National Links: Parking Minimums Removed in Austin
This week: Wawa gets worse, the pros and cons of seawalls, and efforts to reimagine Austin, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee.
Category: Culture
Ending Our Obsession With Bike Helmets
If we want to address how cars impact cyclists, there are far more effective ways to do that than simply advocating for helmets.
Walk the Talk: Farmer’s Market, Film Premiere and More Summer Celebrations
The Bicycle Film Festival, Minnesota’s only Black-owned farmer’s market, a historic bike tour, and neighborhood celebrations in Frogtown, Northeast and Rochester.
Walk the Talk: Summer Festivals, Bike Advocacy and Community Connections
Check out Minneapolis’ Community Connections Conference, stroll down Grand Avenue for Grand Old Day and more ways to get engaged.
One Family’s Fascinating History at Oakland Cemetery — the Son
Part Two of an exploration of the state’s oldest public cemetery and interview with its superintendent. Obelisks, mausoleums, ghost stories and more.
Building Community Through Bicycles
Bicycles can bring people together, but not without somebody putting in the effort! Today we chat with Patrick Stephenson about how 30 Days of Biking and the Joyful Riders Club got started, with tips for starting your own group ride.
Five Faces of Healing: Public Art’s Power to Transform
A mural on the wall of Target on East Lake Street reminds shoppers and passersby of the neighborhood’s resilience and the power of the city’s diversity.
National Links: Colorado Transportation Changes Course
California’s potential mega-flood, how Stuttgart launched the beginnings of an urban forest just before World War II and more news about our Big Blue Marble.
Honoring and Celebrating Philando, Seven Years On
A Falcon Heights police officer killed Philando Castile in July 2016. Less than two months later, friends, family and former classmates came together to honor his life. That celebration continues.
Rondo in Stories: A Little Free Library Walking Tour
The history of a neighborhood can be gleaned by walking; its culture is often discernible through a leisurely tour of its Little Free Libraries. So it is with the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul.