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Lake Street and Excelsior Boulevard Intersection: A Pedestrian’s View, Part 1

By on November 11, 2019 in Accessibility, Pedestrians, Photos, Roads, Sidewalks, Traffic, Walking

The intersection of Lake Street and Excelsior Boulevard at the western edge of Minneapolis, one of the busiest in the entire metro area, is an access point for both city commuters and residents of the West Calhoun and Cedar-Isles-Dean neighborhood, of whom I am one. According to Hennepin County data, roughly 25,000 vehicles pass through […]

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Steve from Wayzata’s Long Fourth-Quarter Walk

By on November 4, 2019 in Downtown, Transportation, Walking

On Thursday, October 24, the Minnesota Vikings played a home game against a semi-professional team from Washington, D.C. Sometime the weekend after, Steve Arundel, a fan from Wayzata who attended the game, wrote about his experience to the Star Tribune. On Monday, October 28, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reporter Nick Halter noticed the letter in […]

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Walking All the Streets of Northern Lowry Hill

By on November 1, 2019 in Neighborhoods, Walking

A glance at the map shows larger spaces between the streets in the northern part of Lowry Hill than in the grid-like southern portion I previously walked. This difference relates to the topography but also to the land uses: large institutions and mansions fit large spaces. I began at the intersection of Lyndale and Groveland Avenues […]

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Walking All the Streets of Southern Lowry Hill

By on October 18, 2019 in Neighborhoods, Walking

The Lowry Hill neighborhood is named for the “devil’s backbone” ridge that runs through it, approximately on the dividing line between my two walks. Thomas Lowry and his 19th-century peers lived on the north side of the hill, whereas this first walk concentrated on the more grid-like area to the south, largely developed in the […]

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Pedestrian Infrastructure Alignment Chart

By on October 11, 2019 in Bridges, Pedestrians, Pedestrians, Sidewalks, Walking

    Lawful good: Sabo Bridge. High above the car traffic, Sabo Bridge provides a safe, comfortable, and extremely legal way to cross Hiawatha (as long as you’re not in a hurry). Neutral good: Nicollet Mall. Undeniably good, but for the light timing issues. Chaotic good: Crossing Snelling Ave in front of the Loons stadium […]

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Walking All the Streets of Loring Park, Day 2

By on October 4, 2019 in Neighborhoods, Walking

The day after exploring the western part of the Loring Park neighborhood, I was back for the eastern part, which is to say, everything east of LaSalle Avenue. However, as the route map reveals, I also included some streets in the northwest that I had skipped the previous day. (The two days’ routes repeatedly cross in […]

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Transpo Convo: What’s Important on the Way to School

By on October 3, 2019 in Buses, Carfree, Children, Light Rail, Pedestrians, Schools, Streets, Transit, Walking

[This is part of streets.mn’s “transpo convo” series, which aims to to be an oral history of getting around the Twin Cities, one person at a time.] Growing up, I learned the Sesame Street song “Who are the People in your Neighborhood?” Living on a farm, my neighborhood looked quite a bit different from Sesame […]

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Minnesota River Bridge: an E for Effort

By on September 30, 2019 in Accessibility, Bicycling, Bridges, commute, Freeways, Infrastructure, Pedestrians, Rivers, Suburbia, Trails, Walking

The new I-35W Minnesota River Bridge will include a “pedestrian trail” to accommodate walkers and bikers across the Minnesota River. This is great news for folks commuting across the Minnesota River, as the nearest year-round crossing of the river is seven miles downstream at I-494.  There’s a catch, though. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) […]

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Door-Knocking and Street-Musing

By on September 30, 2019 in Neighborhoods, Streets, Walking

When you door-knock for your favorite City Council member, you recognize what it’s like to be a pedestrian on our residential streets. I’ve done it a couple of times on a weekend day in the past month or so. As a gardener, I notice the plants in people’s yards and find they tell me quite […]

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3 Ideas to Create Better Summer Cities

By on September 26, 2019 in delight cultivating, Environment, Infrastructure, Placemaking, Public Realm, Streets, Urban Design, Walking

Summer’s recent resurgence has bummed me out since I’m not exactly a fan of hot weather, but the bright side is that it means this post (which I procrastinated on writing for about two months) can be published and still be somewhat timely even as the first signs of autumn appear. As global warming continues […]

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