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Jefferson Avenue: Debate Continues

Update on the Jefferson Avenue bicycle boulevard project. [...]

January 28th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle maps, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike lanes, common sense, encouragement, engineering, evaluation, federal funds, minnesota, pedestrian access, politics, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, st. paul, statistics, traffic accidents, traffic calming, transportation options, urban planning | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Plymouth Avenue Bridge Reopens for Cyclists

Yesterday, the Plymouth Avenue bridge in Minneapolis reopened for cyclists and pedestrians only.

As I expected when I wrote about this bridge and its corroded cables in October, the reopening for cyclists does have some plowing dependencies. While Minneapolis is on its ‘new’ plowing budget for 2011 after completely blowing the budget for 2010 with all the [...]

January 7th, 2011 | Category: bicycle bridges, bicycle commuting, bicycle maps, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, common sense, engineering, evaluation, minneapolis, minnesota, pedestrian access, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, winter cycling | Comments are closed

MNDOT Requests Input for New State Bicycle Map

The Minnesota Department of Transportation publishes state-wide bicycle maps. The last editions (MN East and MN West) were published in approximately 2001. Because these maps classify state highways and major roads by volume and bike-friendliness (shoulder width, pavement, etc.), you can well imagine that 10 years on these maps are highly dubious guides to state routes.

MNDOT [...]

December 16th, 2010 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle maps, bicyclists, encouragement, minnesota | Comments are closed

Ongoing Saga on Jefferson Avenue

Bikeway Arrow Dramaz

I’ve written before about the saga of making St. Paul’s Jefferson Avenue an official bike boulevard. As I’ve noted, it was on a 1998 Twin Cities bike map as a good bicycle option. There’s been a lot of hand-wringing by some about how making it a bikeway is just a horrid idea, but, truly, [...]

October 8th, 2010 | Category: bicycle maps, bicycle recreation, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike rides, bike trails, fun, minnesota, politics, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, st. paul | One comment - (Comments are closed)

St. Paul Flashback: 1998 Bicycle Routes Map

Yesterday, I posted the Chain Gang 1998 map of Minneapolis bicycle routes. The other side of this fold-up map features the equivalent for the Saint Paul side of the river. My scan accidentally cut off a wee bit of the bottom, but I assure you it’s not a cataclysmic loss.

Here ’tis:

In all seriousness, not a lot [...]

August 24th, 2010 | Category: bicycle commuting, bicycle maps, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike lanes, bike trails, engineering, gateway state trail, minnesota, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, st. paul | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Minneapolis Flashback: 1998 Chain Gang Map

Back in the day, Metro Commuter Services had a program called the Chain Gang. This really doesn’t exist as such any more, and some of the services provided in the program either are being offered through other agencies or not at all. Probably one of the nicest pieces was that Chain Gang members were eligible for [...]

August 23rd, 2010 | Category: bicycle bridges, bicycle commuting, bicycle maps, bicycle recreation, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike lanes, cedar lake trail, midtown greenway, minneapolis, minnesota, roadway use | Comments are closed
 
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