Dear Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Please make your winter trail maintenance plans for the whole City — now, before it’s too late for the 2014-2015 winter season. Warm regards, Janne I’m hopeful that for me and the hundreds of other year-round bike-commuters who navigate the Hennepin/Lyndale bottleneck using the Loring Bike Bridge, this winter will be a […]
Every year I remember the loveliness of the bike ride to get to the state fair. And then I’m reminded of the horror that is the last one tenth of one mile to the bike corral. This is particularly problematic for anyone arriving on the U of M Transitway, which is the obvious way to ride there from Downtown, […]
Shane Morin and I were both on this walk. We collaborated on this post. On Monday, July 14th, the city will host the first of a series of public meetings to discuss improvements to the one-way 26th and 28th streets from Hiawatha to Hennepin Avenues in south Minneapolis. Today this corridor moves cars from one end […]
One of the best things about my neighborhood is how often something “interesting” happens. Bagpipers practice in a parking lot. Tourists try to use a Nice Ride. A couple carries a full-size dining room table down the sidewalk. Zombies careen onto the bus. Rock cairns collapse when a bird lands – as designed. I benefit so much from […]
A friend of mine recently had a bike-riding experience worthy of story-telling, and agreed to share it here. Della Kurzer-Zlotnick, the author, will be moving to Oberlin for college this fall. I’ve just gotten into biking as a primary form of transportation in the last year or two. As a car-free, environmentally conscious recent high school graduate, […]
Cassie’s post got me thinking about why I signed up as a volunteer writer with streets.mn. I came up with three reasons, all pretty selfish. I love the content that helps ME be a more informed participant in discussions about transportation and land use. I saw a need to effectively communicate why these topics are […]
I contacted City Council members prior to the final council vote on an appeal for a demolition permit at 2320 Colfax in Minneapolis’ Wedge neighborhood, much-discussed in posts here and here. Council Member Glidden sent me a detailed response explaining the reasoning behind her vote, which she has given permission to post here. Thank you very […]
“Bikers need to follow the law.” I often think about the cultural acceptance of bike-rider-bashing. Then Melody wrote her piece here about how the media presents crash victims. These thoughts have come and gone for me the years I’ve been a Cyclist Ambassador to Minneapolis, an informal appointment given to anyone who carries a bike […]
A December post asked if we have too many stoplights in Minneapolis. The prolific commenters gave a resounding “YES!” Red Light, Waiting for Nothing on a Warmish Day I’d been thinking about the same question ever since it got cold, as I’m a year-round bike commuter to downtown. I’m not very good at leaving work […]
I’ve been distracted enough by the cold and holiday parties, I’d forgotten about the downtown apartment building boom. That is, I forgot until I found myself chatting with an architect working on the apartments part of that giant, recently approved, Downtown East project at a holiday party last weekend. We started talking about what amenities […]