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Nothing quite like suburbia to make you want to grind your teeth.
In September 2011, MNDOT awarded several Safe Routes to Schools grants to Anoka County suburbs to help encourage kids to walk to school. One of the projects was to improve walkability to Westwood Intermediate and Middle Schools by constructing a six-foot sidewalk on 91st Avenue NE [...]
Yesterday was the great debate and committee markup session for the House Transportation Bill. As expected, it was all about the posturing about priorities.
Those priorities, per the chief supporters, were highways. A provision revealed in markup yesterday showed that dedicated funding for transit would also disappear.
An amendment to restore enhancements and Safe Routes to Schools failed [...]
So, here we are. Minneapolis gets recognition and awards for its bike culture. Bicyclists, woo!
And once again, the new year highlights that there is a very real differentiator between “bicyclists” and “people who bike.” This differentiator can be fatal, as in the case of Kerry Steven Baker. Mr. Baker was killed pre-dawn on New Year’s morning, [...]
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 [...]
I’ve been a little lax with updates recently. Part of it’s been being busy. Part of it is being depressed a little about the state of things.
I’ve discussed the current situation with the Transportation Bill previously. In an issue that is at once completely separate but entirely interlinked with the Transportation Bill, the federal gas tax [...]
Mid-June is here, and in the midwest that is the prime season for multi-day bicycling events. These events can range from 2 days (like the already-complete MS150) to a week or more (events like Bike Across Minnesota, TRAM, CANDISC, RAGBRAI, etc.).
And if you’re doing an event such as these or similar, your butt wants to talk [...]
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Minnesota Bicycle Event Calendar
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