Transportation

Some suburbs see transit tax need

By Conrad deFiebre, Minnesota 2020

Leaders of the Twin Cities' most exurban counties, Scott and Carver, declined to levy a quarter-cent sales tax for transit while the five other metro counties did so under the Legislature's 2008 transportation finance law. Now Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed adding another quarter-cent in all seven counties without a local say-so.

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St. Paul Transportation Summit identifies biggest challenge: "We need revenue"

By Chris Lautenschlager, TC Daily Planet

Part of flyer with transit information - scroll to bottom of article for full flyer. 

“We have options even in the middle of a Minnesota winter!” John Mark Lucas, board chair of St.

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No such thing as the bus rider blues: Linden Hills Power and Light's Public Transportation Initiative

By Ryan Sparrow, MN Energy Stories

Linden Hills Power and Light has quite the green report card. Originally created with the goal of shrinking the community’s local carbon footprint, Linden Hills Power and Light (LHP&L) has utilized education efforts, community engagement and organizing to promote sustainable habits and energy conservation.

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Lowertown's parking challenge

By Nathaniel M. Hood, Streets.MN

This map sparked a few disparaging tweets, including a small #twitterwar with a City Council member. As it turns out, people get riled up about parking. It is as if they feel they are entitled to parking and the benefits thereafter.

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Welcome to Stadium Village: The 21st Century Dinkytown

By Chris Iverson, Streets.MN

Large, lush green space and Stadium Plazas: All available and fully grown when the Vikings come in 2014.

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Snowplows hit $18,000 in Lowry Bridge lights

By Margo Ashmore, North News

Jim Grube doesn’t drive a snowplow, but he might wish he’d had that experience as he takes responsibility for the 11 missing street light poles on the Lowry Avenue Bridge.

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Transit planning on the West side provides a refreshingly positive model

By Erik Hare, Barataria

Transit planning. If the phrase gave you a cold shiver as it called up memories you’d rather repress, we should talk. It’s been a real horror show here in St Paul as a parade of officials and hired engineers have stood in front of citizen committees and neighborhood gatherings telling us whatever they thought we wanted to hear and never (never!) listening. The decisions were always made long ago by people more interested in chasing pots of money, appropriate or not.

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Rail museums of the Twin Cities

By Julie Kosbab, Streets.MN

We talk a lot about transportation and transit here at streets.mn. Trains are ever and always in the mix, what with Hiawatha and Central Corridor Light Rail, Northstar Commuter and Amtrak in late-stage construction or in operation — and with other lines under consideration.

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Don't be misled by parking space economics

By Bill Lindeke, Streets.MN

Donald Shoup’s famous parking policy book arrived the mail last week. Even though I’m about 5 years late to the party, the book still seems revolutionary.

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Urban Boatbuilders: Building boats and young lives in St. Paul

By Roger Bergerson, Park Bugle

Stephanie Yang wants to own her own business and says her experience at Urban Boatbuilders is helping her prepare for that. (Park Bugle photos by Roger Bergerson)

A boat can take you places—in more ways than one—as a St. Paul organization has been proving for the better part of 20 years.

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