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Cedar Lake Trail in Final Phase

There’s been a bunch of coverage of the final phase of the Cedar Lake Trail. After years of right-of-way issues, the construction of Target Field, and funding, the final easement to extend the trail to the river has been acquired.

The timing for this is interesting – because of the many issues with right-of-way, as well as [...]

July 20th, 2010 | Category: bicycle commuting, bicycle routes, bike trails, cedar lake trail, engineering, federal funds, minneapolis, minnesota, politics, road construction, winter cycling | One comment - (Comments are closed)

News & Nonsense

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 I35W. [...]

September 18th, 2008 | Category: bicycle bridges, bicyclists, bike lanes, bike trails, cedar lake trail, encouragement, engineering, evaluation, league of american bicyclists, minneapolis, minnesota, road construction, roadway design | Comments are closed

Minneapolis to Spend $900k on Bicycling

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 hike [...]

April 17th, 2008 | Category: bicycle bridges, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike lanes, bike trails, cedar lake trail, encouragement, engineering, midtown greenway, minneapolis, minnesota, roadway design, roadway use, share the road | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Cedar Lake Trail: Closures

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 ‘slower [...]

May 21st, 2007 | Category: bicycle commuting, bicycle safety, bike lanes, bike trails, cedar lake trail, minneapolis, minnesota, road construction, roadway use, share the road, vehicular cycling | Comments are closed

Twins Stadium Holdup to Delay CLT Completion?

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 appraisal [...]

February 13th, 2007 | Category: bike trails, cedar lake trail, minneapolis, minnesota | Comments are closed

Understatement of the Month!

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 hold [...]

February 8th, 2007 | Category: bicycle safety, bike trails, cedar lake trail, minneapolis, minnesota | Comments are closed
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