Fighting for Safe Streets in the Western Suburbs
Cedar Lake Road puts students, workers and residents at risk every day, with deadly design choices embedded just outside three public schools.
Category: Safety
Poor Intersection Design and its Collisional Repercussions
Poor infrastructure maintenance at an intersection along East River Parkway caused a collision between a car and cyclist: What can be done to prevent these accidents?
Street Views: Taming Traffic
The City of Minneapolis and other local authorities could do more to calm traffic on the city’s busy streets. But who owns the road?
Riding the Green Line: You Can Do Better, Metro Transit
After riding the METRO Green Line in Minneapolis and St. Paul, a transit advocate explains how Metro Transit could improve the rider experience.
Blue Line Extension: How’s Metro Transit?
The Blue Line Extension project slowly approaches. In preparation, writer Richie Song sees what traveling the northwest metro by transit is like without it.
Lyndale Avenue South: A Personal Story
A true story of a dangerous road in a vibrant community, and the effort to make a “Main Street” out of a county road.
A Tribute to my Stolen Bike
Getting a bike stolen happens to most cyclists, but that doesn’t make it any easier. We offer tips, in hopes that it won’t happen to you.
Great Big Bollards: A Manifesto
What the world needs now is bollards. Great Big Bollards. Everywhere.
MnDOT’s New Traffic Signs on Snelling Avenue Highlight Same Old Problems
Three hundred new traffic signs on Snelling Avenue are bigger, but not better. They show that MnDOT’s priorities are still too car-focused.
Red-Light Running Then — and Now?
A junior-high science fair project from two decades ago provides a chance to see if there is more red-light running these days.