.780 especially in the winter and the fall 00:19:15.780 --> 00:19:18.480 when the windows are closed yeah 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:20.340 I mean I've had my windows closed 00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:23.039 because of the shitty air quality and 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:25.260 the just the hot temperatures 00:19:25.260 --> 00:19:27.299 air purifies are really good I have one 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:31.140 okay I'm a pro pure air I'm a pro air I 00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:33.059 feel old I feel old that I've bought one 00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:34.620 I feel like anyone who buys an air 00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:36.900 that's like a rite of passage once 00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:39.360 you've bought an air purifier 00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:42.539 you're not long for this world 00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:45.000 well anyways on Saturday 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.039 uh here's my farmer's market report oh 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:50.039 we didn't even announce the segment did 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:51.480 you say I said it's time for the 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:53.100 farmer's market report okay here's the 00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:54.600 farmer's market report everybody and 00:19:54.600 --> 00:19:56.400 this is focused in Southwest because 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:58.320 that's the coverage area I deal with and 00:19:58.320 --> 00:20:00.059 so that's what you're getting 00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:02.400 on Saturday is the Fulton Farmers Market 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:04.320 at the Lake Harriet United Methodist 00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:07.020 church parking lot at 4901 chowdon 00:20:07.020 --> 00:20:07.980 Avenue 00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:10.860 from 8 30 a.m to noon 00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:14.160 30 noon 30. then on Sunday we have three 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:16.500 farmers markets so take your pick or you 00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:18.600 could go on a farmer's market tour 00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:20.820 or you could do like a it's like a bar 00:20:20.820 --> 00:20:22.980 crawl but like a farmer's market what 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:24.600 days are these farmers markets every 00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:26.880 single Saturday Okay so every Saturday 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:29.460 you can go to the Fulton market and then 00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:31.200 every Sunday you could go to one of 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:33.120 these like through August and some into 00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:36.740 September okay uh on Sundays King field 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:41.039 Farmers Market is at uh MLK Park at 40th 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:44.039 and Nicollet from 8 30 a.m to 1 p.m 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:45.780 they're open later than the Fulton one 00:20:45.780 --> 00:20:48.419 then you can go to the Linden Hills 00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:51.900 Farmers Market from 10 a.m to 1 p.m at 00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:54.120 the center grins Setter grins parking 00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:57.960 lot at 2813 West 43rd Street and last 00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:59.760 but not least have you heard about these 00:20:59.760 --> 00:21:02.340 the uh park park and rec board are doing 00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:06.299 farmers markets themselves now no yeah 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:09.059 I saw a pop-up Park in Mueller Park and 00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.740 I don't get what the pop-up parks are 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:12.780 like it's already a park yeah it's 00:21:12.780 --> 00:21:15.179 through the park and rec board as well 00:21:15.179 --> 00:21:16.919 um it's just to activate the park a 00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:19.980 little bit more and bring more activity 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:21.539 um it is already a park but they bring 00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:23.280 extra activity I was talking with about 00:21:23.280 --> 00:21:24.900 that with the one of the community 00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:27.299 coordinator people that also do Street 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:30.059 reach work it's like youth work like 00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:31.740 social like Youth Development work 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:33.480 getting 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:36.059 keeping youth engaged and activated so 00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:38.340 they don't go do other stuff that leads 00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:40.740 to things that right are so where where 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:42.900 are these uh Park Board farmers markets 00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:44.280 oh yeah so the one that's in Southwest 00:21:44.280 --> 00:21:46.919 is at Lake Harriet right by The Band 00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:48.299 Shell 00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:51.419 um and it's from 2 30 to 6 30 p.m and 00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:53.880 there's also live music during that time 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:55.860 too so it's like super nice you can 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:57.299 listen to live music go look at the 00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:58.380 market 00:21:58.380 --> 00:22:00.720 and if you're not familiar with where 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:02.400 Lake Harriet is 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.720 um it's the one that's right next to the 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:05.100 Rose Garden if you know where that one 00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:07.020 is there's so many lakes that are jammed 00:22:07.020 --> 00:22:09.780 up over there so 00:22:09.780 --> 00:22:11.700 that's my farmer's market report and I 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:13.320 always like to ask people when I'm there 00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:14.340 like 00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:16.620 especially at the ones at Fulton and 00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:18.480 King field like if they're new vendors 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.860 or if they've been there for a while 00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:21.539 because sometimes you run into new 00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:23.340 vendors and that's really exciting that 00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:25.559 means they just launched their business 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:27.539 and that's cool 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:29.039 so 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.720 