Dogs by Bike
A senior dog with separation anxiety who howls can’t be left alone at home for long. What to do in a one-car family? A fancy dog backpack and a simple cargo bike.
Category: Bicycling
The Case for a New Summit Avenue Bikeway
Summit Avenue has the city’s oldest, most historic bike lanes and is the second most popular place to bike in St. Paul. So why push for a multi-million-dollar project to improve the lanes? Because the bikeway can be better — and safer — for all users.
A Visit to Quarry Island
Quarry Island lies in the middle of Gun Club Lake in Mendota Heights, just north of the 494 bridge and beneath the roar of MSP Airport runways.
Reading a Neighborhood: Macalester-Groveland’s Little Free Library Tour
A playful, self-guided tour of Little Free Libraries organized by the Macalester-Groveland Community Council in St. Paul aims to spark curiosity, adventure and explorative learning. The 14-stop tour — complete with interactive games — ends June 4.
More On the Robert Piram Trail Story
Wolfie Browender highlights some of the features and history of the Robert Piram Bike Trail with project manager Mary Norton.
National Links: 300 Languages, One Street
Along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, more than 300 languages are spoken. As the 7 train runs over the “artery of life”, commerce explodes underneath with vibrancy and community. The street is a microcosm of the world and what goes on there sometimes impacts what happens on the other side of the globe.
Pandemic for Good: How I Was Able to Sell My Car
Contributor Brian talks about how the pandemic changed his relationship with his car so much, he sold it.
Dog Nearly Bites Man and Converted Churches on Dayton’s Bluff
September 27, 2021 Downtown, Lowertown, Dayton’s Bluff 20.1 miles The route map of my September 27, 2021 ride. The map is zoomable. [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1wwPaOLLsXZlHVPEy71ejTl_OhAkA5opA&ehbc=2E312F&w=640&h=480] A sunny late September day with the temperature in the mid-70s is a day to ride. And so I was winding my way east on Kellogg Boulevard Downtown toward Dayton’s Bluff. […]
National Links: Selling Omaha
How Boomers get the housing crisis wrong, why a poor sense of direction could be an early sign of dementia and more “old news.”
An Energetic Cost Analysis Diagram Concluding the Superiority of Saint Paul
Since the dawn of time, philosophers have debated whether Minneapolis is really as great as it thinks it is. With the assistance of cutting-edge IBM Thinkpad 230t supercomputers equipped with Wacom data analyzers, urban theorists have finally proven what those of the Silver City have always known: Saint Paul rules and Minneapolis drools. Enjoy that […]