The 2025 Legislative Wrap-up
Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session was chaotic from start to finish. Let’s chat with our favorite advocacy organizations about what we accomplished.
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The 2025 Urbanist Legislative Agenda
We find ourselves playing defense at the state level this year. Let’s find out what some of the most prominent urbanist organizations are focusing on in 2025!
The Push to Electrify North America’s Railroads
From faster trips to lower emissions, electrified trains are proving their worth. Is it time for Minnesota to rethink its approach to rail?
Passenger Rail in Minnesota and the Case for Thinking Smaller
Bombastic proposals for country-wide high-speed rail gain a lot of traction online, but it’s more pressing to focus on what’s lacking: robust local networks.
Legislative Session Wrap-up 2024
This was our second year with a DFL trifecta; let’s check in to find out what we accomplished and what comes next!
The Midwest: A Sleeping Giant for American Passenger Rail
A robust nationwide passenger rail network may be a tall order, but take heart! The Midwest is perfectly positioned to develop its own strong regional rail system.
Local View: Arguments against proposed NLX train are ‘insincere’
Also, across the U.S. and around the world, the public and private sectors are investing billions in building and/or expanding passenger-train networks. Passenger trains are bringing their communities, especially transit-underserved communities, numerous benefits. These include the development of businesses in and around stations, which attracts and retains young professionals, many of whom prefer public transit to private automobiles. This all reduces regional economic disparities.
2022 Bikeable Community Workshops
Help communities in Minnesota become more bike friendly through Bikeable Community Workshops. Learn ways to advocate for biking in your community in 2022.
Map Monday: Population Change in Minnesota, 2017-2018
Here are four interesting maps from Minneapolis map guru and sometime streets.mn writer Scott Shaffer, posted on Twitter the other day. They show population change trends in Minnesota by county over the last year. Check them out: The takeaway? The metro is growing, and that goes double for the core cities. Anyone see any […]
A Lukewarm Defense of Lakeville
Your author has spent a good deal of time in Lakeville. My wife grew up there, and it’s where my in-laws still live. In fact, our family of four lived there for a summer in between selling and buying a house. My father-in-law runs a small business there, and I’ve even spent a number of […]