are we going to talk about the rent 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:32.820 stabilization Fallout 00:22:32.820 --> 00:22:34.860 I was a little irritated that I did a 00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:37.080 whole episode with Andrew Johnson 00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:39.780 recorded the day before they voted to 00:22:39.780 --> 00:22:40.919 like 00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:42.900 effectively cancel the debate for the 00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:44.280 year like 00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:46.860 like I got into it with him for like 20 00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:49.380 25 minutes about the policy thinking 00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:51.780 well of course this is gonna this is 00:22:51.780 --> 00:22:53.940 gonna be introduced tomorrow and it's 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:55.440 going to go to committee and there's 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.820 going to be a public hearing and 00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:58.320 amendments and we're going to spend all 00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:59.520 this time talking about it so I wanted 00:22:59.520 --> 00:23:00.659 to hear from somebody in the middle 00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:03.659 absolutely like you've said that you are 00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:06.419 open to a policy you support a policy 00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:08.159 what do you want to see in it because he 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:09.960 will be a key vote like he wouldn't be 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:12.780 the decisive vote because you need nine 00:23:12.780 --> 00:23:15.539 but uh he's an important vote an 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:17.460 important voice in that process and it's 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:19.740 not going to committee we're not even 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:22.860 going to begin the process 00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:25.020 and so I feel like uh 00:23:25.020 --> 00:23:28.260 I wasted my listeners time the worst 00:23:28.260 --> 00:23:30.780 thing you can do 00:23:30.780 --> 00:23:32.220 but I hope people enjoy the Andrew 00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:35.039 Johnson episode but anyway about what 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:36.440 happens 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:39.799 there's a Muslim holiday on Wednesday 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:42.600 originally they had moved 00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:45.480 the meeting to that day to avoid it 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:47.340 being on Thursday which was the original 00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:49.140 date they expected the holiday to fall 00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:50.039 on 00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:52.980 but then because of like lunar calendars 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.559 and observations 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:57.480 it moved to Wednesday 00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:59.880 I don't know why you wouldn't just vote 00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:01.919 for the introduction even if you didn't 00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:04.620 support it just to get it to committee 00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:07.740 just to be decent I don't know 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:10.559 or put the vote off a little many simple 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:13.500 and easy solutions to this problem 00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:16.799 uh but now there's a big is this still a 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:19.140 controversy are people still uh heated 00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:22.679 and mad about uh the insensitivity to 00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:24.179 Muslim council members who were not 00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:26.400 present who were supporters and sponsors 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:29.159 or authors of the ordinance 00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:31.860 couldn't be there and those three votes 00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:34.200 would have moved it along 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:37.559 but I think just if you take away 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:39.720 everything else the fact that the two 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:42.179 authors weren't there is alone just 00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:43.799 something to think about like regardless 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:45.659 of all the other 00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:48.120 um all the politicization of the policy 00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.500 right just think about if it's something 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:51.659 else I don't know what an ordinance 00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:53.940 about balloons or fireworks or something 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:56.700 else right if the two original authors 00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:58.380 aren't there because they're sick 00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.880 because 00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:02.100 um whatever it doesn't matter the reason 00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:04.679 either like just a strip away just to 00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:06.780 like destroy to like undistract 00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:09.539 ourselves from all the politics around 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:12.360 it is it good manners if like the the 00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:14.520 co-authors aren't there because of like 00:25:14.520 --> 00:25:16.140 all of a sudden they get sick right 00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:17.820 remember when we would be out all of a 00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:20.159 sudden like is it polite to just be like 00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:21.780 the co-authors aren't here should we 00:25:21.780 --> 00:25:23.400 wait until they're here to vote on their 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:25.440 own ordinance thing I don't care about 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:28.500 manners Melody but the way it usually 00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:30.600 works and has worked for many years as 00:25:30.600 --> 00:25:31.679 long as I've been watching Council 00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:34.200 meetings is the introduction happens 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:37.080 it's just procedural no one votes 00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:38.760 against an introduction well that's the 00:25:38.760 --> 00:25:40.140 other thing too and they've changed the 00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:41.880 process because the government structure 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:44.880 changed the clerk has this pilot for 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:47.100 