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Alan Grahn Memorial Ride: May 16, 2018 (Video)

By on May 9, 2019 in Bicycling

May there be bicycles in heaven. Summit & Snelling Ave – Alan Grahn Memorial Ride The Alan Grahn Memorial ride, hosted by Hilary Louise Hancy and Rob Stepaniak, took place at 6:30PM on May 16, 2018 to celebrate the 75-year life of a husband, father, grandfather and outdoor enthusiast. He also inspired the #SafetyOnSummit movement. […]

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Biking to Allianz Field on Game Day – Part 1

By on April 24, 2019 in Bicycling, Infrastructure, Stadia, Streets

April 13th, 2018 was the first real test of the transportation plan set forth for fans getting to Allianz Field. I didn’t attend the game, but I was curious how well the plan would actually work. I admit, I had my skepticism.   The Bicycle Routing Plan encouraged cyclists to use connect with Pascal St. […]

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Nice Ride Offers Free Rides on Earth Day 🌍

By on April 19, 2019 in Bicycling, Environment, Events, Transportation

Nice Ride recently delayed the start of their riding season to Monday, April 22, after unexpected snow in the second week of the month. Along with the Earth Day start, Nice Ride announced a one-day offer for users of the bike share monopoly’s app. Riders will be able to use code EARTHDAY19 in the Nice […]

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Electric Bike Share Coming Soon to Minneapolis

By on March 25, 2019 in Bicycling

The big news for bike share in Minneapolis this year is electric bikes. At a City Council meeting on Tuesday, the executive director of the bike share non-profit Nice Ride Minnesota, Bill Dossett, presented an outline of their 2019 plans. The numbers: 578 dockless “hubs” (14 per sq mile) 1,500 dockless bikes 1,800 electric bikes […]

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The Winter of Minnesota’s Transportation Discontent

By on September 26, 2018 in 2040 Minneapolis Comprehensive Plan, Bicycling, Cars, Streets, Transportation, Urbanism

  I was reviewing the comments to the Draft Minneapolis Comprehensive Plan, and I came across an unexpected theme: That’s a weird and surprising notion. I didn’t expect to come across someone who’d suggest a popular form of winter transportation and recreation was not feasible in the winter. I continued reading… Whaaat? Well, maybe this […]

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Restoring Summit Avenue’s Historic Bike Lanes

By on June 22, 2018 in Bicycling, History

The recent death of cyclist Alan Grahn on Saint Paul’s Summit Avenue has rightfully fueled a movement to improve Summit’s bike infrastructure with protected bike lanes and improved intersection design. As the city’s main east/west cycling corridor, Summit is heavily used year round by both commuters and recreational cyclists but lacks the protections of the […]

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Electric-assist Bicycle Owners Share Their Story, Adventures

By on June 15, 2018 in Bicycling, Health, Transportation

The first time I rode an electric-assist bicycle (ebike) was around 15 years ago.  My workplace, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, actually had ebikes as part of their vehicle fleet.  Our work site is a mile away from downtown Saint Paul and a little over a mile away from the Capitol, and many people have […]

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Who Will Ride; How Far, When, On What ?

By on December 6, 2017 in Bicycling, Safety, Transportation

A very common comment from people is that they don’t ride a bicycle because they don’t feel safe on our streets. This is largely a universal human condition and not limited to just the U.S. Dutch folk feel no more comfortable in various situations than U.S. folk. And this is what drives transportation engineering in […]

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MnDOT’s Smith Avenue Bridge Project

By on February 17, 2017 in Bicycling, Bridges, Safety

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is currently finishing the planning process for re-decking the Smith Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River in Saint Paul. As part of this 2018 project, they are also repaving Smith Avenue, from Grand Avenue all the way south to Interstate 494. The Smith Avenue Bridge, also known as “The High […]

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An example of new bike infrastructure in downtown St. Paul.

Make Biking Great Again

By on November 4, 2016 in Bicycling, Student views

Editor’s Note: One of the missing voices in bicycle planning in the Twin Cities is college students. This series aims to include the perspectives of a generation that is much less likely than their parents to own vehicles. The authors are Macalester students enrolled in the “Bicycling the Urban Landscape” course. The overarching objective is […]

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