Highway Removal Skeptics: Your Questions, Answered
What would happen to all the cars — and trucks — if I-94 gets converted to a boulevard? Would emergency vehicles get held up? What would it cost?
Category: Freeways
Little ‘Rethinking’ Went into Rethinking I-94
MnDOT signaled intent to abandon any boulevard or reduced-capacity options for the Rethinking I-94 project. What’s their process for assessing project goals?
Street Views: The Real Cost of Highways
Columnist Joe Harrington breaks down the collateral damage of the infrastructures and power structures that created urban highways.
A Motorcyclist’s Rant: Drivers, Pay Attention!
“Start seeing motorcycles,” the saying goes. But too many drivers are diddling with their phones and otherwise not paying attention. Who’s at risk?
What a Weekend Without I-94 Can Teach the Twin Cities
A rare glimpse of a car-free Interstate 94 in St. Paul challenges assumptions about highway usage and helps us envision the corridor’s future.
Residents’ Feedback on Olson Memorial Highway Favors Multimodal Options
MnDOT’s Olson Memorial Highway project advances, with community preferences emphasizing biking, walking and transit, aiming to reconnect and restore Minneapolis’ Near North neighborhood.
With Another Name Change, Our Streets (Minneapolis) Continues to Evolve
Launched as the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, Our Streets became known as the founder of Open Streets, with a focus on active transportation. Now, it’s enlarging again.
Special Interest Groups Have Controversial Plans for I-335
Northeast Minneapolis opponents killed the ill-fated I-335 “North Ring” in the 1960s, but what if they hadn’t? Introducing the Minneapolis Boulevard Project!
What’s Next if the Twin Cities Boulevard Gets Built?
Proposals to replace I-94 with an at-grade boulevard need to consider a regional perspective, and the ways in which the interstate system dehumanizes urban areas.
Investing in Highway Bridges Could Mean I-94 Is Forever
Replacing the I-94 trench with a boulevard has been on the table for years. So why is MnDOT proposing to replace seven bridges that cross the freeway?