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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.
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.
We used storytelling as an engagement tool to make sense of the decline of St. Paul’s fancy-schmanciest shopping street. Could it inform work in other places, too?
We generally ignore street name signs until we’re in unfamiliar territory, and even then, we overlook their details. Here, we examine St. Paul’s street name signs.
Everything you want to know about potholes, but were afraid to ask! How do they form? What can we do about them? All that and more!
Small changes have already made Lyndale Avenue better. But now we have the opportunity to make big changes to make it great.
Join a group bike ride to support small businesses at a Minneapolis intersection where a much-needed redesign has improved safety but eliminated some parking.
Cyclists have as much right to city infrastructure as do cars, trucks and SUVs. So why can’t the City of Minneapolis see it that way?
This week: Japanese mini-trucks find a foothold in the States, the decline of park-and-rides and why we need more family-sized apartments.
Some intersections would better serve our community as roundabouts. This wish list represents the experience and observations of a workaday cyclist.
Four blocks, a few minutes and three examples of driver behavior that make people less safe — on a street rebuilt to be safer for all users.