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Senate Committee to Consider ‘Complete Streets’ Language Wednesday

This Wednesday, December 13, 2011, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will consider an amendment offered by Alaska Senator Mark Begichto provide safe and adequate accommodations for all users in all federally-funded street projects.  The Amendment is S. 1950, “safety for motorized and nonmotorized users.”

You may recognize this language as a phrasing much like [...]

December 13th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle commuting, bicycle facilities, bicyclists, bike lanes, complete streets, election, encouragement, engineering, evaluation, federal funds, league of american bicyclists, legislation, minnesota, pedestrian access, politics, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, science, share the road, technology, transportation options, urban planning, washington | Comments are closed

MinnesotaGO Releases Draft Vision; Schedules Hearing

MnDOT, via the MinnesotaGO project, has been working on a draft vision for transportation over the next 50 years in Minnesota. Following the state-wide MinnesotaGO public meetings for the project, they have now released the draft statement for the vision.

Draft Vision – MinnesotaGO (PDF)

Now that the vision has been drafted, MnDOT has invited participants in the [...]

September 28th, 2011 | Category: bicyclists, complete streets, engineering, evaluation, health, legislation, minnesota, pedestrian access, politics, public meetings, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, suburbs, survey, transportation options, urban planning | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Comments, Clarifications & Curmudgeonliness

So, there have been quite a few comments on my contrarian post from a few days back. it’s motivating me to clarify a few things relative to my curmudgeonliness.

I don’t oppose the bike/ped coordinator. I think timing makes it a challenge, because the firefighters have some awesome soundbites, and people love firefighters. And it’s pretty indisputable [...]

September 2nd, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicycle safety, bicyclists, complete streets, encouragement, enforcement, engineering, evaluation, legislation, minneapolis, minnesota, pedestrian access, politics, public meetings, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, traffic calming, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

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)

Fridley: Maybe We’ll Actually Use that Grant Money, Eh?

So, in this week’s news, Fridley is “considering adding bike lanes and sidewalks to three blocks on Main Street near the Northstar Station.”

To which I can only say: Seriously?

For those of you paying attention, during the 2011 Minnesota Bicycle Summit, Fridley was given a $110,000 grant from Bike Walk Twin Cities to do just this. At [...]

August 26th, 2011 | Category: anoka county, bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle event calendar, bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike lanes, Bike Walk Twin Cities, complete streets, engineering, evaluation, minnesota, public meetings, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, suburbs, transportation options, urban planning | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)

On the Sidepath to Nowhere

In Anoka County, work has been being done on County Road 14, especially in the segment from US 10 to the west to Central Avenue to the east. A big overpass was built over Central a year or two back, and now lots of repaving and road improvement has been going on. I was out there [...]

August 2nd, 2011 | Category: bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, children on bikes, complete streets, engineering, minnesota, pedestrian access, road construction, roadway design, share the road, suburbs | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
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