How Minnesota Gives Transit Riders The Royale Treatment
We chat with Metro Transit, MnDOT, and the Transit App to learn more about the partnership that gave everyone in Minnesota premium access in the app. Read »
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Event: Coming Together as Community
An upcoming event on Feb. 14. Read »
Traffic Calming in Whittier During a Vigil for Alex Pretti
Transportation networks of pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers are resilient and adaptive to sudden changes. A recent gathering in Whittier was a natural experiment. Read »
Legislators Talk About Desired Data Center Policy
Minnesota lawmakers seek data center guardrails, targeting billionaire tax breaks and opaque NDAs to prioritize grid reliability, environmental reviews, and local resident transparency. Read »
There Are No Safe Streets under Fascist Occupation
ICE surveillance and "occupation" are hollowing out Twin Cities' cultural corridors. Read »
National Links: A Demographic Time Bomb
Every day, The Overhead Wire collects national and international news about cities and sends the links to their email list. At the end of the week they post some of the most popular stories to Greater Greater Washington, a group blog similar to Streets.mn that focuses on urban issues in the D.C. region. Switching to red lights: A […] Read »
Feature
“Street Fight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution”
Janette Sadik-Khan served as transportation commissioner for the city of New York during Michael Bloomberg’s tenure as mayor. She was in charge of most of the streets, roads, bridges, tunnels, and ferries responsible for moving a population of over eight million people. As such, she was responsible for the maintenance and programming of more infrastructure […] Read »
Classic Articles
12 Ideas to Improve Downtown Mobility
I was walking through the skyway near Nicollet Mall on Monday and watching the backed up traffic below. Single occupancy fossil fuel vehicles, car commuters, were “blocking the box” and preventing buses full of other commuters from getting home on time. The flow of pedestrians at every signal cycle was more than the number of […] Read »
30 days of Winter Biking
I hate winter. I can’t help it; I’ve never loved it, even though I’ve lived in MN my entire life. I don’t like cold, I have winter driving fears (my only auto accident was in the winter) and I worry about everyone I love and care about. In fact, winter driving conditions helped bring about […] Read »
26th and 28th Street Changes Are About Safety For All
This past Saturday there was a bike lane protest that included “Nazi Lane” and “Mafia Lane” signs. Such rhetoric is disturbing, offensive, and trivializes the very real negative impact of white supremacy. Never do it. That protest was against recent changes to 26th and 28th Streets in Whittier and Uptown. Thankfully there was also a bike […] Read »
Latest Newsletter
Newsletter: LRT guide, Amtrak to Chicago, and walkability at a recent protest
In this issue of the newsletter: a local guide to LRT, transit & walkability at a protest, Midtown Greenway at 25 on the podcast, plus the latest events! Read »
