As you all know, the city and Hennepin County are re-paving the intersection of Hennepin and Lyndale by Loring Park and the Walker Art Center. A while ago, I did a “Then & Now” on Loring Park. Today let’s zoom in on the intersection of Hennepin and Lyndale… The two streets used to […]
After reviewing some of the preliminary plans for the upcoming Hennepin– Lyndale Reconstruction Project, it seems like this is going to be primarily a road paving project. I was hoping that more improvements would be made for those of us who walk, bike, and use mass transit in this corridor. I’m honestly a bit […]
Reconstruction of Minneapolis’ Hennepin/ Lyndale bottleneck has begun. There will be traffic tweaks and some much needed bike/pedestrian improvements, but this reconstruction won’t be a radical makeover of the kind Scott Shaffer proposed over a year ago. Scott suggested we “drop the spaghetti bowl” (a “mess of undulating streets and arcing flyover ramps to and from […]
[…] in May 2014. Several people requested that it be made available to the general public, so I have created this brief overview for Streets.MN in anticipation of a Hennepin– Lyndale Reconstruction Project Open House Monday August 4th, 2014 at 6:30 PM at the Walker Art Center. Special thanks to the Minnesota Historical Society, Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association, […]
[…] right turns awkward at best, especially with high traffic counts. Current vehicle traffic counts on Hennepin (2011) are 25,927 two-way at Hennepin just north of 25th street. Lyndale currently carries 14,680 two-way just north of 26th street (though the counts on Lyndale are highly variable, and just a few blocks north it supposedly carries […]
[…] Hennepin County’s infamous and far too often fatal car-oriented roads. These roads read as a litany of our most vibrant public places severed by often dangerous car-chasms: Lyndale, Broadway, Central, Lowry, Lake, Franklin, University. City of Minneapolis Public Works is often quick to highlight that the deadliest roads in Minneapolis are controlled by the […]
Last night, I attended a listening session for Lyndale Avenue in Minneapolis, focused on the serious safety issues between Lake Street and Franklin Avenue. The event was organized by the county commissioner for the area, Marion Greene. Dozens of neighbors spoke about their experiences walking, driving, and biking on Lyndale. The neighbors covered a […]
Walker Art Museum, from the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge over the Hennepin/ Lyndale bottleneck The Hennepin/Lyndale Bottleneck: Not great by any measure. The City of Minneapolis is working on a plan to, basically, repave it. Many well-written thoughts about that project and whether or not it’s a good idea and what we’d do if […]
[…] improve our cities for very little money. A couple blocks from my humble apartment, the City of Minneapolis is moving ahead with a rebuild of the Hennepin/ Lyndale bottleneck that looks to be a real improvement for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users. Just south of that, though, is another thing we ought to do […]
[…] as activists, when all we want is a safer, more livable city. Hennepin can be a model for future street reconstructions, even for County owned streets like Lyndale and Lowry Avenues. It’s time to break with the mistakes of the past and start getting it right–right now. Because we’ll be living with this next […]