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The Future of West River Parkway

By on April 29, 2019 in Accessibility, Bicycling, Downtowns, History, Parks, Planning, Policy, Sidewalks, Streets, 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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What if Hennepin Ave Had a Roundabout?

By on April 25, 2019 in Cars, Downtowns, Infrastructure, Safety, Sidewalks, Signals, Streets, 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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Tile Entries

By on April 25, 2019 in Architecture, Delight-Cultivating, Sidewalks, Urban Design, Visual, Walking

One of the things you get to see when you walk instead of drive is tile entryways to commercial (and sometimes residential) buildings. I’ve been collecting photos of tile for a while, mostly from somewhere other than the Twin Cities. Some of the designs are decorative only, as in the first row of images. Semi-floral, […]

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A Few More Opportunities for Public Input on the Minneapolis Transportation Action Plan

By on April 23, 2019 in Bicycling, Cars, Downtowns, Freight, Infrastructure, Nature, Parking, Planning, Policy, Sidewalks, Streets, Transit, Transportation, Urban Design, Walking

After my last class today, I took a ride on the route 4 bus–including the slow crawl along Nicollet–from Minneapolis College to the Central Library,  where I was able to attend the downtown Community Workshop for Minneapolis’ Transportation Action Plan. This workshop was one of a series of community engagement opportunities to interact with the […]

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Nice Ride Leaves St. Paul as Market for Scooters Heats Up

By on April 15, 2019 in Bicycling, Carfree, Downtowns, Sidewalks, Streets, Transportation

On April 2, Nice Ride sent an email to members announcing the start of the riding season April 15 (now April 22, Earth Day, due to weather). In the email, the transportation network nonprofit shared that it was leaving the St. Paul market after nearly a decade on the streets of the capital city. St. […]

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A Bus Stop Disappointment Story: Excelsior Boulevard and Meadowbrook Road

By on March 22, 2019 in Accessibility, Sidewalks, Transit

Have you ever passed a bus stop and thought, “Damn, I feel so bad for anyone who has to catch their bus at that stop“? Even if you never ride the bus I’m certain everyone has seen at least one bus stop where they have had this thought. I’m deeply familiar with Saint Louis Park […]

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Bus Stops May Be Greatest Hindrance to Winter Bus Riding

By on March 21, 2019 in Infrastructure, Sidewalks, Transit, Transportation, Walking

This February saw record-breaking snowfall in the Twin Cities area. As any Minneapolis resident could see — whether traveling by car, foot, bus or bike — our city’s infrastructure was not up to the challenge. That went double for the Metro Transit system, which needs all the support it can get these days. As a longtime reader […]

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How the 2019 Snowmageddon Showed That Cars Remain King

By on March 11, 2019 in Accessibility, Bicycling, Cars, Freeways, Safety, Sidewalks, Streets, Walking

February 2019 was a record-breaking month for snow in Minnesota with 39 inches of snowfall in just four weeks, an amount shattering the previous record of 26.5 inches in February 1962. Students have missed several days of school and some workers have shifted their commute mode to cross-country skiing, but the snow has been less […]

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Route 614: Can (or Should) It Be Saved?

By on March 7, 2019 in Sidewalks, Streets, Suburbia, Transit

The Metropolitan Council is proposing to eliminate Route 614, which operates Monday-Friday between Ridgedale Mall and apartment complexes in Minnetonka Heights (just north of County Road 101 and Townline Road/Highway 62). Frequency of this route is around every hour. The first northbound bus leaves at 5:16 AM, and the last northbound bus leaves at 5:35 […]

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Scooter on a Bridge

Sharing Streets with Scooters

By on March 4, 2019 in Bicycling, Cars, Policy, Safety, Sidewalks, Urban Design, Walking

One hot day last August I set out to walk a marathon around the Twin Cities, starting with a jaunt over to St Paul for a streets.mn board meeting, a tour of the sewer covers of Rondo (they’re amazing!), and a nice brunch before meandering back to Minneapolis to wander around more. Midday, I headed […]

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