Published on Apr 9, 2014 Minneapolis and Saint Paul are the coldest major cities in the United States. But they’re also top biking cities. Biking + crazy-cold-winter = lots of icicle beards. In this episode of “Are You MN Enough?” Erik J. Nelson introduces us to the culture of “yearounders,” bike enthusiasts who just keep […]
This was filmed in some of the places visited on David Hembrow’s Bicycle Study Tour which I highly recommend for anyone interested in bicycling for transportation. And a quick bit of ‘making of’ fun.
A nice Metro Transit Nextrip/GoTo Card ad for television broadcast.
Thanks to Bill Dooley for sharing (on Facebook) this great short video on winter maintenance for bicycle facilities. The City of Oulu is the cycling capital of Finland and the winter cycling capital of the world. It has one of the most extensive bicycling networks (613 km, 4.3 m/inhab.) in the world, a cycling modal […]
R: No policeman’s going to give the Batmobile a ticket. B: No matter Robin, this money goes toward building better roads. We must all do our part. R: Holy taxation, you are right again, Batman.
I live and work in Lowertown. Frequently my errands and wanderings take me up to the Rice Park/Landmark Center/7th Place areas. I’m always either on foot or bike. Over the last two-plus years of living here, I’ve become increasingly annoyed with the presence of the two “SuperBlocks”. These are the blocks that have 7th Street […]
https://vimeo.com/111369546 Stone Arch from ImageStream Press Aerial footage of the Minneapolis Stone Arch Bridge built in 1883. This bridge spans 2,100 feet of the Mississippi River and used to be operated by the Great Northern Railway until 1978. Sadly, just down stream of this location is the site of the I-35 bridge collapse that claimed the […]
Light Rail by Jeremy Messersmith
We can learn a lot from snow. I had a lot of thoughts as I drove around during and after our instant winter (text is above photos). This is Grand Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. Kind of a two mile long sneckdown. That’s almost 9′ width from the first car to clear asphalt and everywhere was […]