A New Vision Zero for St. Paul: Part 1 — Introduction
Vision Zero, initially launched in Sweden, aims to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries while promoting “equitable mobility.” Can St. Paul meet this challenge?
Category: Safety
Maryland Avenue: The Pedestrian Experience
Maryland Avenue is currently in the midst of a 4-3 conversion trial. You can read more about what led to the trial here and here. Part of the trial includes pedestrian refuges at two intersections. At these locations people walking across have a safe space to wait while drivers notice them and stop their vehicles. […]
NoMi Love: Flowers for the Fourth Precinct
A little boy believes police officers are here to help him. A mother’s heart is aching from another killing by police. What does she tell him?
On Skyways and Busways
The Dayton family has had an outsized impact on downtown Minneapolis. So when the next generation speaks out about skyways and safety, people pay attention.
So Much Depends on the Next Six Weeks on Maryland Avenue
I’ve spent years beating the safe streets drum on this site and elsewhere. Of all the dangerous streets the Twin Cities, the ones that upset me the most are the 4-lane urban arterials, aka the “Four-Lane Death Road™“. These are found everywhere in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, particularly in poorer areas of town, and I’ve been calling for […]
Parking on 38th Street
As previously mentioned, the current city plan for bike lanes on 38th Street is to allow parking in the bike lane from 6 am to noon in two spots near local businesses. While I wasn’t personally there to witness it, I’m told that Council member Andrew Johnson described this new plan as a “compromise” at […]
Why Even Have City Policies If You Can Legally Park in the 38th Street Bike Lane?
Minneapolis has a Complete Streets policy. The city website describes one of the key elements of this policy thus: “Establishment of a modal priority framework to inform City transportation related decision making that prioritizes people as they walk, bicycle, and take transit over people when they drive.” The concept it pretty simple. When we’re deciding […]
Why I Support Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety on 38th Street East
Safe infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians becomes personal when a car grazes your bike and a friend gets killed in a crosswalk.
Apply for the Minneapolis Pedestrian Advisory Committee!
After a friend first told me about the Minneapolis Pedestrian Advisory Committee (PAC) a few years ago, it took another two or three gentle suggestions before I was willing to seriously consider applying. Despite being car-free by choice and a Minneapolitan for my entire adult life, I saw myself as neither a pedestrian nor someone […]
Safer Mississippi River Roads are Long Overdue
The river roads along the Mississippi in Saint Paul and Minneapolis are, rightly, the crown jewels of the Twin Cities’ urban landscape. Thanks to forward thinking planning over a century ago, these bluffs are not private spaces but open to the public for everyone in the whole city to use. And we do! Every nice […]