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Bicycling in Minneapolis: A Slightly Contrarian View

So, there’s been a bunch of buzz about Minneapolis and bicycles lately. Grist is all a-flutter about Minneapolis as a bicycle town. There’s the kerfuffle about the Minneapolis bicycle coordinator hiring, as evidenced in this Star-Tribune story (and the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition’s recommended response). There was a bunch of gushing praise about bike-sharing and infrastructure following [...]

August 27th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike lanes, bike sharing, bike trails, Bike Walk Twin Cities, common sense, complete streets, cycling in the media, encouragement, engineering, evaluation, federal funds, legislation, minneapolis, minnesota, non-motorized transportation pilot program, politics, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, st. paul, suburbs, taxes, traffic calming, transportation options, urban planning | 14 comments - (Comments are closed)

NiceRideMN Organizing NoMi Tornado Cleanup

The community-minded folks of Nice Ride Minnesota — who will be adding kiosks in North Minneapolis later this year — are helping to organize clean-up crews to help in the wake of the North Minneapolis tornado.

Partnering with Nice Ride are the City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation and Surly Brewing. Clean-up shifts will be on [...]

May 24th, 2011 | Category: bicycle event calendar, bicyclists, bike sharing, minneapolis, minnesota | Comments are closed

Nice Ride MN Announces New Station Locations

To cap off 2011 Bike to Work Week, Nice Ride MN has announced the locations of  40 new bike-share stations to be located in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

A printable map of station locations is available online, along with an interactive online map that offers real-time information about station status, and, when open, bike availability.

Key new stations [...]

May 20th, 2011 | Category: bicycle commuting, bicycle recreation, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike rides, bike sharing, bike to work week, encouragement, minneapolis, minnesota, share the road, st. paul, transportation options | Comments are closed

Data: Cycling in Minneapolis/St. Paul Up 33% 2007-2010

Right on the heels of my recent complaint about non-contextual use of data comes some really useful data: Bike Walk Twin Cities reports a 33% increase in bicyclists in Minneapolis and Saint Paul between 2007 and 2010.

The organization conducts annual cyclist counts in the central Twin Cities core as part of the attempt to measure the [...]

March 10th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle commuting, bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bike education, bike lanes, bike sharing, Bike Walk Twin Cities, education, encouragement, engineering, evaluation, federal funds, legislation, minneapolis, minnesota, non-motorized transportation pilot program, politics, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, st. paul, statistics, suburbs, transportation options, urban planning | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

CO Candidate: Bike Programs Part of UN One-World Conspiracy

Here’s a point of opposition that I’ve never seen before: A Republican candidate for governor in Colorado claims that bike-boosting policies advocated by Denver’s mayor are “converting Denver into a United Nations community.”

This isn’t from some Interweb humor site – it’s from the Denver Post!

Apparently, the new bike-sharing program in Denver (which is not dissimilar to [...]

August 4th, 2010 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle commuting, bicyclists, bike sharing, colorado, election, encouragement, politics, share the road | Comments are closed