Moving Twin Cities Transit Forward
COVID, crime and working from home devastated transit ridership. As those trends recede or reverse, we can speculate about the future of the transit system.
Category: Transit
Let’s (St)roll There: Toward a Climate-Conscious Thanksgiving
Streets.mn’s climate-friendly contributors offer their best tips and tricks for enjoying a car-free, or at least car-light, Thanksgiving.
A Walkable, Transit-Oriented, Car-Free Thanksgiving Week
You can design your life to be totally or almost car-free, even during the hectic days leading up to Thanksgiving.
Walk the Talk: Door knocking, Celebrating, Flag-ing and More
Weigh in on the state flag design; door knock for I-94; celebrate passenger rail; and rethink how downtowns can become people-focused.
Ride Along as the Northstar Makes a Comeback
If a commuter train runs more often, are more people likely to take it? Metro Transit is banking on it with an expanded Northstar schedule.
Dr. Strangebus or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Trolleybus
Take a rollicking ride through the history of mass transit (or at least the trolleybus) through the lens and language of science fiction.
Observations from a Minnesota Urbanist in Belgium, the Netherlands and Greece
What can three European countries tell us about urban life? A lot: From design to transportation, their towns excel at human-scale development.
Thoughts on I-94, and Yet Another Idea
The I-94 trench between Minneapolis and St. Paul is rife with possibilities for transformation, from express rail service to a Midtown Greenway extension.
Let’s (St)roll There — Renaissance Festival by Transit
Getting to the Renaissance Festival doesn’t have to be a hassle anymore! Follow one group as they take transit to Fest.
The Northstar Link Is Actually Pretty Good!
While it may not be as good as the long-wished-for direct train to St. Cloud, the Northstar Link shuttle is a viable stand-in.