
Nicollet Mall, Vibrancy and Public Transit
Will removing buses from Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis make transit more efficient — or leave riders behind?
Will removing buses from Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis make transit more efficient — or leave riders behind?
Criminalizing and policing street art not only fails to reduce crime, it actively detracts from the fostering of beautiful, culturally unique and community-driven spaces.
The author’s bike exploration of Saint Paul continues with hidden gems and unique views.
A survey of 20th-century promotional videos for Minneapolis reveals a very different and at times problematic city.
Join us for a field trip to downtown Anoka, where the state legislature allowed a pilot program of a “social district.”
No, Minneapolis is not Oslo or Vienna. And it lacks some vibrant traits of Boston and Montreal. But it is forward-looking and embracing progress.
In this week’s National Links: pandemic-era changes to work and commutes, designing with autism in mind and the gradual death of the “starter car.”
Our perceptions of a city are formed through “mental maps” we create — and those shift depending on the travel mode we use.
Eighteen months after the METRO Orange Line’s opening, Eoin Roux examines what the data tell us about ridership. The upshot: more riders, but fewer of them downtown.
Links from The Overhead Wire to urbanist news from around the country/world. This week: reforming the community engagement process, the shrinking urban drugstore market, and the unfolding ecological collapse of the Great Salt Lake.