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Our new managing editor brings experience in community journalism and education and will broaden the voices represented on the site. Read »
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Six-Unit Homes Bring Citywide Benefits, Anxiety Nearby
Two proposed multi-unit buildings near St. Thomas would be a step toward much-needed denser housing but faces pushback from nearby residents. Read »
Street Views: The Great Multi-Modal Get-Together
The Minnesota State Fair's investment in options to "get there" by transit and biking sets a year-round example for the metro. Read »
National Links: How Cars Affect the Heat Island
This week's roundup of urbanist news traces the heat trapped by vehicles, the psychology of density and the politics of planning. Read »
Room for Improvement in Pelham Boulevard Design
The proposed road reconstruction falls short of St. Paul’s sustainability and safety goals, but there’s still time to call for a better plan. Read »
How to Bike to the State Fair in 2025
Biking to the Great Minnesota Get-Together can be cheaper, quicker and less stressful than driving — if you can find the right route. Read »
Feature
Transit Will Fail Until We Address Homelessness, Opioid Use
Metro Transit ridership is up, but it hasn't returned to pre-COVID levels. And it won't on light rail until trains feel safe. Read »
Classic Articles
A Cyclist’s View of ‘the Jungles of East St. Paul’
A St. Paulite narrates a bike trip from the western half of St. Paul to the less familiar (to the narrator) East Side of the city. Read »
Top 10 Questions for Bicyclists, Part 2: Bicyclists’ Mindsets
For this five-part series, the author crowdsourced drivers' questions about bicyclists, then posted the top 10 in several bicycle groups. Here are bicyclists' replies. Read »
Latest Newsletter
Newsletter: Cold Case, Consultants, and Aunties of Active Mobility
In this issue of the Streets.mn newsletter: the Kingfield cold case, meet the traveling bikepacking crew Genosack, "Respect the Friend-Density Matrix, plus great stories we're reading and new Walk the Talk Events! Read »