Grocery Prices: Affordability Across Minneapolis in 2025
In these inflationary times, which Minneapolis grocery stores offer good value for some basic kitchen staples?
Author: Conrad Zbikowski
A Local’s Guide to the Blue and Green Lines
Learn how METRO light rail works and where the trains go. This introduction covers the Blue and Green lines and answers your common questions.
Transit Access & Walkability for a Recent Protest
Transit riders and cyclists converged on Fort Snelling’s Whipple Federal Building as Secretary Noem spoke, highlighting accessibility gaps and multimodal routes to protest.
Travel Diary of Riding Amtrak to Chicago, Flying Back
Ever since the start of a second daily Amtrak train from Union Depot, St. Paul, to Union Station, Chicago, with the Borealis, I have been itching to take the train to visit my three cousins who live in the city of Chicago. This article is a diary of how this trip went and some of […]
Grocery Delivery 2023: How Grocer Inflation Compares
Tired of watching your grocery bill rise? Where you shop for groceries and what’s in your cart are the greatest influencers of cost.
A Walkable, Transit-Oriented, Car-Free Thanksgiving Week
You can design your life to be totally or almost car-free, even during the hectic days leading up to Thanksgiving.
1,000 Miles with the 2021 Hyundai Kona Electric
I have written about cars before. Up until recently, I drove a 2015 Toyota Prius, and test-drove the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y. I wanted to get an electric car, but someday, and one that put me in the driver’s seat. The future became the present this summer. With the wildfire smoke burning […]
Grocery Delivery 2021: Target Is the “Pay Less” Leader, But With a Delivery Fee
Last February, I wrote a shopping comparison report looking at in-store shopping at local grocery stores, including co-ops like Seward and national warehouses like Costco. As I wrote then, Costco was the winner-winner five dollar chicken dinner. It’s been a year, and I apologize for not writing as frequently. The global pandemic has really taken […]
Is It Time To Look Past the Missing Middle?
In the “before-times”, housing advocates in Minneapolis worked with a progressive city council to pass the 2040 Plan. The New York Times proclaimed, “Minneapolis, Tackling Housing Crisis and Inequity, Votes to End Single-Family Zoning”. These were all great achievements, and it is clear that 2040, inclusionary zoning, and other reforms and investments have made real […]
Take the September 2020 Reader Survey
Much has happened in the year 2020, and this survey is designed to capture how COVID-19 has affected our reader community. This survey will also take snapshot of our reader community demographics to help the volunteers at Streets.mn reach a wider audience and bring on more diverse voices. The survey only takes a few minutes […]