Too bad, you missed it (for this year). Yesterday was the annual streets.mn picnic and, for the first time, a flash membership drive. You can still join streets.mn anytime by clicking the big orange square on the right. Shelter C is your picnic target. pic.twitter.com/46jbquvRtZ — streets.mn 🛴🚴🚌🚃🛶 (@StreetsMN) July 13, 2019 Here’s last week […]
Welcome to the back side of summer – solstice passed, 4th of July over, and the back to school ads have probably already started. But not at streets.mn, because our summer picnic is next Saturday, July 13, 2019 starting at 11:30 am at Boom Island Park in Minneapolis. We’d love to see you! Getting […]
Steamy summery Sunday Summary this week as the heat index threatens to climb above 100. We’re hoping for sunny but somewhat cooler and drier weather for the annual streets.mn Summer Picnic on Saturday July 13th at Boom Island Park from 11:30 am-2:00 pm. We’d love an RSVP, but we really just want you to come, […]
Here’s last week on streets.mn with a preponderance of posts on ways to get around past, present, and future. Enjoy! Politics Saint Paul’s City Council election is this Fall. streets.mn does not endorse candidates, but we do try and bring voters more information. Bill Lindeke introduces his Podcast #124 – Saint Paul’s Ward One with […]
After a couple of lazy weeks, last week’s haul has some meaty posts about highways, transit, and places to visit in Saint Paul. Rapid buses, an in-depth look Alex Schiefferdecker gives us a three-part series (which follows up his post from last year) about rapid bus transit starting with an overview of plans, politics, and […]
Here’s the short summer Sunday Summary: Fight Rolls On for Bike Infrastructure on South Cleveland by Brandon Long tells us about what could still happen in his Highland Park neighborhood, “Cleveland Avenue South is scheduled for a desperately needed mill and overlay this fall. Perfect opportunity to throw down some paint for a bike […]
We’re past Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, and time for scooters, picnics (stay tuned for announcements of the annual streets.mn picnic), parks, and more. It was another light week on streets.mn as summer gets underway, but here’s last week’s haul: Scooter public service announcement Conrad Zbikowski reviews the state of scooters in Minneapolis […]
Many thanks to Jenny Werness for being the Sunday Summary Substitute last week and making the Summary more mission-driven, too! Not many posts this week, but to make sure I have to work harder next week you could write about the end of the legislative session and what it means for our places, or tell […]
Apartment department Conrad Zbikowski offers another preview of a new mixed use building going up with the Iron Clad Mixed-Use Development Opening “Mid-June” at the southeast corner of Chicago and Washington Avenues in the Mill District. More policy-related, he also crunches some numbers to find It’s Impossible to Afford Rent on the Minimum Wage both […]
Welcome to May! Go outside! Go to what might be the last Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater May Day Parade in Powderhorn Park. Ride your bike (it’s Bike Month!)! Policy problems and solutions Janne Flisrand follows her TIF explainer post last week with How TIF Can Solve a Market Failure in Minneapolis. This defense […]