Bike Theft, Part 2: The Best Defense
Until we have better data on bike thefts in the Twin Cities and more robust deterrence from law enforcement, the onus of prevention lies on owners.
Category: Police
Behind the Scenes of a Neighborhood Bike Theft
When a neighbor gets her bike stolen out of a locked garage while she’s out of town, what does a good friend do? Investigate, and ask questions.
Street Illegal: A Hot Take on Hot Cars
Explore how automated noise enforcement could help the Twin Cities combat the problem of excessive vehicle noise in urban areas.
Every Map Is the Same Map: ShotSpotter Edition
A leaked map of gunshot detection systems in Minneapolis looks disappointingly similar to other city maps, and demonstrates familiar systemic biases.
‘Grateful’: Hudson Bicyclist Continues Recovery, After Hit-and-Run
Barbara Espy relied on her electric bike to get around Hudson, Wisconsin. Road rage took her bike — but the community gave back her life.
Transit Is in Trouble: Can We Expect Anyone to Come Help?
When your experience of riding the light-rail doesn’t mesh with the long-term solutions being proposed, what do you do? Speak up!
Book Club: The City & the City
Join Elissa Schufman and Ruby Levine for a discussion of the novel The City & the City by China Miéville. It starts off as a murder mystery police procedural, but the themes go much deeper than that.
A Look Back at a Kid’s View of Williams Hill
Wolfie rides a bike tour of the historic Williams Hill area in St. Paul, MN.
The Sound of the Police
Excerpt from Sparked: George Floyd, Racism and the Progressive Illusion edited by Walter R. Jacobs, Wendy Thompson Taiwo and Amy August. Reproduced with permission from the Minnesota Historical Society Press. On June 12, 2020, the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to disband the police department and replace it with another model, an extraordinary step. Like most white, […]
Barbed Wire and Barricades
We saw the streets of Minneapolis, and the whole country, become militarized last summer as peaceful protests were met with weapons of war by police. Now militarization is occurring again, this time through fences, concrete barriers, and barbed wire that seek to cut residents off from street spaces. For the community to heal and stay […]