transportation
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Yet Another Gap in Our State?
The Twin Cities has yet another gap to add to our growing list--the job gap. According to a recent article in the Star Tribune "Twin Cities jobless gap worst in nation", the jobless rate of blacks is more than three times that of whites in our state.MORE »
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES: Speed Limit change on Jefferson Avenue
Jefferson Avenue is sporting a new bike lane (although who can see it with all this snow!?) and along with it come lower speed limits.
The short stretch from Lexington Avenue to Victoria Avenue has changed from 40 mph to 30 mph. (I think the signs went up at the beginning of November, at least that's when I finally noticed them).MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Keep the City of Minneapolis Accountable to Providing Equal Transit Amenities
Students for Transit Equality is a recently formed group of University of Minnesota School of Social Work students who are concerned about racial and economic inequalities in Twin Cities transit and transit planning. The purpose of this information campaign is to draw community awareness and publicity to the lack of any bus shelter at the bus stop at 7th & Nicollet.MORE »
Should trail stops signs be removed?
With momentum building from cyclist's comments, Minneapolis Public Works, Traffic Division, is proposing an update to the Midtown Greenway at five intersections, three of which are in Uptown.MORE »
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK | Riverside Reconstruction
Minneapolis is planning a $12 million reconstruction of Riverside Avenue. Do you live or work along Riverside Avenue in Minneapolis? Is Riverside one of the main routes you take when getting around town? Are you a cyclist who wishes it was safer or better designed?MORE »
Making room for bikes, walkers on MN streets
A parade of Minnesotans who want Minnesota's streets to be friendlier to pedestrians, bicyclists and people with limited mobility will deliver postcards to Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Monday urging his support for legislation that aims to do just that.MORE »
Returning streetcars to the Twin Cities
More than 50 years after they disappeared from the Twin Cities, a movement to bring back streetcars has reached the State Capitol.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Golden Bush Award to Governor Tim Pawlenty - A Gala Affair!
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