like a new legislative process where 00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:48.900 there's a million steps and they're 00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:51.419 providing more information further up in 00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:53.279 the process and we had to let the City 00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:55.200 attorney know what the council's intent 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.940 was otherwise they won't listen to the 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:58.860 council and like draft something 00:25:58.860 --> 00:26:01.500 uh this has a lot to do with the 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:03.600 government structure and like all the 00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:05.460 steps you need to take 00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:08.400 to formalize your intent get the city 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:10.559 city attorney drafting 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:12.480 and in the past you just let it go to 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:15.059 committee got it I hear you okay you 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.980 just don't vote against an ordinance 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.360 introduction 00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:20.580 like it did this was not didn't have to 00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:23.400 be a big it wasn't high stakes it didn't 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:25.080 need to be high stakes 00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:28.380 unless you you reject it and you say we 00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:30.299 can't talk about it at all this year 00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:32.700 which is what happened that they did the 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:34.740 most high stakes thing you could do on a 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:37.919 Muslim holiday when the three Muslim 00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:39.840 council members are out celebrating that 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:41.520 holiday 00:26:41.520 --> 00:26:44.820 uh it feels shitty it was shitty 00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:46.559 I don't think our Council works very 00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:48.000 well 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:50.340 uh they obviously hate each other right 00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:52.559 you wouldn't do that if you didn't have 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:54.779 tremendous bad feelings towards your 00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:57.179 colleagues I noticed that uh council 00:26:57.179 --> 00:26:58.740 member or Paul massano vice president 00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:01.140 Paul massano said something that kind of 00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:03.779 revealed that when she said that the 00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:06.419 ordinance and I don't support or like 00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:07.799 I'm not saying anything about how I feel 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:10.679 about the statement but that uh she 00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:13.140 called the ordinance a distract an 00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:16.320 absolute distraction and then later said 00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:18.720 now we can get this conversation out of 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:20.820 the way and work on yeah do you remember 00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:22.980 that move it out of the way and so that 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:27.419 itself I was like oh there's a lot of 00:27:27.419 --> 00:27:29.520 sorry I'm getting a phone call oh it's 00:27:29.520 --> 00:27:32.039 my nephew's Dad sorry I'll have to uh 00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:33.779 answer this in a minute 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:35.100 um 00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:36.600 so sorry about that John that was really 00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:38.159 rude but there are certain phone numbers 00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:42.600 that just this emergency bypass so 00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:43.919 um but you didn't answer it you don't 00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:46.620 know it's not an emergency yeah well 00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.940 um I will call him back immediately 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:50.640 after we finish recording it's okay all 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:52.380 right I'm picking them up later so there 00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:55.260 might be something to do with that okay 00:27:55.260 --> 00:27:58.500 um anyways as I was saying uh I could 00:27:58.500 --> 00:28:01.080 just hear in her voice that like she is 00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:03.059 annoyed there's something going on where 00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:05.820 she is specifically annoyed with what is 00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:07.740 going on with this red policy ordinance 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:09.900 and I'm not sure but like there is 00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.400 something going on where there are some 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:14.279 people who just don't like this what's 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:16.140 going on it's my job to call her and ask 00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:18.480 her about that but Sushi has said in 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.679 previous meetings I don't know if you 00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:22.380 noticed that she is supportive of a rent 00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:24.900 control policy similar to Andrew Johnson 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:27.240 who said he is supportive of a rent 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.740 control policy it just matters what's in 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:31.320 it yeah so if we can't have the 00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:32.820 conversation 00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:35.039 then we never get to the point where we 00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:37.020 find out what Paul massano or Andrew 00:28:37.020 --> 00:28:39.360 Johnson find acceptable well and she 00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:42.059 pointed to she referenced the city I 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:43.260 think what she was referencing yesterday 00:28:43.260 --> 00:28:45.240 was the city's report that came out 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:48.600 because you said we have we have a 00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:50.580 framework or we know she doesn't like 00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:53.340 framework five but she said we have 00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:55.500 we already we know the answers or we 00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:57.240 have the framework or the guide or 