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The League of American Bicyclists ranks Minnesota 5th out of 50 states in the Bicycle-Friendly State Program. Woo. West Virginia? Totally last.
Arden Hills wants to make County E between Lexington and Hamline all pretty, and add some bike lanes. Once pretty, they want to re-name it to Lake Johanna Boulevard. (PiPress)
HAY LOOK! A bridge reconnecting [...]

The City of Minneapolis has received a $900,000 grant to improve cycling facilities in the city. They don’t plan to blow it all in one place, however. Highlights include:

A new (or improved?) bridge to the new Gophers Stadium. (The question mark is because I thought Bridge #9 was behind the hospital, which is a fair [...]

Now that they’re starting in on Twins Stadium construction, looks like the downtown exit of the Cedar Lake Trail will be closed indefinitely.
One reroute involves using Portland Avenue through downtown, if going from downtown outbound. I hate that bike lane, mostly because it’s on the left side of the one-way, violating all vehicular principles of [...]

Perhaps condemnation of the plan to route the Cedar Lake Trail under a new Twins stadium was premature. The stadium plans are on hold while Hennepin County and the landowners argue about the value of the land.
Because the Twins are down to one site that has been discussed, the landowners are inflating the price versus [...]

Today’s Minneapolis Star-Tribune has a story about the new Minnesota Twins stadium and the Cedar Lake Trail. The CLT currently goes from Hopkins to a point near downtown. While funds have been available to finish linking the path to the river — and the network of paths and streets nearby — construction has been on [...]