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Lake Street and Excelsior Boulevard Intersection: A Pedestrian’s View, Part 1

By on November 11, 2019 in Accessibility, Pedestrians, Photos, Roads, Sidewalks, Traffic, Walking

The intersection of Lake Street and Excelsior Boulevard at the western edge of Minneapolis, one of the busiest in the entire metro area, is an access point for both city commuters and residents of the West Calhoun and Cedar-Isles-Dean neighborhood, of whom I am one. According to Hennepin County data, roughly 25,000 vehicles pass through […]

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Safety on Lyndale Avenue is Long Overdue

By on November 8, 2019 in Infrastructure, Pedestrians, Roads, Safety

On October 12th, Ted Ferrara was killed when he was struck by a car while walking across Lyndale Ave at 25th St in my neighborhood. I send condolences to his friends and loved ones. This a tragic event our community has long feared, and that we been working to prevent. Nearly every person who lives […]

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Meet a Roundabout: U.S. 61 in Forest Lake

By on September 16, 2019 in Bridges, Cars, Highways, Infrastructure, Maps, Pedestrians, Roads, Safety, Schools, Sidewalks, Traffic, Transportation, Trends

“Meet a Roundabout” is a new series of posts about roundabouts in the Twin Cities area that are improving traffic efficiency and safety. Posts include pictures and video of the roundabout and a history of how it came to be. This is the third post in the series. On Saturday, I drove my father to […]

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A Few Streets St. Paul Would Be Better Off Without

By on July 17, 2019 in Free Idea, Public Policy, Roads

New streets are being built every day, mostly in the exurbs, where forests and farmland continue to give way to new subdivisions. Here in Saint Paul we pretty much stopped building new roads half a century ago. The problem is, there seems to be a law of nature that once those roads are built, they […]

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Safer, Saner Roads by Design

By on July 8, 2019 in Accessibility, ADA, Advocacy, Bicycling, Bike lanes, Environment, Health, Infrastructure, Pedestrians, Roads, Safety, Sidewalks, Streets, Suburbia, Walking

Engineers have a lot of options in how they design our streets and roads, how safe they make them, who they serve well and who they serve poorly. This post will examine why road design is so important, its underlying philosophy and, finally, some specific design options and why various elements are important. A future […]

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Meet a Roundabout: Wentworth Ave

By on June 11, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, Roads, Safety, Signals, Suburbia, Traffic, Transportation

This is “Meet a Roundabout,” a new series of posts about roundabouts in the Twin Cities area that are improving traffic efficiency and safety. Posts include pictures and video of the roundabout and a history of how they came to be. This is the first post in the series. On a recent beautiful Wednesday night, […]

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As Lyft and Uber Go Public, the Future of Mobility Remains Up for Grabs

By on April 30, 2019 in Bicycling, Carfree, Economics, Roads, Streets, Taxis, Transportation, Trends

On April 11, Uber registered for an initial public offering of stock (IPO) with the government. As part of that filing, the company revealed more about its financials than is required by law. The document gives an insight into Uber’s business challenges and the evolving market of rented mobility. Included on page 3 of Uber’s […]

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The Future of West River Parkway

By on April 29, 2019 in Accessibility, ADA, Bicycling, Downtown, History, Parks, Pedestrians, Pedestrians, Plans, Public Policy, Rivers, Roads, Sidewalks, Streets, Trends, Walking

With the Park Board’s Water Works project’s phase one underway, and improvements being made all along the river, I talked with two local Park Board commissioners, Jono Cowgill and Chris Meyer, about the future of West River Parkway, the parkway system, and Minneapolis parks. Both share a vision for a parkway system that returns to […]

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St. Paul By Bike: The Northeast Corner

By on April 26, 2019 in Architecture, Bicycling, History, Neighborhoods, Parks, Roads

Highland Park, Mac-Groveland, Merriam Park, Lexington-Hamline, Frogtown (Thomas-Dale), North End, Payne-Phalen, East Side July 30, 2017 31.7 Miles This ride turned out to be one of the longest ever for the blog, passing through eight of Saint Paul’s 17 District Councils areas and many more neighborhoods. It was also my second and last ride of […]

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What if Hennepin Ave Had a Roundabout?

By on April 25, 2019 in Cars, Downtown, Infrastructure, Pedestrians, Pedestrians, Roads, Safety, Sidewalks, Signals, Streets, Traffic, Transit, Walking

I was waiting for the number 6 bus at Hennepin Ave and S 1st St, near where I live, and I was watching the vehicle traffic. I noticed that the semaphore intersection was not very efficient at handling left turn vehicles. There was a part of the cycle when left turns in both directions on […]

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