Three half-assed freeways that nobody will miss

By Bill Lindeke, Streets.MN

We’ve been down this road before. Urban freeways impact their neighborhoods through noise, pollution, and by creating barriers to biking, walking, and local trips. No matter how many sound walls you erect, freeways erode quality of life for a quarter- or half-mile in any direction. Fumes, noise, asthma, speeding traffic… nobody wants to live next to a freeway.

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Bicyclists, walkers celebrate at Minneapolis Bike Walk to Work Day

By John Akre, TC Daily Planet

Commuters who bike and walk, and other people interested in biking and walking, stopped by the Minneapolis Bike Walk to Work Day celebration at the Hennepin County Government Center plaza Thursday morning. There were speeches, demonstrations, things to eat and coffee to drink, and information at tables around the fountain.

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Bottineau Park Bike Rodeo brought bike culture to East African Community

By Beth Peloff, TC Daily Planet

WellShare International, SPOKES Bike Walk Connect and Bottineau Recreation Center teamed up to put on a bike rodeo as a part of Bike Walk Week. At this multicultural event, participants learned about how to ride a bicycle, bike repair basics, bike safety, and practiced riding in challenging situations.

University of Minnesota looks to help City of Minneapolis fund 8th St. reconstruction

By Kia Farhang, The Minnesota Daily

The University of Minnesota is in talks with Minneapolis officials to reconstruct Eighth Street Southeast — with the University covering part of the cost.

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Help plan Southwest LRT stations

By Conrad deFiebre, Minnesota 2020

Residents along the route of the planned 15.8-mile Southwest light rail line from Eden Prairie to downtown Minneapolis will get a chance to weigh in on station locations and designs at six open house meetings this month. The free sessions are intended to identify 17 station plans that "would enhance connections to existing neighborhoods and promote future development opportunities," according to a project news release.

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Commuter Pit Stops welcome walkers and bikers to Bike Walk Week

By John Akre, TC Daily Planet

This week is Bike Walk Week in the Twin Cities, and to help encourage people to bike and walk for their commute, Pit Stops have been set up in several locations in the Twin Cities.

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For immigrant women, bikes make goals and dreams possible

By Erin Collins, TC Daily Planet

Claire Stoscheck and Silvia Perez with bike and trailer (Photos by Erin Collins)

"I received a bike last year and it was beautiful," Mariana (who preferred we just use her first name) recalled. "I didn't know how to ride before. But I was able to take my son to school. It also helped me lose seven pounds, and save time. Instead of walking somewhere in 45 minutes, I could ride my bike there in 15 minutes."

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Rochester's Zip Rail holds first Environmental Impact Statement meetings

By Mike Hicks, Streets.MN

The Zip Rail project to connect the Twin Cities to Rochester with a fast train service has finally entered into a Tier I Environmental Impact Statement process, more than two decades after the concept of connecting Rochester was first dangled in front of the public. The EIS team held their first open houses this past week, showing off a number of routing alternatives and explaining some of the challenges that have to be resolved. Many different concepts for routings and endpoints have floated over the years, and the project has to weed out which options are the most feasible and likely to succeed.

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"Don't pass us by": Cedar-Riverside coalition organizing light rail development forum for June 15

By Paul Brohaugh, KFAI Radio

Next year the Central Corridor Light Rail line will begin operations, connecting St. Paul and Minneapolis along University and Washington Avenues.

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