Author: Erik Hare

Some Visions for West Seventh Transit

• June 6, 2016

How do you fit all the public amenities needed for a 21st century city into a 19th century street? Some cities benefited from great forethought, like Salt Lake City, and gave a few extra feet here and there for the public realm. Saint Paul, my hometown, wasn’t as generous. As I have discussed before, I’m […]

The St. Paul skyline is silhouetted in the background at the Canadian Pacific rail yard in St. Paul on Friday, September 19, 2014. (Pioneer Press: John Autey

The Riverview Corridor and Transit in the Twin Cities

• January 26, 2016

Since I started serving on the Technical Advisory Committee for the Riverview Corridor transit project, I’ve had a front row seat from which to view the planning process here in St Paul. This isn’t the first time I’ve served on a group like this, but it is the most intensive and serious effort so far. […]