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    [QUOTE=Bison"FANatic";376926]Basically you take Broadway shut it down to traffic. Cobblestone the whole thing and basically make a urban park out of it. During the day you have all the businesses and business traffic with easy access by walking where ever to restaurants and other shops and in the evenings the bars that are there and pop up once its built turns it into a hot spot at night. QUOTE]

    They've already tried that once in the last 10 years and it was an epic fail.
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    Not sure what all the problem is with parking downtown. I drove the length of Broadway downtown shortly after noon today, and there were at least 30 open parking spots on Broadway itself.

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    I may have mentioned this before

    North Dakota's three major problems: Demographics, water, and boom/bust economy.

    Water: I think the big one for Fargo is water. The area needs flood protection via a diversion and a water supply system that can survive an extended period of drought. I know they talked about bringing Lake Sakakawea water. If that happens, it'd be kind of cool if that same system could also be used to stabilize the level of Devils Lake (in conjunction with a meaningful outlet) because, as somebody pointed out in a letter to the paper recently, when the water level finally drops in Devils Lake, the concentration of salts and whatnot will increase and it could be pretty nasty.

    Demographics & Boom/Bust Economy: It'd have been nice if the state would pony up to build some classroom and dorm space at NDSU rather than turning kids away who would otherwise become future residents and tax payers and support industries that would diversify the economy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bisonmike2 View Post
    High speed access to downtown Fargo. Going 30 mph on Main ave and hitting every fricking stop light sucks ass. Maybe a northern loop I-94 by-pass. It won't ever happen but it would also be nice to have an interstate by-pass that leads downtown. Sioux Falls has 229 that has exits going right into downtown.
    This. I deal with this daily, and it's almost impossible to get through town during the day. If it's during rush hour, you might as well grab a snickers because you'll get 2-3 trains and drivers that feel the need to not use the gas pedal to accelerate to 20mph. The lights on Main Avenue are really badly timed downtown too...if it's after ~7pm I can make it from 9th st E in WF to 8th st in Fargo in about 5 mins because the lights are timed, but I don't think anyone even realizes it because we are always driving 30-35 in the morning or afternoon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EndZoneQB View Post
    This. I deal with this daily, and it's almost impossible to get through town during the day. If it's during rush hour, you might as well grab a snickers because you'll get 2-3 trains and drivers that feel the need to not use the gas pedal to accelerate to 20mph. The lights on Main Avenue are really badly timed downtown too...if it's after ~7pm I can make it from 9th st E in WF to 8th st in Fargo in about 5 mins because the lights are timed, but I don't think anyone even realizes it because we are always driving 30-35 in the morning or afternoon.
    The problem with an interstate spur into downtown would be, where would you put it??

    I would like to see a railroad overpass built through the centre of the city, so that drivers can just go under the 20+ trains daily that come in from China and the east coast.
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    Quote Originally Posted by roadwarrior View Post
    Not sure what all the problem is with parking downtown. I drove the length of Broadway downtown shortly after noon today, and there were at least 30 open parking spots on Broadway itself.
    That is not the norm though. My wife used to work downtown and I have a bunch of friends that work there now and they all complain or complained about the parking. I went down there for lunch a few weeks ago and parking was very slim pickings and it took me 10 minutes to find a spot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tony View Post
    I may have mentioned this before

    North Dakota's three major problems: Demographics, water, and boom/bust economy.

    Water: I think the big one for Fargo is water. The area needs flood protection via a diversion and a water supply system that can survive an extended period of drought. I know they talked about bringing Lake Sakakawea water. If that happens, it'd be kind of cool if that same system could also be used to stabilize the level of Devils Lake (in conjunction with a meaningful outlet) because, as somebody pointed out in a letter to the paper recently, when the water level finally drops in Devils Lake, the concentration of salts and whatnot will increase and it could be pretty nasty.

    Demographics & Boom/Bust Economy: It'd have been nice if the state would pony up to build some classroom and dorm space at NDSU rather than turning kids away who would otherwise become future residents and tax payers and support industries that would diversify the economy.
    Good call x2.

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    Build a downtown parking garage like Bismarck has

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    Until I see Fargo on this list (which won't happen in the next 10 years) wish list items designed to reduce congestion or travel times should get zero consideration.

    Here are all 10 of the worst cities for traffic as put together by Forbes Magazine.

    Top 10 Cities With The Worst Traffic:

    Washington D.C.
    Atlanta, GA
    Los Angeles, CA
    San Francisco, CA
    Houston, TX
    New York, NY
    Riverside – San Bernardino, CA
    Chicago, IL
    Dallas, TX
    Boston, MA.

    I live and work in the worst traffic city in the nation. Here's the deal. It doesn't matter where you live or what sort of congestion you have to put up with. It sucks. Whether its a piece of farm equipment on a two lane rural highway or someone blocking the box and stopping traffic in all 4 directions, no matter where you live, it always takes longer to get somewhere than you think it should. If you make it easier to get someplace, more people will go there, the system finds its own equalibrium. Final victory can only be achieved through surrender.

    If you think downtown is a winner and you want to share it with more people, than that's a reason to improve roads but don't delude yourself into thinking that you'll get there any faster, you'll just have more company.

    Also, parking garages are just ugly. For god sake build something that's plesant and/or interesting to look at. It'll make sitting in "traffic" more tolerable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ming01 View Post
    Build a downtown parking garage like Bismarck has
    Public or private?
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