Interview with Minneapolis Ward 9 City Council candidate Ty Moore
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Sorry about the week off! Continue Reading
What would transportation gamechangers look like?
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This article is reposted from TCDP media partner Streets.MN. Continue Reading
Announcing the Minneapolis Mayoral Forum on the Future of Transportation
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These days, you can just about pick any streetcorner in Minneapolis, throw a rock, and hit a Mayoral Forum. There are forums on beer, on placemaking, on architecture, on housing… (and those are just the ones that vaguely interest me). Continue Reading
Cities need more flexiblity about bike parking
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Bike racks might not seem like much. And, really, they’re not. Bike racks are simply a small piece of metal embedded into the ground. Continue Reading
Interview with Saint Paul’s Ward 1 City Council Candidate Johnny Howard
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The podcast this week is a conversation with Johnny Howard, a long-time neighborhood organizer who is running for City Council in Saint Paul’s Ward 1. I’ve already interviewed two candidates for the open seat in Ward One on this podcast, but Johnny Howard is the only one who has experience running in this race, having challenged incumbent Melvin Carter four years ago. Howard, who has the Green Party endorsement, is a retired auto worker, and the founder of the Thomas-Dale Block Club which has long been an important social institution in the Frogtown neighborhood along University Avenue. We sat down a few weeks ago at the Daily Diner on the corner of Dale and University to talk about the history of the neighborhood, affordable housing, transit, and why good paying jobs are the key to the future of Saint Paul. Continue Reading
Resurrecting Block E with Joan Vorderbruggen
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The podcast this week is a conversation with Joan Vorderburggen, a local artist and arts organizer who is organizing the “Made Here” campaign in downtown Minneapolis’ Block E. Continue Reading
A vision for Minneapolis with mayoral candidate Mark Andrew
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The podcast this week is a conversation with Mark Andrew, one of the leading candidates to replace R. T. Rybak as mayor of Minneapolis. Mark Andrew is a lifelong Minneapolis resident, former Hennepin county commissioner, owner of a S’Mores stand at the State Fair, and environmental entrepreneur for Greenmark, a consulting company. He also co-founded MPIRG and served as chair of the DFL party of Minnesota back in the 90s, and today he’s running a very competitive campaign in the wide open Minneapolis Mayor’s race. His platform emphasizes sustainability, equity, and economic development. Continue Reading
Resiliency, local transportation and land use: An interview with Minneapolis ward 11 city council candidate Matt Steele
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The podcast this week is a conversation with Matt Steele, who recently filed to be a City Council candidate for Ward 11. Ward 11, currently represented by incumbent John Quincy, is the area in the southern part of the city, surrounding Lake Nokomis. Matt Steele is a long-time urbanist and technology consultant in the financial services industry, and is running a campaign centered on resiliency and local transportation and land use decisions. He’s also a frequent commenter and even appeared on our recent Streets.mn taproom podcast, so it was particularly pleasing to interview him. Continue Reading
Is Saint Paul missing the boat on its riverfront?
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I was listening to Kunstler’s podcast yesterday, and a recurring topic popped into my head. Kunstler was talking to John Norquist, the well-known ex-mayor of Milwaukee (and current head of the Congress for the New Urbanism), about the state of Midwestern cities today. During their discussion, Norquist began talking about the riverfront in downtown Milwaukee, and how much it had changed since he took over as mayor there in 1988. Continue Reading