The Transportation & Public Works Committee of the Minneapolis City Council discusses a lot of interesting stuff but seems to either use too many or not enough words to describe what they’re talking about. Here is an attempt to add some context to the dry but vital meeting topics. I’ve been summarizing them here at […]
For better or for worse, children are the future, and that’s why it’s important to get them started thinking about cities now. Just like many children are unaware that meat comes from animals, many children are unaware that suburbs come from cities, or that many cities were once suburbs, or of numerous other urban paradoxes […]
The Transportation & Public Works Committee of the Minneapolis City Council is a not-very-interesting meeting where a lot of interesting stuff is talked about. Here is an attempt to add some context to the dry but vital meeting topics. I’ve been summarizing them here at streets.mn since the beginning of the year; here’s a list […]
Big changes are coming up at Metro Transit, which in Minnesota means big meetings. Next week will be the first meetings on the new Rapid Bus concept, aka Baby BRT. I wrote about this last fall on streets.mn’s predecessor site, TC Streets for People, and twice on my personal blog. The following week will see […]
If you need an intro, please see the last three summaries. 1-4. Street Resurfacing in Linden Hills and Ventura Village, plus three blocks of 1st St S This meeting contained public hearings on street resurfacings reported here earlier. The owners of 25 properties on or near Linden Hills Blvd will be removed from the assessment […]
The mid-august sun is hastening the sweat down your back as you frantically walk-run towards the bus stop where you will catch a bus to your job interview. Finally the stop comes into sight, and your bus is just pulling into it. But the stop lies across an intersecting street, and a traffic signal stares […]
If the first two TPW summaries I posted here at streets.mn seemed a bit arcane (outfall structures? asphalt contracts?), this one should have at least one meaty topic. In fact, one topic is so meaty that I’m going to upend two millennia of mathematics to begin with #9, then briefly summarize the rest afterwards. Stay […]
From the Minnesota Legislature’s Session Weekly, an index of Minnesota transit statistics. Here is a sample: 62% of Greater Minnesota transit users have household incomes of $20,000 or less. 51% of Greater Minnesota transit users do not have a driver’s license 86% of Greater Minnesota transit users ride at least twice a week 50% of […]
I know you all have been anxiously awaiting a report on the Minneapolis Transportation and Public Works Committee meeting of Jan. 17th. Which rough and crumbly streets will finally receive a smooth new layer of asphalt? Which ancient combined sewers will finally be separated, sparing our rivers the pollution from our societal effluent? I apologize […]
The Transportation & Public Works Committee of the Minneapolis City Council is a mouthful of a committee, both in its name and in the depth of the issues it covers. This series aims to both condense the items for quicker understanding and provide context where necessary… and I won’t be able to stop myself from […]