00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.980 something and I believe that she's 00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:01.080 referencing the city report that came 00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:04.260 out that has she's seriously like uh 00:29:04.260 --> 00:29:05.580 we're gonna keep doing what we're doing 00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:08.220 maybe we throw in some uh Universal 00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:11.640 basic income that report basically said 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:14.700 don't do it at all uh here are some 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:17.220 other ideas yeah none so that's what she 00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:19.140 wants to focus on yeah and she doesn't 00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:21.840 want so she click and so maybe the other 00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:24.059 so like council member Koski didn't 00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:25.679 speak about why she didn't vote she 00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:27.779 never speaks about it she does not no 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:30.140 she doesn't but 00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:35.159 uh that is a clue though as to 00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:38.039 like why they didn't put this ordinance 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.720 through but like it's interesting how 00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:42.179 what you say like historically these 00:29:42.179 --> 00:29:43.799 ordinances just like get into 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:45.240 introduction just goes to committee 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.940 automatically yeah 00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:51.360 uh so next topic Melody okay is 00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:55.140 Minneapolis back baby 00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:59.299 hey Urban oh Radio K 00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:04.080 hi radio okay you're awesome 00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:05.940 I'm just advertising for people at this 00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.559 point 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:10.799 is Minneapolis Back Baby it never left 00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:13.919 yes it is back baby we're closing the 00:30:13.919 --> 00:30:16.260 Stone Arch Bridge in the evenings Fourth 00:30:16.260 --> 00:30:19.500 of July weekend yes we are cause who 00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:21.899 needs it who needs the Stone Arch Bridge 00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:25.440 at night besides a week after everyone 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:28.260 threw a fit that we would strand Taylor 00:30:28.260 --> 00:30:30.779 Swift fans a few blocks from their 00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:32.279 parking garage because they wouldn't be 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.600 able to take the light rail to their 00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:35.220 parking garage 00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:37.860 uh we're just gonna close the Stone Arch 00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:40.500 Bridge every night for five days during 00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:43.980 fourth of July weekend 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.840 I don't know what a problem it solves 00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:47.820 the videos I saw from last year was a 00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:49.500 lot of people in cars on streets 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:51.600 downtown shooting them off into 00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:53.399 balconies there was a mass shooting in 00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.899 Boom Island Park I don't know if people 00:30:54.899 --> 00:30:56.520 remember that there was a shooting on 00:30:56.520 --> 00:30:59.220 2nd Street near the Guthrie none of 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:01.740 those places are the Stone Arch Bridge 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:03.659 and so we're going to be closing key 00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:05.940 Transportation infrastructure 00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:08.100 maybe we close the streets to the 00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:12.299 rolling gun lockers known as automobiles 00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:14.760 I think so did you see that tweet about 00:31:14.760 --> 00:31:17.100 somebody who went down there last night 00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:18.960 to like check out what it's like we were 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.399 shooting off fireworks yeah and like 00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:22.200 people were hanging out but did you see 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:24.240 it's a bunch of young people yeah it's 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:27.000 like uh similar to the stuff you see and 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.799 I don't wanna it's not similar to what 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:30.360 you see in Dinkytown but it was young 00:31:30.360 --> 00:31:32.640 people so what I'm so what I'm getting 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:34.620 at is it's like they don't know how to 00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:37.440 control these young kids so they're just 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:39.240 shutting so what I'm just making 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:42.299 something yeah inferences here that they 00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:43.559 don't know how to control these young 00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:46.140 kids that gather their it's kind of like 00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:48.899 how remember how the the car the car 00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:50.880 culture that was here that would like 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:53.340 meet up and then like do the space right 00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:55.440 it's like the same thing so they don't 00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:57.000 know how to control it so they're 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:59.039 closing the gates right we can't have 00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:01.620 public spaces because 00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:03.600 we can't figure out how to deal with 00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:05.460 anti-sung just talk to kids I mean like 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:07.380 this is just kids hanging out and so 00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:09.120 like we need to find a way to talk to 00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:11.640 talk to young adults and kids in a 00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:13.860 respectful way that isn't just shutting 00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:15.539 down their hangout spot you know 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:17.340 shutting down my hangout spots I'm so 00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:19.440 sorry we're also shutting down