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Streets Weekend: Hooray! Hooray! May 11 is National Train Day!

By on May 10, 2013 in children, Hooray Hooray, Trains, Transportation

Saturday, May 11 is National Train Day. In the past, I wrote a post about local train-related activities for the wee ones and their posse of elders. Today, there are a number of local activities of interest to rail fanatics, kids, and the curious to celebrate National Train Day. Amtrak has a National Train Day [...]

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NIMBY: Park and Ride? But Think of the Children!

By on April 11, 2013 in children, Land use, Neighborhoods, Parking, Transit

Now, sure. In general, parking lots are an urban blight. Streetsblog is doing a March Madness bracket of parking craters. Streets.mn has repeatedly covered the issues of subsidizing parking over investing in responsible alternatives. Meanwhile, in the suburbs? We learn that Park-and-Ride lots make intersections less safe, and apparently invite predators to watch baseball practice. [...]

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Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum

Streets Weekend: Rail Museums of the Twin Cities

By on February 16, 2013 in children, History, Trains, Transportation

We talk a lot about transportation and transit here at streets.mn. Trains are ever and always in the mix, what with Hiawatha and Central Corridor Light Rail, Northstar Commuter and Amtrak in late-stage construction or in operation — and with other lines under consideration. Trains are not toys. Yet, they are absolutely and totally toys. [...]

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Como Park & Conservatory

I Love Gardens

By on February 14, 2013 in children, Environment, Land use, urban agriculture, What I love about Minnesota

As we’ve moved through our week-long streets.mn lovefest, a variety of human made and natural features have been lauded, ranging from the very human parks (Rice Park) and cities (St. Paul), and the very natural features of trees and the Mississippi River. Today, I’d like to laud that intersection of human and nature: the garden. [...]

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Kids, Carpools & Walking: How a Safety Mentality Creates Unsafe Spaces

By on January 30, 2013 in children, History, Housing, Infrastructure, Land use, Neighborhoods, Parking, Streets, Transportation, Walking

In the long-ago days of my misspent youth, I lived in an absolutely flat suburban community named for one of the seven hills of Rome. As children, we all walked to school, crossing two moderately busy streets along the way. On days when it unexpectedly began hailing sideways during the school day, a parent or [...]

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