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A Bike Route on Snelling Avenue?

Shouts out to @reubencollins on ze Twitter for tweeting this article about people looking to have the resurfacing project on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul include bike lanes.

This is a reasonably good article, with some gaps. The main gap is really surrounding the concept of Complete Streets, and I’m not strictly certain that’s on the author [...]

January 7th, 2012 | Category: bicycle commuting, bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike lanes, complete streets, crosswalks, cycling in the media, enforcement, engineering, evaluation, jerks, minnesota, pedestrian access, public meetings, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, st. paul, traffic accidents, traffic calming, transportation options, urban planning | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Invisible Cyclists Are Invisible

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, [...]

January 3rd, 2012 | Category: anoka county, bicycle commuting, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike education, common sense, education, engineering, minnesota, non-motorized transportation pilot program, roadway use, science, share the road, suburbs, traffic accidents, transportation options, vehicular cycling, weather, winter cycling | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)

U of M Bike Lanes: Bad Design, Bad Results

In the wake of yesterday’s cyclist death near the University of Minnesota, I pointed out that the bike lanes near along 4th and University do not seem to meet current accepted standards for width, although I’ve not personally measured them. Twin Cities Sidewalks observes that the post-tragedy discussion is likely to center on bicyclist and pedestrians [...]

April 22nd, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle commuting, bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike lanes, common sense, enforcement, engineering, evaluation, minneapolis, minnesota, pedestrian access, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, traffic accidents, traffic calming, transportation options | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Bike/Ped Accidents in Minneapolis: Let’s Be Careful Out There

The Minneapolis safety record for bicycles is suffering right now. First, a driver jumped a curb near Dinkytown and hit several pedestrians. Today, a right-turning dump truck killed a cyclist near 4th Street and 15th Avenue, again near the U of M.

Minneapolis police are looking to better enforce vehicular and pedestrian laws to help prevent life-changing [...]

April 21st, 2011 | Category: bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike lanes, complete streets, crime, enforcement, minneapolis, minnesota, roadway use, share the road, traffic accidents, traffic calming, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

Additional Hearing on Minnesota Careless Driving Bills

EDIT: This has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 14, at 1:00 PM.

A key piece of the 2011 Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota legislative agenda has been the support of bills to increase careless driving penalties. Cyclists have been encouraged to send messages of support to committee members and to their own legislators, preparing the latter to vote [...]

April 12th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle laws, bicycle safety, bicyclists, crime, distracted driving, encouragement, enforcement, legislation, minnesota, pedestrian access, public meetings, roadway use, share the road, traffic accidents, traffic calming, transportation options | Comments are closed

Minnesota Bridges: Above Average (But Still In Disrepair)

Wondering about the current state of Minnesota’s bridges? Transportation for America has you covered. They’ve been releasing state-by-state reports on the state of bridge infrastructure in each state. Minnesota was one of their early releases, as Minnesota also offers one of the horror stories about the worst-case scenario for a bad bridge with the I35W bridge.

The [...]

March 29th, 2011 | Category: duluth, engineering, evaluation, federal funds, I35W, legislation, minneapolis, minnesota, politics, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, science, st. paul, statistics, taxes, traffic accidents, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed
 
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