Hat Tip to Nate Hood who Tweeted this excellent presentation on shared space street design. The presentation begins at the 17 minute point of the video. Ben Hamilton-Baillie is a recovering architect, trouble-maker, and leading UK exponent of the principles of “shared space.” His practical work for cities, towns, and villages combines traffic engineering, place-making […]
The Twin Cities Pride parade marches down Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis tomorrow. To mark the occasion, MnDOT usually switches the lighting on the underside of the I-35W bridge to a rainbow pattern. The first time it did this was in 2011. This is a short timelapse film I made showing the bridge from a vantage […]
This week was the 10 year anniversary of the Metro Blue Line (formerly known as the Hiawatha Line) in Minneapolis. There’s lots of great stuff in this video and everyone is 10 years younger. Video from June 26, 2004, the Grand Opening of the Hiawatha Line by John Akre of greenjeansmedia.
The City of Saint Paul produced this brief look at highlights from the Metro Green Line’s opening day which includes a couple shots of my family and a lot of smiling passengers.
Mythbusters takes an auto-centric look at the performance of 4 way stops and roundabouts. Which intersection design performs better (for auto traffic)? Clip from Mythbusters season 12 episode 12 Traffic Tricks. Only aired in Australia on SBS One, August 3, 2013.
Today is the first day passengers will be served on the Metro Transit Green Line between downtown Saint Paul and downtown Minneapolis. From what I understand, the entire Metro Transit system will be fare-free all day Saturday and Sunday as part of the celebration. That means you have no excuse to not get on board […]
Here’s a look at the North Minneapolis Open Streets event on Humboldt Ave. N. on May 31, 2014. Featuring the Street Animation Station.
What’s that you say? You’re so bored that you want to watch people (mostly in cars) navigating the I35W and Lake Street intersection? Well go no further, grab a beverage and a seat in front of your screen. While this 10 minute video produced by Short Elliot Hendrickson, Inc. will not be winning any Oscars […]
A catchy pop tune about Light Rail transit in Minneapolis. Uploaded on Oct 20, 2009 Jeremy Messersmith – Light Rail live @ First Ave. Shot by Ryan Bouchey, Matthew Gane, Bryant Locher and Gus Watkins. Edited by Ryan Bouchey and David J Rector of Shoot First Productions.
Since I agree with David that everyday should be Bike Walk to Work Day, here’s the video I put together taking a look at the celebration that happened at Rice Park, downtown Saint Paul in 2012. Highlights include a man who walked to work downtown Saint Paul from Woodbury and a bunch of unicycles.