Local Transit Agencies Mimic Uber and Lyft, and Gain Ridership
Local transit agencies gain customers with rideshare practices — Point A to Point B service in low-density areas — that are filling a clear need.
Category: Transit
National Links: Climate Impacts and Canadian Cities
This week in National Links: tales of two Canadian cities, big and small emissions cuts and the new life of manufactured homes.
Optimism About Minneapolis for the New Year, and Beyond
No, Minneapolis is not Oslo or Vienna. And it lacks some vibrant traits of Boston and Montreal. But it is forward-looking and embracing progress.
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.
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.