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Bloomington’s Comprehensive Plan: Forward 2040

By on September 17, 2019 in Development, Suburbia

Bloomington’s 2040 Plan, titled “Forward 2040” was officially adopted by the city on Aug 5, 2019. Unlike in Minneapolis, it passed with little notice and little controversy. Here are a few points that caught my attention. Housing and Diversity Although the need for more high density housing is acknowledged like in the Minneapolis plan, here […]

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Opportunities to Extend Bruce Vento Trail Westward

By on September 10, 2019 in Bicycling, Bike lanes, Bus Rapid Transit, commute, Trails

I’d like to talk about the most fun part of my morning commute: biking along Pennsylvania Ave between Rice St and Lafayette. And by fun I mean exhilarating. And by exhilarating I mean terrifying. When I moved away from the East Side, I did so knowing that getting to work was going to be quite […]

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Como Mingling: Eyeing the Historic, Scenic Oddities of St. Paul

By on September 9, 2019 in Bicycling, Neighborhoods, Streets

July 2, 2019 Merriam Park, Hamline-Midway, Como Park Living in the southwestern part of St. Paul means I almost always have to ride east, north or both, and so it was with this ride to the Como Park neighborhood. From the pause at Charles, I moved almost due north along Fry Street until Taylor Avenue, […]

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Safety and the Power of Public Works

By on August 27, 2019 in Bicycling, Bike lanes, Infrastructure, Safety, Streets

Sometimes I bike commute to work. It’s a 10 mile ride. Part of it on the greenway, which is like a dream (when it is open). But the bulk of my ride is on the streets of St. Paul. I’m not really up for that five days a week; I just don’t need my safety […]

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New Bollard Day for 26th Street!

By on August 21, 2019 in Bicycling, Bike lanes, bollard

This post was cross-posted from the Our Streets Minneapolis blog. The Our Streets Downtown Protected Bikeways work group would like to thank the City of Minneapolis Public Works employees that recently restored the bollards to 26th Street! Up until a week ago, there were only thirteen plastic bollards designating the bike lane on 26th Street […]

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St. Paul By Bike: First Time in Capitol Heights, Mount Airy and Back to the Bluff

By on July 31, 2019 in Bicycling, Neighborhoods

Frogtown (Capitol Heights, Mount Airy), Payne-Phalen, East Side (Dayton’s Bluff) 27 Miles July 14, 2018 Capitol Heights There is a small section of Frogtown, immediately north of the Minnesota State Capitol, that has been known as Capitol Heights for more than a century. That was stop one on my ride. Once called Sherburne Hill, it […]

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A Hovenring for NE Minneapolis

By on July 23, 2019 in Bicycling, Infrastructure

Minneapolis is often ranked among the top bicycle cities within the US. Our commute mode share is high, relatively, and the pace at which we build new protected facilities is quicker than most other US Cities. Though, in a global comparison, Minneapolis is still very auto-centric, as are most places in the US. Fortunately, Minneapolis […]

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A Few Streets St. Paul Would Be Better Off Without

By on July 17, 2019 in Free Idea, Public Policy, Roads

New streets are being built every day, mostly in the exurbs, where forests and farmland continue to give way to new subdivisions. Here in Saint Paul we pretty much stopped building new roads half a century ago. The problem is, there seems to be a law of nature that once those roads are built, they […]

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#eBikeThoughts: Battling Congestion with eBikes

By on July 11, 2019 in Bicycling, Transportation

E-Bikes have a chance to succeed where traditional bicycles have failed. By adding the assistance of a small motor, they are starting chip away at some of the excuses why drivers haven’t switched to cycling as a primary or even supplementary means of transportation. Polls have shown, up to 40% of eBike owners bought them […]

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Bicycle Commuting and the Friends We Make Along the Way

By on June 27, 2019 in Bicycling, commute, delight cultivating, Neighborhoods

I regularly wave at a trail-friend or observe an animal-friend in the woods as I bike to work. It’s one of those little things that highlights how different bicycling is compared to driving. I move more slowly, I have the opportunity to see more things, and there’s no windshield to obscure a smile or wave. […]

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