Safer Summit Campaign Looks to Highlight the Facts
A neighborhood meeting leads contributor Kelsey Dahlager to ask questions and band with neighbors to advocate for a safer Summit Avenue.
Category: Streets
Share the Road with Bikes! (Unless They Want to Turn Left)
In taking stock of my most well-traveled routes, those places where I have to turn left are the places where a motorist has honked, shouted or threatened my safety in some way.
Summit Master Plan First Draft Is Great!
Saint Paul Bicycle Coalition co-chair Andy Singer, longtime chronicler of all-things-cycle in St. Paul, reviews the city’s initial master plan for off-street paths on Summit Avenue — and he approves!
Save Our Street Continues to Distribute Misinformation
Contributor Ben Swanson-Hysell discusses the continued misinformation and unsubstantiated claims made by Save Summit Avenue with regards to the Summit Regional Trail.
‘Save Our Street’ Hosts Education Session With Arborists
Two arborists presented standard construction protocols that the City of St. Paul’s Forestry Department will follow when assessing tree health and protection on Summit Avenue.
‘Save Our Street’ Is a Disinformation Campaign: The Summit Avenue Regional Trail Is What St. Paul Needs
Contrary to some views on the Summit Avenue redesign, adding protected bike lanes will enhance, not detract from, all users’ experience of the street.
“An Eruption of Springs”: The Diverting Story of Cascade Creek
Cascade Creek was named after a waterfall in the W 7th St neighborhood of St. Paul. The stream was most famously associated with Ayd Mill.
Little Free Libraries of St. Paul’s North End
Streets.mn asked for stories about Little Free Libraries. I chose to write about some of the libraries in a St. Paul neighborhood I’m less familiar with — the North End.
Play Streets and Block Parties: Reimagining Residential Streets
This National Night Out, see how to transform neighborhoods and strengthen communities by turning regular residential streets into “Play Streets!”
Open Streets Minneapolis 2022 – Franklin Ave
Open Streets is a warm-weather celebration of various neighborhoods in Minneapolis and a demonstration of how car-free events can build connections and community.