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Nicollet Open Streets Urban Scavenger Hunt Photo Contest

By on September 21, 2018 in Announcements, Photos

Here’s another photo contest for another Open Streets. If you’re walking around Nicollet Avenue this Sunday, stop by our table and say “hi.” Feel free to chat about sidewalks, urbanism, the nice weather, the future of Minneapolis, or anything else that’s on your mind! Rules for contest: While you’re at Open Streets, walk around, grab […]

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Chart of the Day: MSP Non-Minnesotan Domestic Migration, 1991-2016

By on September 19, 2018 in Chart, Demographics, Economics

Here’s a chart from, Aaron Renn, an urban economic consultant who has been critical the Twin Cities for some time now as not being attractive enough to national movers and shakers. In his recent blogpost, he writes about how domestic in-migration to the metro area is up slightly, but why he does not think much […]

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Chart of the Day: Per Capita Vehicle Miles Traveled, 2018 Update

By on September 18, 2018 in Chart, Trends

Time once again for another update on the big picture of driving in the United States: Vehicle Miles Travelled, per person. Long-time wonks who have been following this key stat might remember that it “peaked” fifteen years ago, and VMT (overall and per capita) had plateaued and was declining… … until gas prices went way […]

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The streets.mn West Broadway Open Streets Scavenger Hunt Photo Contest is Tomorrow!

By on September 14, 2018 in Events, streets.mn

West Broadway Open Streets is tomorrow, and streets.mn will be there tabling, talking, and hanging out on one of Minneapolis most dynamic, historic, and interesting streets. Please stop by! We’re also putting on the first ever Open Streets scavenger hunt photo contest! We hope to do this for Open Streets event in the future, but […]

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Time to Kill the Northeast Minneapolis Death Roads

By on September 13, 2018 in Roads, Safety, Streets

Insight Brewery. Familia skatepark. Five Watt Coffee. Headflyer Brewing.  What do all of these places have in common, besides being almost unbearably hip? They’re all sitting on a death trap street named East Hennepin Avenue. Here’s a fun experiment: Next time you drive down East Hennepin, actually drive at the 30 miles per hour speed limit […]

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Podcast #119: Preserving Urban Alleys with Christian Huelsman

By on September 6, 2018 in Podcast, Public Realm

Today I’m bringing you a conversation with Christian Huelsman, a public space preservationist who has, for years, been an advocate for alleys, public spaces, and urban history in Cincinnati Ohio and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Alleys are not always places that get a lot of love in the United States, especially in cities that have a legacy […]

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Map Monday: Twin Cities Racially Concentrated Areas of Wealth

By on September 4, 2018 in Demographics, Maps, Race

Here’s a map from a recent presentation by the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs out of the University of Minnesota. It shows a different perspective on the typical way of viewing income inequality in the Twin Cities. Instead of showing the Racially Concentrated Areas of Poverty (RCAP), this map flips the categories on their […]

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Chart of the Day: Weekday On Time Transit Performance, US Systems

By on August 30, 2018 in Chart, Transit

Via Planetizen, here’s a recent study out of a New York transit foundation complied a rankings of on-time performance using the exact same on-time standards, as opposed to the self-reported on-time stats, which can vary a lot between agencies. It turns out that Metro Transit does very well! Here’s the resulting chart: The report’s authors […]

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Map Monday: Total Space for Automobiles in Saint Paul

By on August 27, 2018 in Land use, Maps, Parking

Here’s a map from a recent presentation out of Saint Paul Planning and Economic Development department, a small point made in a larger conversation about updating the city’s parking requirements and policies. Here are the maps, created by Tony Johnson at PED. The first shows the total amount of space in the city that is […]

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Seven Urbanism Lessons from the Minnesota State Fair

By on August 27, 2018 in Fairs, New Urbanism, Urbanism

Much like Al’s Breakfast, the State Fair revels running against the conventional wisdom about what Minnesotans want in an urban experience. That’s one of the big reasons I enjoy going, and make sure to do so each year. There’s a lot that urban designers and decision makers can learn from the fairgrounds, and here are […]

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