John's 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:21.720 hangout spots which is really okay we're 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:23.159 shutting down hangout spots for kids 00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:25.799 that's fine except for basketball in uh 00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:27.600 what's that terrible suburb where they 00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:29.039 shut down a basketball court because 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.899 somebody got shot near a basketball 00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:33.720 court yeah and the solution was We're 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:36.419 not gonna solve the crime or anything 00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:38.460 shut down the basketball it's the same 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:40.740 idea here it's like we're not gonna 00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:43.020 figure out why these kids are acting out 00:32:43.020 --> 00:32:44.880 we're just gonna shut down the area that 00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:46.980 they hang out in and it's like 00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:48.960 and the park board has tools at their 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:51.299 disposal to work with these kids 00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:53.220 if that's the issue 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:55.200 you don't want kids collecting or young 00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:58.380 adults hanging out together 00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.760 they probably figured out that that's 00:32:59.760 --> 00:33:01.320 their Meetup spot 00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.820 so they're going to close their Meetup 00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:05.240 spot down 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:07.559 and then inconvenience everybody else 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:09.539 and also that's not going to help those 00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:12.059 kids 00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:14.279 so let's close some streets to cars 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:16.500 because you know everyone's got a trunk 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.760 full of fireworks how do you think 00:33:17.760 --> 00:33:19.019 they're getting the fireworks to these 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:21.059 places how much fireworks can a 00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:23.279 pedestrian carry once they've shot off a 00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.840 couple of rockets they're done where do 00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:26.760 you think they reload it's a trunk right 00:33:26.760 --> 00:33:30.179 somewhere right uh I'm mourning the loss 00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:33.000 increasingly of public spaces to our 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:36.720 inability to uh deal with large societal 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:40.799 problems for example uh yeah bathrooms 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:43.860 uh air quality yep we can't be outside 00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:45.539 in the summertime in Minnesota anymore 00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:49.860 nope this is a rare nice air quality day 00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:51.179 compared to what we've had the last 00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:53.399 couple days we are losing our freedom to 00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:55.799 be outside uh and I think about this a 00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:57.899 lot Mekong little Mekong Night Market in 00:33:57.899 --> 00:34:00.600 St Paul yeah was closed it was canceled 00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.799 last year basically because they 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:04.500 couldn't afford security mandated Tire 00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:07.500 police mandated by the city of St Paul 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:11.220 because the city was afraid police were 00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:13.139 afraid that someone would just drive 00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:16.440 their car into a crowd as that happened 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:19.440 at a parade in Wisconsin shortly before 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:21.119 that time 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.940 and uh 00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:25.740 I just feel like it's important that we 00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:28.080 be able to go outside gather with with 00:34:28.080 --> 00:34:30.419 each other socialize have these events 00:34:30.419 --> 00:34:32.700 it's very important 00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:35.520 and uh 00:34:35.520 --> 00:34:37.619 you know there's a certain degree of 00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:40.320 danger that we have leaving our homes in 00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.580 the society 00:34:41.580 --> 00:34:43.619 like the cat tour I didn't hire any 00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:46.260 police for the cat tour it was probably 00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:48.480 a requirement that I hire police 00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:50.099 probably pay the city a little money 00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:52.440 yeah didn't do any of that I don't know 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:54.599 how many laws that cat tour breaks I'm 00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:57.180 not looking into it yeah a lot yeah but 00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:58.500 uh 00:34:58.500 --> 00:35:01.080 just to let people be outside 00:35:01.080 --> 00:35:02.520 right 00:35:02.520 --> 00:35:05.280 yeah too libertarian no am I gonna get 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.960 people killed there is something to talk 00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:08.640 there is something there about like the 00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:11.240 cost that PO the cost of security 00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:13.560 because I think this is a similar 00:35:13.560 --> 00:35:14.940 discussion 00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:16.980 um with pride too because the cost of 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:19.260 security is so high that Pride can't 00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:22.020 like we're we are hope somebody's doing 00:35:22.020 --> 00:35:23.880 an illegal U-turn and we got you on 00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:25.440 camera 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:27.300 we're gonna send it to nobody but 00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:30.599 ourselves ah 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:33.540 and that car was in that movie what was 00:35:33.540 --> 00:35:36.540 that kid's movie Cars it's called Cars 00:35:36.540 --> 00:35:37.760 Inc 00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:40.440 we're going off on a tangent I'm so 00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.820 sorry I got to say something very deep 