What If Your Morning Commute Was Designed for Joy?
For World Car-Free Day, contributor Sarah Ryals talks e-bikes, baskets, beagles and the quest for a joyful commute.
Category: Opinion
Don’t Be Fooled: Requests to “Delay” the Hennepin Ave Reconstruction Is Really Just a Way to Stop It
Requests to delay the Hennepin Ave S reconstruction are a ploy to have the project lose its federal funding, thereby stopping it.
streets.mn at 10
When Bill Lindeke reminded me that streets.mn turns 10 round about now, I was sort of surprised – it feels both younger and older than 10 simultaneously. In 1867, 154 years ago, the Minneapolis Tribune was founded; it remains with us today. Ten years ago streets.mn launched, so has been around for about 6.5% of the life of the […]
Assessing the Legacy of Minneapolis’s Progressive Urbanist City Council
The 2021 general election is over. All across the country it was a deeply divisive and angry campaign and the results reflected that dismal process. In Minneapolis, it was no different. It was a bad time to be earnest about the future. The cynics won in a rout. Among the losses were four councilmembers, Cam […]