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St. Paul Named a Bicycle Friendly Community

Enough about Minneapolis. Let’s talk about Saint Paul, baby.

At Interbike in Las Vegas, Saint Paul, Minnesota, was named to the League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Community list for the first time. They check in with a Bronze designation, which is an excellent first-time recognition for the city.

As a sometime Saint Paul resident, I will testify [...]

September 14th, 2011 | Category: bicycle commuting, bicycle recreation, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike events, bike trails, encouragement, evaluation, gateway state trail, league of american bicyclists, minnesota, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, st. paul, transportation options, urban planning, wisconsin | Comments are closed

Nature Valley Grand Prix Starts June 15

Tomorrow, the first two stages of the 2011 Nature Valley Bicycle Festival will hit St. Paul, and wander around the area (including Wisconsin) through Sunday. This is a fun pro event, offering a variety of disciplines and opportunities to watch race action. The criterium stages are especially good events to attend with children, as unlike a [...]

June 14th, 2011 | Category: bicycle event calendar, bicycle racing, bicycle recreation, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike events, fun, midtown greenway, minnesota, st. paul, wisconsin | 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)

Cycling & Health Care Costs

At the 2011 Minnesota Bicycle Summit, Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota staff member Nick Mason cited a study done next door in Wisconsin that suggested that if residents of Madison and Milwaukee replaced just 20% of trips under 2 miles currently taken by car with trips taken by bicycle or foot, the state would save $319 million [...]

March 4th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicyclists, bike education, common sense, education, encouragement, engineering, health, legislation, pedestrian access, roadway design, roadway use, safe routes to schools, share the road, traffic calming, transportation options, urban planning, wisconsin | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Nature Valley Bicycle Festival 2011 Schedule Announced

Save the date(s)! The organizers of the Nature Valley Bicycle Festival have announced the 2011 schedule and race locations. This year’s event will go from June 15-19 and have similar stages to last year’s event:

June 15: ITT in St. Paul during the morning, with a crit in Lowertown St. Paul during the evening. The Lowertown crit [...]

January 8th, 2011 | Category: bicycle racing, bicyclists, bike events, fun, minneapolis, minnesota, NSC Velodrome, st. paul, wisconsin | One comment - (Comments are closed)

More on the MN43 Construction

There is apparently controversy about the construction/repair of the bicycle/pedestrian crossing of MN43 across the river at Winona!

Apparently, MNDOT is using creosote-treated wood for the crossing. Exposure to creosote can cause irritation of the skin, and eating it is an especially bad plan.

MNDOT points out that it’s a river crossing, so metal is a bad [...]

September 22nd, 2008 | Category: bicycle bridges, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bike trails, common sense, minnesota, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, science, winona, wisconsin | Comments are closed
 
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