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:43.740 about public spaces that all these 00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:45.480 events are like not gonna happen because 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:48.180 people literally cannot afford mandated 00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:51.180 security by police who are over I don't 00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:52.500 want to say over charging because maybe 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:54.119 that's you know police are very 00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:55.920 expensive and not effective think about 00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:58.020 the fortifications we put up around the 00:35:58.020 --> 00:36:01.140 state fair and they had that shooting 00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:03.240 hey 00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:05.780 and then can you be less popular so 00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:07.740 these are just people who want to mess 00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:09.599 with uh people on the street I don't 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:11.820 think that they know us oh people who 00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:13.560 know me just wave 00:36:13.560 --> 00:36:16.440 got it they're trying to be rude but the 00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.520 thing about the shooting that happened 00:36:17.520 --> 00:36:20.520 in the State Fair so much police there's 00:36:20.520 --> 00:36:22.619 fences and metal detectors didn't stop 00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.880 it yeah 00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:26.280 like I'm not yeah so it's a it's a 00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:28.560 wasted resource it feels like it yeah 00:36:28.560 --> 00:36:30.780 absolutely what 00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:33.960 what should they do if they say I'm not 00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:36.540 saying they're right but like if they 00:36:36.540 --> 00:36:38.400 if they if the park board and the police 00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:41.760 are whoever say that the kids are out of 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:43.980 control down by the Stone Arch Bridge 00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.839 during fourth of July 00:36:45.839 --> 00:36:47.579 what is it what does solution look like 00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:50.099 to you is it illegal to shoot fireworks 00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:52.200 into someone's face I think it is I 00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:55.920 think it's a crime right yeah yeah here 00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:57.599 I'm gonna go Law and Order on everyone 00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:59.579 and force the laws 00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:02.700 right okay I just yeah I'm just I'm 00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.960 always curious about the solutions 00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:05.460 because I you know 00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:07.980 not that I think that there is a magic 00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:09.480 answer that I'm waiting for you to say 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.920 I'm just always curious about talking 00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:13.200 about that also it's a bridge creative 00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:14.820 answers there's always it feels like the 00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:16.260 last place I'd want to do a terrible 00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:18.480 crime is if we posted a police officer 00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:20.160 on one end and a police officer on the 00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:22.020 other end would I do a crime on the 00:37:22.020 --> 00:37:24.359 middle of that bridge knowing that they 00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:27.540 I'm likely to be like a serious crime 00:37:27.540 --> 00:37:29.160 I'm likely to be apprehensive and it's 00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:30.540 not about the crimes that happen on the 00:37:30.540 --> 00:37:32.400 bridge but it's the the fact that that's 00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:34.560 the meeting spot or something 00:37:34.560 --> 00:37:36.839 I don't know I feel like cars are the 00:37:36.839 --> 00:37:39.420 problem I know that's my bias no but 00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:42.180 your clip that you made uh wedge life 00:37:42.180 --> 00:37:44.220 made a really good tweet oh that was 00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:46.260 just a straight up cut of what was on 00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:48.660 the news the Stone Arch Bridge is 00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:50.640 closing in hopes of avoiding the chaos 00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:52.560 like this that erupted last summer 00:37:52.560 --> 00:37:54.180 during the Fourth of July Gatherings 00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:56.300 along the Mississippi River 00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:58.500 but you made a good point where it's 00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.700 like 00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:03.119 Stone Arch Bridge closes to stop Bridge 00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:06.300 crimes and then all the clips are uh 00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:07.920 people shooting off fireworks from the 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:10.260 streets and so it doesn't make much 00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:12.180 sense to close down a bridge when all 00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:14.400 the crimes that were reported last year 00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:17.220 that happened during this weekend were 00:38:17.220 --> 00:38:19.260 definitely on the streets and last year 00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:21.540 uh council member rainville closed down 00:38:21.540 --> 00:38:24.960 streets last year so they I'm just 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.160 that's why I'm just saying like they 00:38:26.160 --> 00:38:28.440 must have Intel or like they're I don't 00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:30.060 I'm not assuming it makes sense because 00:38:30.060 --> 00:38:32.520 the next day they changed the hours it's 00:38:32.520 --> 00:38:33.839 because you all complained it's an 00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:35.220 indication they didn't think about the 00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:37.380 hours too hard like eight o'clock it's 00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:40.560 still pretty bright outside that's uh 00:38:40.560 --> 00:38:42.960 still lots of crowds downtown enjoying 00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:44.700 the Stone Arch on a holiday weekend at 00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:46.020 eight o'clock because it's still 00:38:46.020 --> 00:38:48.180 daylight yeah and I'd say if you want to 00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:49.980 like keep the Riff Raff out if that's 00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:53.940 your deal midnight Midnight to five yeah 00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:57.540 