We have two social events this month, October 24 and October 29, for community building and supporting our board recruitment for next year.

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Urban development in Utah, tradeable mobility, stadiums to housing, and more

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Max Hailperin is walking each of Minneapolis’ 87 neighborhoods, in alphabetical order — this week he chronicles Northern Northrop.

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What does our relationship with public spaces and social media do to those public spaces?

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Today we're sitting down with Ray Delahanty to talk about his process and what gives him passion making videos as CityNerd!

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Come join us at The Black Hart of Saint Paul for the Streets.mn end of year Winter Fundraiser.

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We here at Streets.mn are looking for passionate people to join our Board of Directors! Join us and keep our non-profit organization running. Do you want to help plan events, record a podcast episode, or grow the broader Twin Cities urbanist community? This is your chance to do just that!

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In a new study, a CTS scholar examining the case for recycled asphalt.

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Apartment living, car dependency, and a new approach to public safety

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Max Hailperin is walking each of Minneapolis’ 87 neighborhoods, in alphabetical order. Minneapolis’s Northrop neighborhood lies to the north of Minnehaha Creek between Chicago and Cedar Avenues, extending as far north as 42nd Street.

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“Freeway node” is a self defined term meaning a highway interchange or exit and all of the surrounding space that these take up. 

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If you missed our live event about electing transit champions, fear not! We recorded the panel discussion and are presenting it on the podcast this week.

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Congestion pricing, urban river restoration, and America's housing problem

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What's your transportation sign? Find out, and see what the stars foretell for your next journey!

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Week Without Driving starts on Thursday, October 1 — helping participants learn to navigate a car-centric society without a car.

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Emmett and Evan from The House of Transit lay out an ambitious expansion concept for the Minneapolis-St Paul METRO system!

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Saint Paul is considering rezoning land - but how to do it? Luke Hanson argues we need to upzone, especially along transit routes.

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This is the final piece in an ongoing series about femme/trans/women (FTW) folks working on and practicing active transportation and helping all of us feel and be more safe.

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Through rezoning, the city has an opportunity to foster new housing, businesses, and walkable, vibrant main streets while simultaneously improving the tax base.

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We're joined in the studio by Mallory Baches, President of the Congress for the New Urbanism, to chat about their 2027 conference in Minneapolis.

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Saint Paul needs to dramatically expand its property tax base to become a financially resilient city — updating its zoning rules to enable “dense” buildings is an obvious first step.

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Charlotte's light rail systems, dead malls, and municipal wealth funds

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The straggly eastern portion of Northeast Park demanded a collection of relatively straight paths past a shopping center, two cemeteries, and an aerospace company.

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Saint Paul waived a zoning cap to let LuLuLand fill a vacant Herberger's, without publicly examining why the cap, or the corridor's transit vision, exist.

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Urban waterways, e-bike subsidies, and systemic change waves

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This quarter's report includes two major bus line makeovers, plus an introduction to traffic signal priority for buses and trains.

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Join us for a conversation with Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise, which gives a surprisingly entertaining history of parking policy in America!

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A data-driven comparison examines the climate impacts of traveling from Minneapolis by car, Amtrak and plane, highlighting tradeoffs in emissions and efficiency.

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Join us on September 17th for a panel discussion and Q&A on getting transportation and land use champions into state office!

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Exploring the bike trails and towns near Walker, Minnesota, on the shores of Leech Lake.

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St. Paul’s Summit Regional Trail is underway, and its brand-new Tree Preservation Ordinance is now in full force. Will the new TPO quiet the Trail plan’s critics?

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As the City of Minneapolis' Public Works department embarks on the 34th Street Neighborhood Greenway project this summer, Minneapolis has an opportunity to build an elite neighborhood bikeway.

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Biking to the Great Minnesota Get-Together can be cheaper, quicker and less stressful than driving — if you can find the right route.

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Grocery stores in North Minneapolis expose how land use, supermarket redlining and policy choices shape food access, and what communities can do to reclaim control.

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Empowering Small Minnesota Communities program examined challenges in east central Minnesota, identified strategies to improving essential services and regional mobility access.

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How do you take something as technical as designing a street layout and make it accessible to the majority of people?

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Discussing bikeway improvements with City of Minneapolis Public Works staff

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Overperforming downtowns, e-bikes, a $2B people mover at LAX, and urbanism polling well

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Against all odds, futuristic delusions of national construction in South Korea transformed a pitiful backwater into a prosperous country. As Minnesota today faces its own hostile intermeddling, is there something that can be brought from Korea, to Minnesota?

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What goes into running a non-profit like Streets.mn? Let's take a moment to hear from the board members who make it all possible!

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New research project evaluates pedestrian safety infrastructure and driver behavior.

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Mapping Prejudice, at the University of Minnesota, helps us to understand the history of housing discrimination in the Twin Cities—and to participate in mapping it.

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Names are important. What do these locally named places and streets tell us about who we are, where we come from, and what we care about?

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Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a version published July 17, 2026, by the Minnesota Women’s Press. Public art was unveiled at a July 11 event at the new Wadaag Commons affordable housing community in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. A $500,000 investment was made in permanent public art that is integrated directly into the development as a defining element […]

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Parking lots, Bay Area transit, wildfire smoke, and more.

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Hear from some of our favorite advocacy organizations what happened at the 2026 Minnesota legislative session, and what we're carrying forward into next year!

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Why you should try a family bike ride this summer and how to do it; groups like Kidical Mass make it easy.

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Let’s go on a ride through the three cities where I’ve lived and arrive in Minneapolis, the city that is right for me.

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We can disagree on how the road will look, but we all want businesses to be there when construction is done.

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