Streets.mn and We Bike Rochester are collaborating on a contributors' workshop, May 11. Learn to advocate for and write about transportation, housing and land use policies!

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A photographer and longtime pedestrian documents the places we walk in. After stints in Los Angeles and New York, he's turned his lens back on Minnesota.

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Streets.mn is proud to present a ride-along with Lesley Kandaras, general manager at Metro Transit on Saturday, April 27.

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Minnesota gets two nods in this week's National Links, with our progressive work on building deconstruction and our largest city's ban on new drive-throughs.

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Early in the pandemic, Bemidji offered to pay teleworkers to move there. Let's take a trip to find out how it went!

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Advocates and detractors of St. Paul’s new Bicycle Plan will show up for a City Council hearing on Wednesday – make sure your voice is heard.

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This week in National Links: obstructionist fire departments, the promise and perils of climate engineering and changes to the Census.

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On this ride, prepare to admire St. Paul's favorite bovine, the odd streets in Victoria Park, and take a tour of a brewery-turned-apartment complex.

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How could East Grand Avenue in St. Paul be safer for pedestrians? Could the Blue Line Extension plans be improved? Show up and speak up!

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Minnesota has one of the largest road networks in the country, but it's also a relatively safe place to drive. Learn why.

The post Fewer People Died on Minnesota Roads in 2023 appeared first on Streets.mn.

Federal funding provides key support for restoration of communities, but further efforts are needed to follow through with these opportunities.

The post Reconnecting Communities Grants to Study Minnesota Highway Removal appeared first on Streets.mn.

NIMBYs hate him! Learn the one neat trick to regional transit planning that traffic engineers don't want you to know!

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What do our increasingly asynchronous lifestyles mean for transportation moving forward? Plus, a Dutch architect’s floating buildings and the climate boomtowns of the Midwest.

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What a casual insult tells us about the limits and potential of individual choices and collective relationships to make big changes.

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We took the opportunity at BikeMN's summit on capitol hill to chat with activists from across the state about cycling in their communities.

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What could be more convenient than big-box shopping in the heart of the city, easily accessible by car for suburban drivers?

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Ride & Eat & Talk with Streets.mn, Our Streets, Venture Bikes, BikeMN — and, most especially, CityNerd, our favorite urbanist on YouTube.

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The Blue Line extension project promises to increase transit connectivity in the northwest suburbs, but only north-south. Our writer proposes a line running east-west.

The post Blue Line Extension Part 3: A BRT Proposal appeared first on Streets.mn.

A leaked map of gunshot detection systems in Minneapolis looks disappointingly similar to other city maps, and demonstrates familiar systemic biases.

The post Every Map Is the Same Map: ShotSpotter Edition appeared first on Streets.mn.

We generate twice as much construction demolition debris as we do household trash. Melissa Wenzel is working to change that in Minnesota.

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Our second edition of the new Streets.mn newsletter previews events in April and May -- and challenges our contributors to write about climate change.

The post News & Views: Electric Cargo Bikes and Statewide Transit appeared first on Streets.mn.

In 2026, Hennepin County will rebuild Lyndale Avenue South. With new designs on the horizon, it's time to advocate for bike and bus lanes on the corridor.

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Amtrak is having a moment, though it may be hard yet to see the results. A new study may provide clues about what's to come.

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Why do cities across America look and feel pretty much the same? Plus, learn how inflation affects homeowners differently than renters.

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Kathy Lantry and Amy Brendmoen look back on their time on the St. Paul City Council and how things have changed over the years.

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The Blue Line extension's route through the northwestern suburbs is more or less settled. Let's look at the existing and future land use on that corridor.

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A neighborhood survey reveals the reasons why we walk, and the obstacles encountered along the way, from immobilizing snow to dangerous traffic.

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Money and lives could be saved and health could be improved if only, as a society, we abandoned "car culture." So why don't we drive less?

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Who benefits when our bus rapid transit projects keep being gutted of most BRT features and we insist on still calling them BRT?

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Two recent meetings in the Legislature and at MnDOT point toward the need for a multimodal, more equitable future for the I-94 corridor.

The post Rethinking I-94: Two Meetings, Two Steps Forward appeared first on Streets.mn.

All the lamenting about the lack of public transportation between the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota ignores the network that already exists.

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The METRO Blue Line's extension is approaching the last steps before construction. Writer Richie Song looks at the project's history, its promise and its issues.

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The Twin Cities have been on the forefront of pro-housing land use and zoning policy. Will the Minnesota legislature join the movement?

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Join an open house on February 29 to advocate for a more bikeable, walkable Nicollet Avenue as it gets reconstructed in Richfield.

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How did Toronto speed up one of their slowest streetcar lines by 50%? This and more answered in this week's (inter)national urbanist news links.

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Help Bring Back 6th, hit up hockey fans about the Purple Line, lobby legislators and more ways to engage on local issues.

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A new 1% sales tax means St. Paul Public Works will have more funding, but will new money be wasted on old ideas?

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