come on ten that's like Prime Time like 00:38:57.540 --> 00:39:01.200 date smoochies you know 00:39:01.200 --> 00:39:03.960 fireworks put up a sign that says Bridge 00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:06.660 sting operation happening over the 00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:07.859 weekend 00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:09.599 if you do a crime on this bridge we're 00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:11.640 gonna we're gonna Circle the net it's a 00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:16.020 perfect place for a trap yeah uh post a 00:39:16.020 --> 00:39:17.880 meme with the Star Wars guy where he 00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:20.280 says it's a trap at the end people will 00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:22.380 take that seriously oh yeah and then 00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:24.480 also we should you could do not us but 00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.920 they could do you know how Taylor Swift 00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:27.540 they said don't gather during the Taylor 00:39:27.540 --> 00:39:29.760 Swift concert right do one of those too 00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:31.440 don't gather 00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:35.640 because that worked really well yeah 00:39:35.640 --> 00:39:37.859 well have we beaten this topic to death 00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:40.380 you think 00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:42.300 yeah when is this coming it'll be 00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:43.500 interesting to see when this is coming 00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:45.599 out and like what happens over the next 00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:47.520 couple days like are people gonna occupy 00:39:47.520 --> 00:39:50.099 the bridge 00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:52.320 I would guess people are gonna cause 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:54.240 problems it seems like the people are 00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:56.160 most upset about this or people like me 00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:58.920 who are like uh bike and pedestrian fans 00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:00.599 I guess there's a couple of radicals who 00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:03.060 are also upset I don't foresee any kind 00:40:03.060 --> 00:40:04.020 of 00:40:04.020 --> 00:40:05.760 protest movement are you going to take 00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:08.640 the bridge over on the night of your cat 00:40:08.640 --> 00:40:11.400 tour or not cat tour you're a bike tour 00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:14.160 to the laser show I don't think we're 00:40:14.160 --> 00:40:16.560 going to have a critical mass of people 00:40:16.560 --> 00:40:20.160 we could swing by and check it out 00:40:20.160 --> 00:40:22.500 it's a good idea but yeah by the time 00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:24.359 this episode comes out all this stuff 00:40:24.359 --> 00:40:27.780 will have played out so very topical and 00:40:27.780 --> 00:40:29.579 current 00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:31.260 I think it's fascinating though I was 00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:33.540 listening to a podcast where the with 00:40:33.540 --> 00:40:34.380 the 00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:38.220 ship the inner tube the inner I'm really 00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:41.460 losing it the submissible 00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:44.700 thing the submarine submissible whatever 00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:47.099 the sub that was reversible 00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:50.220 that thing they have recorded the 00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:53.040 podcast before it was found and so they 00:40:53.040 --> 00:40:54.839 were doing all their predict like 00:40:54.839 --> 00:40:56.400 predictions of what would happen and it 00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:58.020 was just interesting to hear it like 00:40:58.020 --> 00:41:01.320 when they were they correct uh one of 00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:03.720 them was only one it was a two-person 00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:05.400 podcast 00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:07.740 one out of two isn't bad 00:41:07.740 --> 00:41:09.540 and it seemed like the most likely thing 00:41:09.540 --> 00:41:12.780 that happened was they they imploded not 00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:14.160 that I want to spend a lot of time 00:41:14.160 --> 00:41:15.599 talking about this you just started 00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:17.579 talking about it is it irritating that 00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.839 was an irritating story to see 00:41:18.839 --> 00:41:21.780 everywhere constantly yep like I'm sorry 00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:23.760 for the people who affected by this but 00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:26.160 it happened at like the same time those 00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:28.560 five young women were killed in a car 00:41:28.560 --> 00:41:30.960 accident yeah and it had me thinking how 00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:32.820 many people are being killed in car 00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:35.160 accidents every single day 00:41:35.160 --> 00:41:39.240 I I recognize it's a it's a unique and 00:41:39.240 --> 00:41:40.920 uh 00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:42.720 you know interesting story to talk about 00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:47.040 so that and that brings uh that story if 00:41:47.040 --> 00:41:48.359 I may 00:41:48.359 --> 00:41:49.619 um 00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:52.440 the young woman who got who got hit in 00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:56.040 uptown on Hennepin in 2021 the mother of 00:41:56.040 --> 00:41:58.079 that woman just wrote an article for us 00:41:58.079 --> 00:41:59.880 about 00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:02.160 um the consequences that drivers have 00:42:02.160 --> 00:42:05.339 after those crashes yeah and how this is 00:42:05.339 --> 00:42:07.200 not going to be what happens to the 00:42:07.200 --> 00:42:09.900 driver who hit the five women on Lake 00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:12.780 Street because he has like a laundry 00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:14.880 list of charges because he had like 00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:18.359 fentanyl on him he has guns and he his 00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:20.400 charges are going to be very very 00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:22.440 different but 00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:24.359 the mother of this woman was talking 00:42:24.359 --> 00:42:25.800 about how 00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:27.960 typically 00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:31.500 when drivers hit pedestrians or another 00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:33.720 person in a car 00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:36.420 and kill them or seriously injure them 00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:39.060 the consequences or what you know what 00:42:39.060 --> 00:42:40.619 the laws are even