Kate Wolford’s Star Tribune commentary calling for more transit was spot on. Our peer cities (Denver, Portland, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, hell, even St. Louis!) are ahead of us in terms of built rail miles, lines and stations. We must do more than catch up to remain an attractive metro area for all. Rail miles, […]
Like the Streets.mn Voter Guide, the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition has posted answers to bicycling related questions posed to city council and mayoral candidates. Question six asks “when would you vote against or overrule a BAC recommendation?” I read those responses carefully, and as expected, most candidates didn’t really take that one on or provide a […]
An article this week in Road & Track magazine entitled “Will Ellis Drive?” got me thinking. Road & Track, a magazine dedicated to all things cars, seems more than a little disturbed (frankly befuddled) that those persnickety youngsters aren’t interested in getting a drivers license, much less buying a Lamborghini. The future of the republic apparently lies in the […]
In the past week Streets.mn posted eleven (and counting) candidate responses to our Voter Guide. Read the responses to the Streets.mn Voter Guide here. For your interest, we created word clouds for each response, and they are posted below. Enjoy! Lisa Bender Ken Bradley Elizabeth Glidden Lisa Goodman Diane Hofstede […]
Our eleventh response is from Lisa Goodman, (incumbent) candidate in Ward 7, which includes downtown and the Kenwood neighborhood. 1. What do you believe is the most significant land use and/or transportation issue facing Minneapolis in the next 5 years and how do you hope to address it in office? There are many different land […]
Our tenth response to the Streets.mn Voter Guide is from Matt Perry, candidate in Ward 13, which includes southwest Minneapolis. 1. What do you believe is the most significant land use and/or transportation issue facing Minneapolis in the next 5 years and how do you hope to address it in office? First, thanks to Streets.mn for […]
Our ninth response for the Streets.mn Voter Guide is from Diane Hofstede, (incumbent) candidate in Ward 3, which includes portions of northeast and north Minneapolis. 1. What do you believe is the most significant land use and/or transportation issue facing Minneapolis in the next 5 years and how do you hope to address it in […]
The eighth response to the Streets.mn Voter Guide is from Elizabeth Glidden, (incumbent) candidate from Ward 8, which includes south Minneapolis on both sides of 35W. 1. What do you believe is the most significant land use and/or transportation issue facing Minneapolis in the next 5 years and how do you hope to address it […]
Our seventh response to the Streets.mn Voter Guide is from Ken Bradley, candidate in Ward 10, which includes the Uptown area of southwest Minneapolis. 1) What do you believe is the most significant land use and/or transportation issue facing Minneapolis in the next 5 years and how do you hope to address it in office? […]
Our sixth response to the Streets.mn Voter Guide is from Lisa Bender, candidate in Ward 10, which includes the Uptown area of southwest Minneapolis. 1. What do you believe is the most significant land use and/or transportation issue facing Minneapolis in the next 5 years and how do you hope to address it in office? […]