Re-imagining Commuter Rail in a Post-Pandemic World
Current transit expansion plans are strong, but light rail extensions and bus rapid transit cannot be the end-all be-all of our ambitions.
Category: Economics
Cutting Vehicle Miles Would Yield Health, Economic Benefits
Money and lives could be saved and health could be improved if only, as a society, we abandoned “car culture.” So why don’t we drive less?
How Engaging With Stories Can Help Us Reclaim Local Power
We used storytelling as an engagement tool to make sense of the decline of St. Paul’s fancy-schmanciest shopping street. Could it inform work in other places, too?
Grocery Delivery 2023: How Grocer Inflation Compares
Tired of watching your grocery bill rise? Where you shop for groceries and what’s in your cart are the greatest influencers of cost.
Two Types of Rent Regulation: Control and Stabilization
There’s been a lot of heat and not enough light in the discourse around rent control and rent stabilization. Here’s a primer on what they’re all about.
A Primer on Community Ownership
Community real estate ownership provides stability, affordability and community-based wealth. There are established and developing models throughout the Twin Cities.
Nexus Event Highlights Rise of Local Cooperatives
Real estate investment cooperatives and worker-owned cooperatives are gaining ground as a way to build community wealth, particularly in BIPOC communities.
People Who Bike Are Subsidizing, Not Shirking, Street Costs
The recently promoted misconception that cyclists don’t pay their fair share for street infrastructure is both false and misleading.
Community Leaders Call on the State to Support Rebuilding Post 2020 Uprising
Nearly three years after the 2020 unrest following George Floyd’s murder, some form of state funding appears imminent. Second in a two-part series.
ADUs Are Working Great — Just Not for the Twin Cities
Overheated coastal housing markets have seen remarkable ADU booms, while the Twin Cities has had negligible ADU development.