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We Read the Strib Parking Article’s Comments So You Don’t Have To

By on September 3, 2017 in Bicycling, Carfree, Cars, Demographics, Development, Downtown, Economics, Parking, Planning

When controversy happens….when tempers flare….we read the comments, so you don’t have to. On Sunday, as teased on Twitter by our own @streetsmn account, the Star Tribune posted an article It’s not your imagination — parking is disappearing in Minneapolis. The subhead and picture on the article gave a taste of what was to come, with a […]

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Chart of the Day: Twin Cities Household Size and Age Forecasts

By on July 27, 2017 in Chart, Demographics

Here’s a chart from the Met Council’s latest regional growth forecast, which is full of charts and highly recommended for anyone curious about the housing and demographic trends in the Twin Cities’ region. This one caught my eye: Here’s what the 7-page document has to say about the age and demographic growth patterns: As the […]

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High rise apartment building by older apartment building at Highland & Woodlawn, St. Paul

Chart of the Day: Mode Share and Housing Type

By on June 26, 2017 in Demographics, Transportation

Using the Metropolitan Council’s Travel Behavior Inventory, which is data from surveys of trips people actually make in this region, we can look at how travel differs based on housing type – and there are noticeable differences. This chart looks at all trips (not just a commute) made by residents of the central cities – […]

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Chart of the Day: Minneapolis and Saint Paul Populations as Percent of their Peak

By on May 17, 2017 in Chart, Demographics, History

Via erstwhile gadfly David Brauer, here’s an interesting chart. The 2016 census population estimates came out last week and sparked an interesting conversation on Twitter this week. Here’s the original population chart, via former streets.mn board member / forum founder Nick Magrino: (He got the chart from a recently released Met Council report…) Following the chart […]

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Lost Right-Of-Way Fee Found at Ford

By on April 4, 2017 in Demographics, Economics

In August 2016, the city of Saint Paul lost a court case in the Minnesota Supreme Court.  It was about right-of-way fees, a primary funding source for the city’s roads.  To make a long story short, the court found that the fee was not a fee but a tax, meaning that every non-profit and government property […]

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Tapping the Power of Place to Keep Us All Healthy

By on January 9, 2017 in Demographics, Health

One number stands above all others as the best indicator of good health.  It’s not your blood pressure, cholesterol level, average daily calories or even the age at which your grandparents die.  It’s your zip code. This fact has sent shockwaves across the county.  The chief aspiration of American democracy is that everyone deserves an […]

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Mapping Renters and Owners in Central Saint Paul

By on November 9, 2016 in Demographics, Housing, Maps

If you ever attend a neighborhood meeting in Saint Paul (or probably any city), you’re likely to hear a lot about the perceived or actual animosity of homeowners against renters. For example, in my own neighborhood in the North End, a recent meeting drew some audible expressions of surprise when someone quoted the statistic that […]

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Map Monday: Twin Cities Region by Racial “Community Type”

By on August 29, 2016 in Demographics, Minneapolis vs. St. Paul, Race, Trends

Here is a fascinating map from Myron Orfield’s Institute for Metropolitan Opportunity that categorizes the Twin Cities’ metro region into four different groups based on racial diversity and density. I like this map’s simplicity and focus, and also the fine grain at which it makes its distinctions. For example, you can see how different parts of Saint Paul […]

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Map Monday: Transit-to-Jobs Accessibility for Twin Cities Case Study Areas

By on July 18, 2016 in Demographics, Land use, Maps, Transit

Here’s a complicated but important map from the recent University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies report on the relationship of jobs to transit in the Twin Cities metro area. This study was reported on in a few places, including Citylab, but I thought I’d zoom in on one of their analyses here. First, check […]

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Minneapolis: One City, Diverging Realities

By on July 12, 2016 in Demographics, Governance, Media, Neighborhoods, News, Race

In the Cleveland neighborhood of North Minneapolis, a Black child at Lucy Craft Laney Elementary had 388 peers who were also Black and 21 who were White when classes began last fall. By virtue of being both Black and Minnesotan, that child’s family most likely does not own the home they live in; rent for […]

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