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Sustainable Child Play

By on October 4, 2019 in Children, Culture, Transportation

I spent half of a recent Saturday outside helping some friends do yard work in what most would call a working class to low-income neighborhood of Saint Paul. It’s a pretty diverse place, too, with U.S.-born black, indigenous, and white people living side-by-side with immigrant families from many countries. My friends’ duplex apartment is on […]

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Transpo Convo: What’s Important on the Way to School

By on October 3, 2019 in Buses, Carfree, Children, Light Rail, Pedestrians, Schools, Streets, Transit, Walking

[This is part of streets.mn’s “transpo convo” series, which aims to to be an oral history of getting around the Twin Cities, one person at a time.] Growing up, I learned the Sesame Street song “Who are the People in your Neighborhood?” Living on a farm, my neighborhood looked quite a bit different from Sesame […]

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Updating the Bruce Vento Trail

By on July 18, 2019 in ADA, Bicycling, Bridges, Children, Infrastructure, Safety, Streets, Trails

I have previously written about what a fantastic urban bikeway the Bruce Vento Trail is. My family and I continue to use it frequently, including my now 5 year old daughter on her own two-wheeler. However, there are some major safety issues. At intersections we would like the travel of the bicycle to remain parallel […]

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Map Monday: Minnesota Working Moms With Children Under 6

By on May 13, 2019 in Children, Maps

Mother’s Day was yesterday, but moms don’t get days off. Especially if you’re a working mom with children under 6. This map comes via the Humphrey School of Public Affairs’ Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy and the American Community Survey. It shows that some of Minnesota’s most rural counties have the highest percentages […]

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Final Four on Nicollet Mall Shows What Downtown Minneapolis Could Be

By on April 8, 2019 in Carfree, Children, Culture, Downtown, Events, Pedestrians, Placemaking, Public Realm, Streets, Walking

On semifinal Saturday, as the game between Virginia and Auburn was about to begin, I followed the streaming crowds backward to Nicollet Mall, where the other half of the fan base was enjoying our new pedestrian mall, now vehicle-free! Traffic was relatively light, and visitors were taking to the sidewalk pretty well. One Final Four […]

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The Park Board’s Vision for Gateway Park

By on February 14, 2019 in Accessibility, ADA, Advocacy, Children, Downtown, Environment, History, Land use, Maps, Neighborhoods, Parks, Pedestrians, Placemaking, Safety, Sidewalks, Walking

Recently, I met with Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 4 Commissioner Jono Cowgill across the street from Gateway Park to chat about the current state and future of the park. Welcome to Gateway Park 🦖 Gateway Park is a plaza located at the intersection of Hennepin Ave and S 1st St and is bordered […]

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RRFBs: A False Sense of Protection

By on October 18, 2018 in Accessibility, ADA, Advocacy, Bicycling, Cars, Children, Infrastructure, Planning, Roads, Safety, Sidewalks, Signals, Streets, Traffic, Walking

When Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacons (RRFBs) started appearing in Bloomington and Edina I thought they would be a huge improvement for pedestrian safety, but having used them numerous times I’ve realized they’re a compromise on safety and neither motorists or pedestrians are the winners. RRFBs are a safety device used at crosswalks in which a […]

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Walk to School Day 2018: Our Streets Are Broken

By on October 10, 2018 in Children, Education, Walking

October 10 is Walk to School Day 2018. Per the official web site: International Walk to School Day is a global event that involves communities from more than 40 countries walking and biking to school on the same day. It began in 1997 as a one-day event. Over time, this event has become part of […]

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How You, and All of Us, Can Escape Car Dependency — WITH KIDS!

By on October 10, 2018 in Children, Transportation

This is an independent addition to the previous post titled: “How You, and All of Us, Can Escape Car Dependency” This twist is how to do so when you have kids. My journey going car-free began a few years ago. Household expenses forced me to look at the larger line items and figure out how […]

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Biking Through a Circus

By on August 2, 2018 in Children, Parking, Roads, Traffic, Transportation

On Sunday my children and I were meeting friends at Minnehaha Park and then planned to stop for ice cream and some book shopping in Highland Village. It is only a nine mile round trip and parking at Minnehaha Park is difficult so we decided to ride our bicycles. My six-year old rode on the […]

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