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Time for Downtown Minneapolis to Turn Over a New Leaf | streets.mn
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Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota. Time for Downtown Minneapolis to Turn Over a New Leaf. August 13, 2015. I perked up this morning at the Star Tribune headline, “ Growing a Greener Downtown Minneapolis. Those Aren’t Street Trees! For the sake of argument, if we are to believe the final term sheet for the agreement between the city, MSFA and Ryan Companies. 5927 million went towards the construction of a parking ramp for and skyway connections to the new Vikings stadium. That sum could buy 8,4...
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Podcast | streets.mn
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Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota. Get Streets.mn in your ears! The streets.mn podcast is available on iTunes. The archive is below. A list of all the books mentioned on the podcast can be found in this post. Podcast #88: James Warden on the Future of Hopkins. September 11, 2015. Podcast #87: Linda Feltes on Workplace Wellness. September 6, 2015. What would make I-94 better? August 20, 2015. Streets.mn writer Bill Lindeke was on MPR today (August 20) to discuss I-94. LISTEN Rethinking Inte...And t...
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Then and Now | streets.mn
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Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota. Archive Then and Now. Then and Now: Graeser Park, aka Robbinsdale Rockgarden Roadside Parking Area. March 21, 2016. Then & Now: Near North Minneapolis. February 25, 2016. Map Monday: Time Lapse Photos from 1939. April 13, 2015. Via CityPages, here’s one of those aerial slidey before-and-after maps of Minneapolis: Play with it. Maybe this’ll put the ‘then and now‘ feature out of commission. Streets.mn is a non-profit and is volu...March 19, 2015. The east end of d...
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Is Ramsey County Stopping the Bike Plan Before it Starts? | streets.mn
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Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota. Is Ramsey County Stopping the Bike Plan Before it Starts? August 12, 2015. From yesterday’s city budget address. And judging by their most recent meeting. Ramsey County doesn’t seem to have much interest in helping with the city bike plan. Last week, the County Board voted to postpone bike lanes on the two most crucial routes that were on the agenda. One of them, Cleveland Avenue, was somewhat controversial, and has been thoroughly covered here. The main sticking...
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Persistence Paid Off For Shoreview Bikeways | streets.mn
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Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota. Persistence Paid Off For Shoreview Bikeways. August 12, 2015. In 1979 Sandra Soucheray asked her mom Marsha for a ride to an afternoon event at nearby Chippewa Middle School. Little did she realize what she was setting in motion. With the school only a mile away Marsha wasn’t buying Sandra’s argument that it was too scary and dangerous to ride her bike. At mom’s insistence, off they went on their bicycles to show Sandra how safe it was. There were some road block...
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Video | streets.mn
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Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota. Better Bridges for Stronger Communities. September 2, 2016. A close up look at efforts to improve the built environment on and around the many bridges over Interstate 94 in Saint Paul. Documentary by Matty Lang of the Friendly Streets Initiative’s community engagement and placemaking work with neighborhood partners in Saint Paul in 2015-2016. Better Bridges is a Friendly Streets Initiative project in collaboration […]. July 30, 2016. July 8, 2016. June 11, 2016.
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Children | streets.mn
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Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota. Magical Moments on Wheels with “I Can Shine”. August 22, 2016. 8220;The wheels on the bike go round and round, all through the town…” What parent hasn’t sung something like that to a child who is proudly or reluctantly or fearfully mastering the complex feat of bike riding? I experienced all those emotions simultaneously while relearning to ride a bike in my retirement years, as well […]. Fresh Energy Video: Safer Streets, Amy Brendmoen. July 30, 2016. 8221; Perh...
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2013 Voter Guide | streets.mn
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Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota. 2013 Minneapolis Voter Guide. In 2013, all Minneapolis city council seats and the mayor are up for election. The streets.mn board developed a short series of questions related to transportation and land use designed to give voters more information and expand the conversation about these topics. Surveys were sent to all the candidates we could find, and responses will be posted as they are received. Archive 2013 Voter Guide. November 3, 2013. October 29, 2013.
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