A quiet culvert along Highway 14 reveals how Minnesota engineers retrofitted a major reconstruction project to reduce deer-vehicle collisions.
Thieves are stealing more than wire from Twin Cities streetlights: They’re stealing our safety, our choices, and our ability to live car-free.
Join us on Dec. 26 for one last ride on the Northstar train service!
Snow season is one of the biggest challenges for Minnesota’s transportation system. Let’s chat with the folks who make sure the snow gets cleared! Links Attributions Our theme song is Tanz den Dobberstein, and our interstitial song is Pu…
A pair of transit geeks ride the new Metro B Line end-to-end to see whether all its promised upgrades—from bus lanes to off-board payment—actually deliver the faster trip Metro Transit advertised.
A chance sighting of a rugged German RV in Frogtown opens into a globe-spanning tale of travel, grit, hospitality, and two adventurers chasing wonder.
Profiling two auntie-advocates whose community-rooted biking leadership in Duluth and Minneapolis strengthens active transportation networks, challenges inequity, and expands mobility access across Minnesota.
The river-adjacent portion of Minneapolis's North Loop neighborhood largely corresponds to the Warehouse Historic District.
Limitless Cycling provides adaptive cycles and trackchairs to those in the St Croix Valley and East Metro to ensure everyone can get outside!
UMN researchers tested recycled-plastic pipes under a Minnesota highway — finding they held up like new plastic while cutting costs and environmental impact.
Conversation with Cortni Desir highlights Connecticut’s push for better, people-focused transit, exploring statewide priorities, community needs, and the evolving role of public transportation.
The December 6 quarterly service change brings significant developments--new E Line BRT, new cross-suburban routes and the start of Northstar commuter rail replacement.
At a November 13 forum, community and water-policy experts raised sharp concern over Minnesota’s hyper-scale data-center boom—spotlighting massive water-use risks, weak reviews and minimal public voice.
In these inflationary times, which Minneapolis grocery stores offer good value for some basic kitchen staples?
A look at unique features and changes to the area amidst the demolition of the Nicollet Avenue bridge over the Midtown Greenway.
Join Streets.mn editors for a casual hour supporting writers, exploring ideas, shaping pitches, and connecting over storytelling at Lowertown Bike Shop Coffee Shop.
Texas rethinks transit, global cities weigh road needs, voters boost housing, Millennials reshape small towns, and Seattle unveils a reimagined, post-viaduct waterfront.
Come learn how to use and contribute to "the Wikipedia of maps," OpenStreetMap!
Highlighting three community winter skill share events that help folks with active transportation in the Twin Cities year-round.
North of University represents everything the south side is not — adaptive, tight-knit, walkable — despite being Midway's less organized, less polished side.
An upcoming reconstruction project has the potential to bring high-quality infrastructure changes that connect the community and extend continuity with the rest of Nicollet.
2026-2027 Board Application deadline extended to November 23rd
Cities rethink stairs, trains, and malls: housing reforms, tram-train innovation, rainbow crosswalk fights, and climate-ready malls headline this urbanism roundup.
In this issue of the newsletter: a local guide to LRT, transit & walkability at a protest, Midtown Greenway at 25 on the podcast, plus the latest events!
Residents around Farmington, MN are raising alarm over proposed hyper-scale data centres — pointing to massive water use, limited job creation and minimal local input in decision-making.
