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.
Category: Safety
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.
Mourning Another Pedestrian
Changes to Maryland Avenue in St. Paul were meant to calm traffic, but they failed to prevent a driver from killing a walker on Christmas Eve.
Reflections on Safety, Style and Biking in the Dark
New, Minnesota-based technologies promise to make cyclists more visible to drivers during low light. But they may upset some cyclists’ sense of style.
Ending Our Obsession With Bike Helmets
If we want to address how cars impact cyclists, there are far more effective ways to do that than simply advocating for helmets.
Top 10 Questions for Bicyclists, Part 5: Separated Bikeways
For fhis 5-part series, the author crowdsourced drivers’ questions about bicyclists’ mindsets, beliefs and safety practices, then posted the top 10 in several bicycle groups. Here are the bicyclists’ replies.