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Pedestrians prohibited north of the light rail station

By on January 25, 2013 in Infrastructure, Streets, Walking

Most metro area cities content themselves with ignoring pedestrians. A couple of cities have taken the unusual step of at least paying lip service to the idea that bipedal transportation should be safe, convenient, and comfortable. Bloomington, on the other hand, is trying to make a name for itself by actively discouraging pedestrians from using [...]

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Better balance in transportation possible as legislature swings to DFL

By on November 9, 2012 in Featured, Governance, Infrastructure, Transit, Transportation

Just two years after the Minnesota State Senate and House of Representatives came under Republican control in the Tea Party wave of 2010, both houses flipped back to Democratic-Farmer-Labor majorities in the election this past Tuesday. This was a big surprise to local news outlets, who had expected Republicans to retain the upper hand. The [...]

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How should the next regional plan address climate change?

By on September 20, 2012 in Environment, Infrastructure, Land use, Plans

  You could argue the update of the regional framework now being undertaken by the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council (now called Thrive MSP 2040) is the most significant piece of land use policy that will be developed this decade.  The framework guides the development of various policy plans, which in turn shape the development of [...]

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Thrive MSP 2040 listening sessions begin tomorrow

By on September 12, 2012 in Infrastructure, Land use, Plans, Transportation

As I’ve mentioned before, now is the time to get involved in regional planning.  On Thursday, the Metropolitan Council will begin a series of “listening sessions” to collect ideas from the general public about what should go in to the document-formerly-know-as the Regional Development Framework.  What is the RDF (now Thrive MSP 2040)?  I’ll quote [...]

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Transit-oriented political developments

By on March 30, 2012 in Governance, Infrastructure, Plans, Transportation

The session’s not quite over, but probably all the bills that will pass this year at the MN Legislature have been introduced.  I thought streets.mn readers might be interested in those bills that affect the state’s transit landscape, so here is a bowdlerized version of a summary from my personal blog.  Warning: I am not [...]

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