what you can be 00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:42.180 charged with are 00:42:42.180 --> 00:42:46.380 shockingly minimal like it's it is 00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:49.800 really sad if you are not impaired and 00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:52.140 you don't flee 00:42:52.140 --> 00:42:53.940 you're going to be fine 00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:57.180 it's wild yeah 00:42:57.180 --> 00:42:59.400 and so she writes about how how much 00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:00.359 time 00:43:00.359 --> 00:43:01.440 um 00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:04.140 this driver got in jail and I'm not a 00:43:04.140 --> 00:43:05.760 jail like I'm not like a lock Em Up 00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:08.099 person it's just more like the mental 00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:11.819 like oh if this person if you if you hit 00:43:11.819 --> 00:43:13.740 somebody and you did this much damage to 00:43:13.740 --> 00:43:15.660 them or their lives like how much time 00:43:15.660 --> 00:43:17.280 how much trouble do you think you'd be 00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:19.740 in right and it wouldn't be like that 00:43:19.740 --> 00:43:21.180 much you know you would be like oh you 00:43:21.180 --> 00:43:22.680 only gotten that much trouble like that 00:43:22.680 --> 00:43:25.800 seems a little that seems like not 00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:27.900 enough um and so this seems and so she 00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:29.880 points out that it's a pattern oh yeah 00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:32.160 she had a whole thread uh I read her 00:43:32.160 --> 00:43:33.660 Twitter thread where 00:43:33.660 --> 00:43:35.940 uh this horrible thing happened and then 00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:38.819 nothing yep and it's yeah really really 00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:41.040 sad so anyways and I think she had 00:43:41.040 --> 00:43:42.900 egregious examples right wasn't it like 00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:45.300 drunk driving wasn't that some of her 00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:47.099 examples yeah like other people were 00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:50.099 drunk yes and still nothing yes yeah yes 00:43:50.099 --> 00:43:52.020 oh well Melody do you have any 00:43:52.020 --> 00:43:53.760 recommendations I can't ask you for 00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:55.560 recommendations for the holiday weekend 00:43:55.560 --> 00:43:57.420 because by the time people hear this it 00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:59.160 will be over do you have any other 00:43:59.160 --> 00:44:02.160 summertime recommendations uh you think 00:44:02.160 --> 00:44:05.040 other other people listening will enjoy 00:44:05.040 --> 00:44:06.540 there's anything in general I'm 00:44:06.540 --> 00:44:08.579 listening to the new Sylvan Esso album 00:44:08.579 --> 00:44:10.740 that came out a while ago called no rule 00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:12.900 Sandy and that's been a fun summer 00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:16.680 Jam album to dance out to 00:44:16.680 --> 00:44:19.680 um 00:44:19.680 --> 00:44:21.480 is this like a totally open question or 00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:22.740 do you want me to focus on what I've 00:44:22.740 --> 00:44:25.140 been reading and listening to 00:44:25.140 --> 00:44:28.020 it is a totally open question 00:44:28.020 --> 00:44:30.060 it's always totally open 00:44:30.060 --> 00:44:33.079 oh it's interesting I have been 00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:37.380 enjoying biking on residential streets 00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:39.240 and just taking my time and looking at 00:44:39.240 --> 00:44:41.339 all the different houses because one 00:44:41.339 --> 00:44:43.500 thing I really like about Minneapolis is 00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:44.579 that 00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:47.460 each block has a different feel to it 00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:49.619 and sometimes I'll discover a new block 00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:52.339 and it'll have like it's totally own 00:44:52.339 --> 00:44:54.839 Vibe do you ever notice that 00:44:54.839 --> 00:44:56.640 how different blocks have their own body 00:44:56.640 --> 00:44:57.780 yeah 00:44:57.780 --> 00:45:01.440 it is I have noticed uh so I went to 00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:03.359 Uptown in Chicago 00:45:03.359 --> 00:45:05.099 when I was there like a couple of years 00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:06.900 ago yeah or maybe it was last year I 00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:09.180 think it was last year and like it has 00:45:09.180 --> 00:45:12.300 the same feel as our Uptown the 00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:14.400 apartment buildings the houses oh that's 00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:16.020 cool and I realized the Minneapolis 00:45:16.020 --> 00:45:19.260 uptown has a it is sort of named after 00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:21.540 like it's a copycat like oh Chicago is 00:45:21.540 --> 00:45:23.339 an uptown we have an uptown I think 00:45:23.339 --> 00:45:24.900 that's the origin of the name 00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:26.520 which is why it doesn't make sense where 00:45:26.520 --> 00:45:28.020 it is it's south of downtown in 00:45:28.020 --> 00:45:29.640 Minneapolis this should shouldn't be 00:45:29.640 --> 00:45:31.680 there if you're calling something Uptown 00:45:31.680 --> 00:45:35.099 but uh yeah it is I do notice that 00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:36.300 different neighborhoods have different 00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:37.319 vibes 00:45:37.319 --> 00:45:38.480 yeah 00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:42.720 architecture and like uh design of our 00:45:42.720 --> 00:45:46.800 Urban environment is very important yeah 00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:49.500 and you can tell when it's bad 00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:51.599 and it's it feels nice when it's good 00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:53.220 yeah 00:45:53.220 --> 00:45:55.560 um I also recommend wearing sunscreen 00:45:55.560 --> 00:45:58.079 yeah are you getting burned no I put 00:45:58.079 --> 00:45:59.339 sunscreen on 00:45:59.339 --> 00:46:01.200 all right but I think I'll be fine I 00:46:01.200 --> 00:46:02.640 don't have any on oh I would have 00:46:02.640 --> 00:46:04.319 offered you some I'm sorry this has been 00:46:04.319 --> 00:46:07.140 the wedge live podcast uh my guest has 00:46:07.140 --> 00:46:09.079 been Melody Hoffman from 00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:11.640 southwestvoices.news I'm John Edwards 00:46:11.640 --> 00:46:13.530 thank you for listening 00:46:13.530 --> 00:46:37.280 [Music] 00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:39.359 we're in the wedge neighborhood right 00:46:39.359 --> 00:46:41.579 now right now right now right now right 00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:43.740 now right now right now right now right 00:46:43.740 --> 00:46:45.540 now 00:46:45.540 --> 00:46:48.240 we all well done you want to do a fun uh 00:46:48.240 --> 00:46:51.000 like high five in the median 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:53.280 like stand up and do it no we can just 00:46:53.280 --> 00:46:55.680 sit 00:46:55.680 --> 00:46:59.839 let's hold it let's hold it at the end