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The Causes of Crashes

By on October 4, 2017 in Safety, Suburbia, Walking

There’s been much discussion about car vs. pedestrian crashes in the Twin Cities and closer-in suburbs. Here is a discussion about one in an exurb and one in a small town. When a crash happens, eventually the investigating agency winds up saying someone french-fried when they should have pizza-ed, assigns blame, the insurance companies and lawyers […]

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Little Canada’s “Other” Transportation Infrastructure: Conclusion

By on September 20, 2017 in Suburbia, Transportation, Urban Design

This is the final part of a series of posts about a study on Little Canada’s transportation infrastructure for people who take transit, walk, and/or bike. Final Thoughts As I finished up the last part last month, I have some final thoughts based off my experiences. I also discuss my biases and how they influence […]

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Little Canada’s “Other” Transportation Infrastructure: Bicycling

By on August 16, 2017 in Bicycling, Suburbia, Transportation

This is part of a series of posts about a study on Little Canada’s transportation infrastructure for people who take transit, walk, and/or bike. Transit: Parts One and Two, and Walking addressed Little Canada’s buses and sidewalks. This part has an analysis of Little Canada’s biking infrastructure. What Exists Now And What Is Planned For Biking Biking can be rather difficult […]

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Adventures in Suburbia: Building Affordable Housing in Blaine

By on August 15, 2017 in Development, Suburbia

On a 6-1 vote on August 3, the Blaine (MN) City Council approved an actual high-density housing development. I have previously questioned Blaine’s priorities for development, including years of bizarre hand-wringing over putting high-density housing in other locations, like in The Lakes development. However, Blaine has decided that it is time to approve some density. […]

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The Red Line Revisited

By on July 25, 2017 in Buses, Suburbia, Transit

I took a trip on the Red Line today to check out the new Cedar Grove station, and see out how the Twin Cities’ first BRT is doing. It’s fast and frequent, but it runs through a landscape that is designed to impede transit use. Thanks to the new station, which eliminated a very irritating detour, it’s […]

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Little Canada’s “Other” Transportation Infrastructure: Walking

By on June 28, 2017 in Sidewalks, Suburbia, Walking

This is part of a series of posts about a study on Little Canada’s transportation infrastructure for people who take transit, walk, and/or bike. In Transit: Parts One and Two, I discussed my motives behind my study along with some information and statistics about transit ridership in Little Canada. This part has an analysis of Little Canada’s pedestrian […]

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Little Canada’s “Other” Transportation Infrastructure: Transit, Part Two

By on March 27, 2017 in Suburbia, Transit

This is part of a series of posts pertaining to a study on Little Canada’s transportation infrastructure for people who take transit, walk, and/or bike. In Transit: Part One, I discussed my motives behind my study along with some information and statistics about transit ridership in Little Canada. This part contains an analysis of a study done […]

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Closing Highway 169 in the Era of Smartphones: Two Different Responses

By on March 22, 2017 in Bridges, Freeways, Suburbia

The topic of the US 169 Nine Mile Creek bridge closure has been a good source of stories in the local news. TV stations and newspapers have gotten out and covered how the bridge closure has affected the very wealthy Parkwood Knolls neighborhood in Edina, but also how Edina police and public works were meeting […]

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A bus stop along Edina Industrial Blvd near 494

Cars (Alone) Can’t Sustain Interstate 494

By on March 14, 2017 in Freeways, Infrastructure, Suburbia

I spend a lot of time thinking about the 494 strip. I work out of a coworking space near 494 and 100, and live less than a mile north of the highway in Richfield. As a Richfield planning commissioner, I have seen many projects revolve around 494 visibility and access.  On a broader level, Richfield has ambitious goals […]

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Little Canada’s “Other” Transportation Infrastructure: Transit, Part One

By on March 1, 2017 in Buses, Suburbia, Transit, Transportation

Introduction & Motives Behind The Study Getting around Little Canada is relatively easy, if you have access to a vehicle. The advantages of being an inner-ring suburb of Saint Paul means that it’s well connected to the metro’s freeway network (Interstates 35E and 694, and State Highway 36). But it lacks sidewalk, bicycling, and transit infrastructure. This encourages […]

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