Today's Headlines -- August 28, 2008
Streets news:
- Walking in DT StPaul will get a lot more difficult during RNC (PiPress)
- Free bikes for college frosh if the leave their cars behind (PiPress)
- Cyclists will christen new 35W bridge bike path (Strib)
- Saint Paul revisits public pachyderm ordinances (PiPress)
- Dogwalkers work out how to share Stevens Sq Park (DowntownJournal)
- Pothole! (Strib)
- Magic at the local hardware store (The Bridge)
- Some debate over bike lanes in San Fran (Salon)
- NYC tells workers to hop on a bike (NYTimes)
Today's Headlines -- August 27, 2008
Streets headlines:
- A close-up look at life on 26th and Lyndale (DowntownJournal)
- New Urbanism an issue in the Burnsville Mayor's race (PiPress)
- More on the Burnsville performing arts center (Strib)
- The Burnsville HOTC project fails to snag a Hilton (LazyLightning)
- Limits on McMansions in S Mpls suburbs (Strib)
- New StPaul walking tours for the RNC (PiPress)
- StPaul hiding their homeless for the RNC? (Mindependent)
- Federal marshalls will be riding the LRT (KSTP)
- Another faulty bridge nixes U of MN biking & walking (Mindependent)
New bike commuters hit the classroom, then the road
The rush of new cyclists, created by high gas prices, is driving up demand for bike safety classes. Read more >
Columbus, OH passes complete streets resolution
COLUMBUS, OH - City of Columbus Council member Mary Ellen O'Shaughnessy was successful in passing a resolution in support of Complete Streets.
The resolution was approved unanimously by the city council and signed by mayor Michael Coleman in Columbus, Ohio on July 29. Read more >
The Mayors' Rybak and Coleman Freewheelin' Bike Share Kick-off Ride
Ramp A, Minneapolis
www.abc-ramps.com/contact.aspx
WHEN: 9:00am check-in, 10:00am ride, 11:30am finish (approximate) Saturday, August 30, 2008
WHAT:
- Ride one of the Freewheelin' bikes from the A Ramp to the bike station at the Stone Arch Bridge.
- Attend the press conference with the Mayor Rybak and Mayor Coleman.
- Walk 1.5 miles back to the A Ramp after the event.
(If you require a shuttle bus ride back to Ramp A, please contact laustin@visi.com.)
PARKING AND BIKE STORAGE
Free car parking in the A Ramp will be provided to volunteer riders during the event. If you ride your own bike to the event, you can lock your bike to bike racks at the A Ramp during the ride.
REGISTRATION
Pre-registration is required. Please fill out the form on this link:
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=JNjf2NL8fctZAJrFF0sepg_3d_3d
The ride is limited to 100 participants.
VOLUNTEER DURING THE CONVENTION - SEPT. 1-4
For information on volunteering during the convention please visit:
www.biketcbc.org/events/BikesBelong.html
Americans Fatter in 37 States
Millions of Americans are watching our countrymen compete in the Olympics. But fewer and fewer of us bear any resemblance to those lean, fit figures.
- Number of states in which adult obesity rates went up: 37
- Number of states in which adult obesity rates went down: 0
In Minnesota parents need to live more like their children who are displaying a low rate of obesity compared to the national average:
Obesity Rankings for Minnesota
- Adult: Rank, 30 -- 24.8% of adults obese
- Child: Rank, 47(tied with Idaho) -- 10.1% of children obese Read more >
Today's Headlines -- August 26, 2008
Just a few streets headlines:
- Mpls Pedestrian Plan public discussion & meeting on 9/18 (DowntownJournal)
- LRT collides w/, injures bicyclist near 42nd St (PiPress)
- Are LRT trains too croweded after sports event? (Strib)
- The future of transportation is at the State Fair (MN 2020)
- Mpls gets a new city lobbyist in DC (Mindependent)
- Washington Co. considers pulling out of metro transit tax (Strib)
- StP cracks down on unkempt yards to prepare for RNC? (Mindependent)
- Eyes on the street block party in N Mpls (Strib)
- Hell's Kitchen moving in DT Mpls (DowntownJournal)
- Billboards as PSAs (MinnPost)
- Nicollet Ave. & Eat Street: The more things change... (The Rake)
- Sorting out the public / private tax issue in Mpls parks (TC DailyPlanet)
University of Minnesota closes pedestrian walkway
More bridge problems plague Minneapolis, as the University of Minnesota announced this weekend that the Washington Avenue bridge may be unsafe for pedestrians and bicyclists. Bike and ped paths along the outside of the bridge have been closed until further notice, posing big problems for biking and walking students as they return to class this week.
[Email from University VP Kathleen OBrien follows...] Read more >
Semi-weekly report: the toll of automobility
- Four die in weekend crashes in Burnsville, Annandale, Fairbault, Aitkin (Strib)
- Semi hits and kills bicyclist on Hwy 24 in Clearwater (Strib)
- Truck hits and kills ATV rider in Lake Park (Strib)
- Motorcycle crash kills rider in DT StP (PiPress)
- Motorcycle misses curve, hits horse-drawn buggy in S WI; kills person, horse (PiPress)
- Pickup trucks collide, kill one on Hwy 63 in Fillmore Co. (Strib)
- Intoxicated driver flips Mustang while changing lanes on I-94 Rogers, three hurt (Strib)
- Multi-vehicle crash clogs I-94 (Strib)
- 84-yr old dies in crash on Co. Rd. 10 in Shakopee (Strib)
- Driver dies when semi hits guard railon Hwy 95 (Strib)
- Semi driver loses consciousness, crashes truck into empty school buses in Tyler (PiPress)
- Car turning left causes three car pileup on Hwy 63 (PiPress)
- Cocaine driver charged with hit-and-run on I-35 in Blaine (Strib)
- DUI driver charged with hit-and-run death violates abstention sentence in Shakopee (Strib)
- Driver killed in Saint Paul crash ID'd (Strib)
- Teen charged as adult after stealing car, killing woman in S Mpls crash (Strib)
- 2nd man dies from headon collision on I-35 in S. MN (Strib)
- Police searching for motorcyclie that hit-and-run a bycyclist on Hwy 23 near Marshall (Strib)
Today's Headlines -- August 22, 2008
Streets news:
- StPaul bike boulevard debate (MN 2020)
- Can industry and the Hiawatha LRT co-exist? (MNPost)
- Mpls Councilmemeber Goodman discusses LRT options, rips colleagues (Downtown Journal)
- Scott Co. not dense enough for LRT & Commuter rail, says MetCouncil (Strib)
- Electric city vehicles hit the streets in Mounds View (MNPost)
- Round the USA in a scooter (Peacescooter)
- Metrodome & Vikings stadium as development investments (MNPost)
- Housing cutbacks in DT Mpls (Downtown Journal)
- Stolen bike bonanza in Toronto (NYTimes)
- More bikes = more bike accidents (Daily Journal)
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