On an unassuming highway in southern Minnesota just outside of Claremont, a road underpass lies quietly in the December snow. The underpass was installed as part of the U.S. Highway 14 expansion project completed in 2021. In this project…
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Every evening when I pedal home from work, I enter a tunnel of shadow. The Midtown Greenway — Minneapolis’s crown jewel of bike infrastructure, a 5.5-mile stretch of paved path that thousands of us rely on to get across the city — spends…
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Metro Transit is discontinuing the Northstar train service on January 5, no thanks to a useful proposal we’ve published to save it, and we at Streets.mn want to take a final ride. You’re invited to join us as we experience Minnesota’s on…
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Snow season is one of the biggest challenges for Minnesota’s transportation system. Let’s chat with the folks who make sure the snow gets cleared! Links Saint Paul Snow Emergency page Minneapolis snow season page Duluth Snow Emergency pa…
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The Metro B Line came with many improvements along the old route 21. Lake, Lagoon, and Marshall all have bus lanes, there’s off-board fare payment, stop consolidation, a brand new fleet of 60 ft buses and frequency increases on most of t…
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October 6, 2024 8 Miles Highland Park, Macalester-Groveland, Frogtown Shadows played over the unique Mercedes RV the first time I spotted it parked on Thomas Avenue. " data-image-caption=" Shadows played over the unique Mercedes RV the f…
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Editor’s note: This is part four of an ongoing series about femme/trans/women (FTW) who are leaders — either quietly or overtly — in transportation issues and advocacy throughout Minnesota. I’ve got two more aunties to introduce you to i…
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Editor’s Note: Max Hailperin is walking each of Minneapolis’ 87 neighborhoods, in alphabetical order. He chronicles his adventures at allofminneapolis.com , where the original version of this article was published November 8, 2025. The r…
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When his mother suffered a stroke in 2018, Matthew Stepaniak wanted to find a way to keep her active both physically and mentally. As an avid cyclist himself, Matthew had the idea to bring cycling to those who couldn’t otherwise enjoy it…
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Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a version published Nov. 11, 2025, by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota. The United States processes a staggering 14.5 million tons of plastic packaging and c…
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Every day, The Overhead Wire collects national and international news about cities and sends the links to their email list. At the end of the week they post some of the most popular stories to Greater Greater Washington , a group blog si…
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Metro Transit makes route and schedule changes four times each year. Each quarter, retired transit planner Aaron Isaacs explains them and gives an insider’s perspective on what’s happening. E Line BRT replaces most of Route 6 December 6…
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Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a version published Nov. 14, 2025 by the Minnesota Women’s Press At a November 13 forum hosted by Minnesota Women’s Press, five experts shared their unique experiences involving Minnesota’s wat…
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The topic of grocery affordability is not new to these pages. I have written about it before in 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , and 2023 . And in 2025, households are more concerned than they’ve been in the last decade about rising prices and ways…
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On Tuesday, October 14, demolition of the Nicollet Avenue bridge over the Midtown Greenway started for the eventual replacement as part of the New Nicollet Redevelopment project. This made for an opportunity to document the bridge as it…
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We’re hosting an in-person Editor Office Hours session on Sunday, November 23 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Lowertown Bike Shop Coffee Shop inside Union Depot — and we’d love to have you join us. These office hours are open to: cu…
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Every day, The Overhead Wire collects national and international news about cities and sends the links to their email list. At the end of the week they post some of the most popular stories to Greater Greater Washington , a group blog si…
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OpenStreetMap is the Wikipedia of maps: a publicly-available database of spacial information that anyone can edit. We sit down with prolific OSM contributor Jackson Kruger to talk about the best ways to use the data, and how to get comfo…
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Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a version published by Move Minneapolis on November 11, 2025. As anyone who has attended a community meeting about bike infrastructure in the Twin Cities region can likely attest, there is an o…
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In my previous piece on the Midway’s suburban design problem , I focused on the area south of University Avenue: the big-box graveyards, the empty At Home (former Wal-Mart) building, the struggling Midway Marketplace. That stretch betwee…
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In 2027, Hennepin County will reconstruct Nicollet Avenue in Bloomington between American Boulevard and Old Shakopee Road. This corridor on the east side is a vital connection between three schools, the Valley View Park complex, a clinic…
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Hello, Streets.mn readers! It’s been a busy fall for many of us, so we’re extending our board recruitment for the 2026-2027 term to Sunday, November 23rd and adding an additional chance to talk with current board members! Meet the Board…
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Hello Streets.mn community, Welcome to our biweekly newsletter, delivering the latest Streets.mn news and views directly to your inbox! In each issue, our editorial team will provide ongoing stories, news, updates and event information r…
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Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a version published by the Minnesota Women’s Press on August 25, 2025. At a recent public meeting hosted by the Minnesota Women’s Press , about 50 residents, legislators, and advocates invited…
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