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3/20/12 Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee

By on March 26, 2012 in Environment, Governance, Infrastructure, Transportation

The Transportation & Public Works Committee of the Minneapolis City Council discusses a lot of interesting stuff but seems to either use too many or not enough words to describe what they’re talking about.  Here is an attempt to add some context to the dry but vital meeting topics.  I’ve been summarizing them here at [...]

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2/28/12 Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee

By on March 2, 2012 in Environment, Governance, Infrastructure, Plans, Transportation

The Transportation & Public Works Committee of the Minneapolis City Council is a not-very-interesting meeting where a lot of interesting stuff is talked about.  Here is an attempt to add some context to the dry but vital meeting topics.  I’ve been summarizing them here at streets.mn since the beginning of the year; here’s a list [...]

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1/17/12 Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee

By on January 31, 2012 in Governance, Infrastructure

I know you all have been anxiously awaiting a report on the Minneapolis Transportation and Public Works Committee meeting of Jan. 17th.  Which rough and crumbly streets will finally receive a smooth new layer of asphalt?  Which ancient combined sewers will finally be separated, sparing our rivers the pollution from our societal effluent?  I apologize [...]

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1/10/12 Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee

By on January 13, 2012 in Governance, Infrastructure, Plans, Transportation

The Transportation & Public Works Committee of the Minneapolis City Council is a mouthful of a committee, both in its name and in the depth of the issues it covers.  This series aims to both condense the items for quicker understanding and provide context where necessary… and I won’t be able to stop myself from [...]

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Taking local action

By on December 8, 2011 in Environment

Over at Grist, David Roberts lays down the brutal logic of climate change: With immediate, concerted action at global scale, we have a slim chance to halt climate change at the extremely dangerous level of 2 degrees C. If we delay even a decade — waiting for better technology or a more amenable political situation or [...]

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