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Advocates, Advocate. Harder.

I’ve been on a wee bit of a spree lately about the continual state of Defcon 11 every time there is federal hiccuping about restricting funds for Transportation Enhancements, or cutting Safe Routes to Schools, or classifying bicycles as vegetables instead of vehicles.

Here’s the thing: These are serious issues. We should be concerned about them. But [...]

January 28th, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle commuting, bicycle safety, bicyclists, biking with kids, children on bikes, education, encouragement, environmentalism, evaluation, federal funds, legislation, minneapolis, pedestrian access, politics, roadway design, roadway use, safe routes to schools, share the road, transportation options, urban planning | One comment

Nine Mile Creek Trail: Progress & Stasis

The proposed Nine Mile Creek Trail extension through Edina has stirred up a lot of controversy, including NIMBYism disguised as faux environmental concern. This is normal in Edina, which has an excellent Bicycle Task Force working hard despite many residents who just don’t get it.

The proposed trail would link Edina to the main regional network of [...]

March 21st, 2011 | Category: bicycle bridges, bicycle facilities, bicycle recreation, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike trails, engineering, environmentalism, federal funds, minnesota, parks, suburbs, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

Stuff I Dug This Week

A few articles of interest from around Ze Interwebz this week for your weekend enjoyment:

EXTRA! EXTRA! MONEY WASTED ON EXTRAVAGANT HIGHWAY PROJECT! — Getting Around Minneapolis takes a look at the new Rice Street interchange at MN36 in Roseville and finds the project dumb.

Another Reason to Complete Our Streets — The Minnesota 2020 blog looks at [...]

March 12th, 2011 | Category: bike lanes, common sense, complete streets, engineering, environmentalism, federal funds, minnesota, pedestrian access, public meetings, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, science, share the road, st. paul, suburbs, taxes, traffic calming, transportation options, urban planning, women | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

True Tales of Planning Breakdowns: Blaine Lakeside Park

I’ve talked quite a bit recently about how incremental change to encourage active transportation is very much dependent on working to improve existing poor development that can’t just be blown up with a do-over.

I offer today a tale from close to (my) home of good intentions gone awry.

Blaine, Minnesota has been a fast-growing burbclave for some [...]

March 12th, 2011 | Category: bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, biking with kids, blaine, children on bikes, complete streets, encouragement, engineering, environmentalism, evaluation, health, minnesota, parks, roadway design, roadway use, suburbs, taxes, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

Trails vs. Transport: Misaligned Goals?

One comment common to many alternative transport advocates — including individuals like former Congressman James Oberstar — is that we need to push the idea that bicycles are transportation. One of the big challenges is to overcome perceptions that bicycles are toys or recreational. They can be, certainly — but so can cars and motorcycles.

The bikes-are-toys [...]

March 11th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicycle recreation, bicyclists, bike trails, cedar lake trail, environmentalism, gateway state trail, midtown greenway, minneapolis, minnesota, parks, transportation options | Comments are closed

Peeve: Misapplication of Data

With the Minnesota Bicycle Summit last week and the National Bike Summit this week, I have been noting a pernicious habit among cycling advocates and friends that I wish I could punch out of everyone: Quoting studies selectively or in ways that simply do not apply.

As cyclists and advocates argue for ongoing funding for alternative transit [...]

March 9th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle facilities, bicyclists, bike events, bike lanes, common sense, damn lies, education, encouragement, engineering, environmentalism, evaluation, federal funds, health, league of american bicyclists, legislation, minnesota, politics, roadway design, roadway use, science, st. paul, statistics, suburbs, survey, transportation options, twitter, urban planning, washington, wisconsin | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)
 
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