Author: Jeffrey Klein

Jeffrey Klein

Jeff Klein is a research scientist who likes to think about cities in his free time.

Broadway Bridge

Get to Know a Four-Lane Death Road: Broadway Street, NE Minneapolis

Bicycling
Streets
Transportation

Jeffrey Klein • January 29, 2019

I’m going to posit that most readers of streets.mn are familiar with the four-lane death road and the very easy method of fixing them, the four-to-three-lane conversion or “road diet”. The road diet is one of those rare free wins in the area of public discourse, or it should be: a solution to dangerous and […]

Bolivia mini bus

For Urban Vehicles, Let’s Use the Right Tool For the Job

Cars
Urban Design

Jeffrey Klein • July 5, 2018

At streets.mn, contributors talk a lot about how to create cities where personal automobiles take on a less primary presence, and the needs of other street uses – pedestrians, cyclists, and transit-users – can rise to the forefront. However, today I’d like to take an opportunity to discuss the vehicles that we do have, and […]