I once asked prominent Saint Paulite, Lucy Berkowitz, what makes Nina’s in Cathedral Hill so popular and why don’t we have places like it in the suburbs. I expected her to say, “great cappuccinos and food provided by awesome employees.” (…and where the largest sign in a place named after St Paul’s most famous madam […]
Note: This was originally written as a commentary for the Star Tribune. I agree with Katherine Kersten on Transit-Oriented Development. It does have it’s share of problems. But she left out the rest of the stories. The first is that what we’re doing today with suburbs and Car-Oriented Development may very well be worse and, […]
The Internet Is forcing improvement on NYC taxi’s, whether they like it or not. Too bad Minnesota is fighting these improvements (Cover Photo: http://shot97.com) Anyone who’s visited NYC knows that various forms of public transportation are the norm and that none rank very high on the pleasantness scale. Subways can be quite grimy, and swelteringly […]
I’d like to proclaim today Vehicular Cyclists Day in the Twin Cities. A special day for all of those who believe that people riding bicycles and people driving cars can and should safely share the road. That there is no need for segregated bicycle paths or protected bike lanes. That our children are perfectly safe […]
In the bicycle as transportation world a major goal, and for many the primary goal, is people commuting to work by bicycle. A lot of focus is put on routes from outlying suburbs to the major employment centers of cities and getting employers to install showers and lockers so that bike commuters can shower when […]
The DNR are setting up three groundwater management areas in the state to study problems of our aquifers being drawn down to critically low levels. They presented their plan for this at a meeting on Wed. Interestingly, though not too surprisingly, these issues dovetail quite closely with topics on both Streets.MN and Strongtowns. The bulk […]
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to hear Chuck Marohn from Strong Towns speak in White Bear Lake. I also got to go out afterwards for a bit with Chuck and a couple of other Streets.MN writers; Nate Hood and Justin Foell. Fun time. The crux of Chuck’s presentation was the increasing […]
Shoreview’s cycleways are quite inviting; for residents, folks in neighboring communities, and those just passing through. They’re also inviting for the thousands of people who work in Shoreview, but most of these workers don’t have bikes at work to ride. Shoreview recently took a step towards becoming one of the first suburbs, possibly in the […]
My recent statement “Here are the keys that, in my opinion, need to happen to get people bicycling” raised a quite logical question in comments and on twitter: “why do we want to get people riding bicycles?” Why, as a society, would we want to encourage this? One person added: “if people want to ride […]
Part I – A Wink And A Nod—Teaching Our Kids To Be Criminals Part II – A Wink And A Nod—Beliefs, Laws, And Turning Right On Red If people don’t obey laws (Part I), but only their beliefs (Part II), should we even have laws? Of course we should. Especially if we can get back […]