One Parking Space at a Time: How a New Saint Paul Resident Got the City to Say Yes to Bike Corrals
A Saint Paul newcomer with hard-won lessons from Omaha spent a year emailing, pushing, and coalition-building — and got the city to say yes.
Author: Erik Noonan
The Coming Crash We Built Ourselves, Part 1: The Second Rent
Automotive ownership is already the second-largest household cost for most Minnesotans. Auto debt has hit historic highs. The bubble is about to burst — and we don’t even have the language to respond.
The Governor’s Supplemental Budget Has One Transit Line Item. It’s a Cut.
Walz is looking to cut transit funding again — while ignoring a billion-dollar annual highway maintenance crisis stemming from the fourth-largest road network in the country.
The Food That Grew on the South Minneapolis Water
A century after Minneapolis drained its wild rice lakes to build a golf course, the state legislature is asking what we owe the water.
The 2026 Urbanist Legislative Agenda: A Mid-Session Check-In
Session update: rail corridors, Waymo, Yes to Homes, e-motos, super speeders and the defensive work that didn’t make the podcast preview.
Streets Are Third Spaces: A Call to Reclaim Them
This year has underscored the urgency of neighborly connection amid federal violence on our streets. The urbanist solution? Close your block in a way that repairs and reconnects.
Streets.mn Statement on the Ongoing Federal Occupation of Minnesotan Communities
While this statement arrives now, our silence has been only outward. Our board and members have been at work – prioritizing the places we live and standing with neighbors most impacted. It should come as no surprise that Streets.mn strongly opposes and condemns the actions and impacts of federal immigration agents that have violently harmed […]
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