Category: Health

National Links: Public Health and Crypto Cities

Jeff Wood • March 22, 2022

How the design of our cities fails to promote our health and how one Texas city may turn to a crypto company to pay off its burdensome debts.

A group of cyclists ride on West Superior in downtown Duluth, MN

2022 Bikeable Community Workshops

Tim Brackett • January 20, 2022

Help communities in Minnesota become more bike friendly through Bikeable Community Workshops. Learn ways to advocate for biking in your community in 2022.

National Links: From Segways to Highways

Jeff Wood • August 11, 2021

Every day at The Overhead Wire, we collect news about cities and send the links to our email list. At the end of the week we take some of the most popular stories and post them to Greater Greater Washington, a group blog similar to streets.mn that focuses on urban issues in the D.C. region. […]

Empire State Building as seen from Rooftop of Rockefeller Building

National Links: The Weight of an EV

Jeff Wood • June 16, 2021

Highway 280 at Broadway, showing its last traffic signal, which MnDOT would like to remove in 2024. On the right, you can see the sound wall that now blocks what used to be a signalized crossing from Walnut Avenue in Lauderdale. (Composite photo by the author.)

Highway 280: Put It Back the Way It Was

Pat Thompson • June 16, 2021

Highway 280 was transformed into a freeway in the wake of the I-35W bridge collapse in 2007. Now MnDOT is making it bigger and faster, even though the reason for the upgrade has long since disappeared.

Ramps in April. Photo by the author.

Eat Your Greens and Shoots: But Find Them First

Pat Thompson • April 14, 2021

As the ground thaws each spring, edible perennial plants wake up and are there for the taking if you know where and how to look. Follow a few rules so you’re safe and there’s enough for everyone.

In Honor of Earth Day 50, Stepping Up is Easy: A Virtual Cleanup

Christian Huelsman • April 23, 2020

What day is it? It’s hard to know anymore, in the face of the pandemic response and seemingly austere regimen. Did you know that this week marks the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day celebration? It officially began with the coordination of a nationwide environmental forum by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson, in response […]

Five Facets of Recovery from COVID-19

Tim Brackett • April 7, 2020

Principles of “agile leadership” could help us imagine a post-COVID-19 world that is more climate friendly and equitable for everyone.

A person on a bicycle waits for a Metro Transit articulated bus to cross the intersection at Lake and Pillsbury in South Minneapolis on the afternoon of March 18, 2020. As part of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Metro Transit instituted a number of changes, which include service reductions and enhanced cleaning. Photo: Henry Pan

How Metro Transit Is Responding To The Coronavirus

H. Jiahong Pan 潘嘉宏 • March 20, 2020

Transit agencies across the nation are feeling the brunt of the coronavirus, and Metro Transit is no exception. While Metro Transit does not have definite numbers, Howie Padilla, Metro Transit’s spokesperson, says that “Ridership has definitely decreased.” But they’re not worried about how much ridership has gone down right now. “Our priority is to serve […]