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Affordable Housing in Minneapolis and Beyond

By on December 5, 2018 in Housing, Land use, Transportation

The current debates over the Minneapolis 2040 comprehensive plan and inclusionary housing raise some interesting ideas for consideration about the city and Twin Cities metro area overall. First, more housing at all levels of affordability is critical to the future of the city, not for the sake of density itself but rather the city’s ability […]

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The Palace Theatre, St. Paul’s W. 7th Place and its Pedestrian Mall

By on November 21, 2018 in Events, Transportation, Walking

West 7th Place in St. Paul has often been a small and cool pedestrian area for me. It’s also been a pre-event meetup place at (now closed) Wild Tymes for a concert at the X a few blocks away, or next door to it at the least desirable venue in the Twin Cities. Dating back […]

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Chart of the Day: City Typology by Mobility through Time

By on November 21, 2018 in Chart, Transportation

Here’s a complex and fun chart that shows the historical evolution of global cities according to mobility type. If you go back far enough, all cities were “walking cities”, and then they started to evolve along a transit v. private mobility spectrum. This chart from the Reinventing Transport blog plots those out:   As you […]

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The Quarterly Transit Report — November 2018

By on November 19, 2018 in Buses, Trains, Transit, Transportation

Dealing with a driver shortage, and a budget deficit Few people set out to be bus drivers. They select the job because the pay and benefits are good, even though the working hours tend to be inconvenient. So when unemployment is low, Metro Transit has difficulty recruiting enough drivers to offset retirements, let alone grow […]

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Metro Transit After Dark

By on November 15, 2018 in Buses, Downtown, Suburbia, Transit, Transportation

It is 2am on a hot Wednesday morning. We are at 7th & Nicollet, onboard the 5 to North Minneapolis. There was a mother and their baby, seated on their stroller, playing peak-a-boo. Towards the back, four guys ran off at the last minute because someone they knew was in the area. Still, others were […]

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Is Minnesota All Aboard for Intercity Rail?

By on November 5, 2018 in Railroads, Transportation

After posting about potential rapid transit routes in the Twin Cities here and potential regional rail routes in the Twin Cities here, now is the potential for intercity rail in Minnesota. History of Intercity Rail in Minnesota Post-Amtrak Like most states, Minnesota had a large intercity rail network operated by private freight railroads. With the […]

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Chart of the Day: Minnesota Energy Input and Output Flows, 2014

By on October 23, 2018 in Environment, Transportation

Here’s a fun chart to stare at for long hours. It’s the LIvermore labs energy chart! This is the most recent version available at the state level (though there is one made at the national scale using 2017 info). It might look familiar, as Adam Miller put up a similar chart a year and a […]

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Queering the Streetscape

By on October 22, 2018 in Experiments, Streets, Transportation

For Spooky Pride Month, I wanted to imagine what some of our broad streets could look like if you put me in charge of queering the streetscape. You’ll notice that while there are no personal automobile lanes listed, there’s still trucks and buses using the road. This vision for Lake St still allows for businesses […]

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How You, and All of Us, Can Escape Car Dependency — WITH KIDS!

By on October 10, 2018 in Children, Transportation

This is an independent addition to the previous post titled: “How You, and All of Us, Can Escape Car Dependency” This twist is how to do so when you have kids. My journey going car-free began a few years ago. Household expenses forced me to look at the larger line items and figure out how […]

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Help Improve Bikeways on 9th and 10th Street in Downtown Minneapolis

By on October 9, 2018 in Bicycling, Downtown, Streets, Transportation

I’m on a workgroup through Our Streets Mpls, and I’m asking you to show your support for safer bikeways through downtown, specifically on 9th and 10th streets. These streets were added to the Bicycle Master Plan back in 2016, but there is currently no plan or schedule for improvement. Currently, the infrastructure afforded to me […]

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