I rode the Traveling Tap and it was incredible. The Traveling Tap is one of those beer bikes that Minnesotans love to hate. I myself was a card carrying member of the “I hate the Pedal Pub” Facebook group for some time. No longer. Never has a finer vehicle been created than the Bar Bicycle. […]
Snelling Avenue is a wound on Saint Paul. A north/south gash bisecting the city’s west side. It’s a road that fails to serve anyone outside of a car in any meaningful way, but at most times fails the driving public it has been built to cater to. Snelling has a grim record. Pedestrians crossing anywhere […]
How can we organize our neighborhood governing bodies to reflect their community demographics?
In August 2016, the city of Saint Paul lost a court case in the Minnesota Supreme Court. It was about right-of-way fees, a primary funding source for the city’s roads. To make a long story short, the court found that the fee was not a fee but a tax, meaning that every non-profit and government property […]
If you are involved in your community’s discussions about roads, development, or zoning, you have undoubtedly heard one of the most ubiquitous and troubling phrases to populate those discussions: “neighborhood character.” To me, “neighborhood character” is a nothing phrase. It is a flowery facade to hide ugly or undeveloped opinions behind. When I say that […]
Every day in the Twin Cities there’s a gap in Metro Transit service. Most routes typically go offline from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., but not all. Those lines that continue to run 24 hours are classified as “Night Owl” routes by Metro Transit. Considering, though, that there are only six of these routes out […]