How Driving Less Benefits Us
Driving less provides personal benefits and societal ones. Less rushing means a more involved day-to-day.
Category: Carfree
Beat Traffic! Ride Transit and/or a Bike
Tired of freeway gridlock, endless construction and stressful commutes? Here’s a beginner’s guide on how to get started with biking and transit!
Book Club: When Driving Is Not an Option
In today’s book club episode, Parker Seaman and Jeremy Winter discuss “When Driving Is Not an Option,” by Anna Zivarts, in a conversation moderated by Sherry Johnson.
Let’s (St)roll There: A Tale of Two Cities
One person, two cities, three modes: walking, biking and transit turn a birthday into a celebration of mobility.
When Driving Is Not an Option, Live in Rochester
Anna Zivarts gives a book talk in Rochester, and we got an exclusive interview with her on the podcast!
Walk the Talk: Central Avenue, Carshare and Racial Covenants
Roundup of opportunities including registration for a four-day bike ride, webinars on carshare services and racial housing covenants, and indoor walking events.
Run-Commuting in Minneapolis: 10 Years On
A first-time Streets.mn contributor shares the joys, challenges and lessons learned from 10 years of running for transportation in Minneapolis.
E-Bikes Mean Freedom for Low-Vision Bicyclists
Recently enacted and proposed regulations requiring licenses or insurance for e-bike riders threaten a vital transportation lifeline for Americans who can’t drive.
Bike Library at University of Minnesota Lends Low-Cost, Carbon-Free Mobility
The end of the Nice Ride bike-sharing program ended up launching Gopher Bikes on four campuses at the University of Minnesota.
The State Fair and How We Got There
Buses, trains and bikes offered convenient alternatives to car travel for the nearly 2 million people who gathered at the Minnesota State Fair this year.