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Bike Edina Task Force 2009 Priorities
Kirk Johnson will be speaking at our Edina neighbor, Richfield, on January 7th for a brief introduction to the BETF (Bike Edina Task Force) -- how it was formed, what we're working on, and questions and answers.
Headlines -- January 6, 2009
Some streets headlines:
- Fewest traffic deaths in 60 years (Hutchinson, Strib)
- MPR rebuffed in a new LRT vibration study (MinnPost, Strib)
- Dinkydome development clears lawsuit hurdle (TCBJ)
- Plans for a DT Mpls transit hub (DTJournal)
- Seward fight over chemical telephone poles (Bridge)
- Feds need to focus on transit (NYTimes)
Jan Gehl (excerpt from Contested Streets)
Jan Gehl explains the changes in his city over the past 30 years.
A sculpture map of the TC bus system
Bus structure 2am-2pm is a three-dimensional model of the Sunday Minneapolis / St. Paul public transit system, where the horizontal axes represent directional movement and the vertical represents time. Read more >
Headlines -- January 2, 2009
Some new year's headlines:
- Is building a football stadium good economic stimulus? (Strib)
- StP offers a new sidewalks shoveling guilt program (Strib)
- A look at slippery icy sidewalks (Strib)
- Suburbs are re-thinking energy costs of street lighting (Strib)
- The lesson of streetcars & gov't privatization (MN2020)
- Bicycles are the next big thing (NYTimes)
- New study on US transportation systems and obesity (UT)
Are the Freeways our future?
Matthew Lang's video (three posts down) demonstrates what Minneapolis might look like if we continue to further invest in Freeways. Holly Otterbein over at Next American City also believes they are a relic of the past. Will 2009 be the year that we start thinking more critically about our freeways and transportation networks? Read more >
Headlines -- December 29, 2008
Some streets headlines:
- Mpls' budget picture looks mighty bleak (CamGordon)
- Metro Transit starts making cutbacks in outer-ring burbs (MSP BusinessJournal)
- New development replacing gas station in Marcy-Holmes (TheBridge)
- The battle continues between empty homes and squatters (Strib)
- Bill Kling, the anti-LRT grinch? (MSPMag)
- Stories at the statues in Mpls parks (MinnPost)
- Natl League of Cities welcomes Bloomington Councilmember (MinnPost)
- Rice Park especially festive in the holidays (SoTC)
- Americans cut back on moving to new cities (CityPages)
- Friedman: why we need a gas tax, and why we probablty won't get one (NYTimes)
Holidazzle demonstrates shared street
Holidazzle got me thinking about how Minneapolis currently uses Nicollet Mall. While it functions ok, I have found that as a transit mall it fails, pedestrian mall it is ok, and no vehicles is fine. What I really want to see is a shared streets approach adopted for Nicollet Mall? Read more >
Headlines -- December 23, 2008
Some streets headlines:
- LRT isn't going anywhere, MetCouncil says (Strib)
- Metro Transit is short on state revenues again (MPR)
- Roundabouts in Wash. Co. improve safety (Strib)
- A report on the new Mpls parking meters (Strib)
- Wisconsin spending $ on unhealthy freeway expansion (PoliticalEnvironment)
- Some tips on winter dogwalking in on icy sidewalks (Examiner)
- A story about the dangers of sidewalk jogging this time of year (HeartItRaces)
The Future (result) of Freeway Expansion
Just in time for the holidays:
A look at one potential future for the city of Minneapolis if the 2009 economic stimulus bill expected to be passed by Congress very soon focuses on yesterday's transportation vision rather than building for the needs of the next century. What might the future have in store? Let's take a look.
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