Bob Collins
In the wake of our discussion downstream about Gov. Mark Dayton’s plan for tax and fee increases to solve Minnesota’s transportation ills, CityLab has a well-timed article today: Why can’t public transit be free? Read more →
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Tag: Transportation
The end is nigh for drivers trying to avoid westbound traffic on I-94 in Minneapolis, the Star Tribune reports.
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Infrastructure influences how we think about our own roles in public space, a Washington Post blogger writes. If we want people to behave differently, maybe we should change the infrastructure. Read more →
A lot of cab drivers feel threatened by upstarts like Uber and Lyft, but they’re not helping themselves with the story from WCCO today about a man with disabilities who couldn’t get a ride.
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The push for sidewalks in Edina is meeting with significant unfriendliness.
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It may be a pain for residents of Pine Island but the words ‘good riddance’ were invented precisely for the closing of the disaster-waiting-to-happen intersection of Highway 52 in the city. Read more →
St. Louis County is about to take a big step toward financing roads — a sales tax. Read more →
Amtrak couldn’t have hoped for a more sanitized depiction of riding the beleaguered Empire Builder than they got this morning from CBS News as a result of its invitation to give a free ride to two dozen writers in exchange for their prose. Read more →
Transportation officials will start describing winter road conditions differently so that you can more clearly understand just how bad — or good — the roads are. Read more →
The University of Minnesota’s Accessibility Observatory this week released its study (pdf) ranking the 46th largest metro areas, calculating how many jobs a resident could get to during a morning commute by transit. Eric Jaffe at City Lab calls it the “carless commute ranking to end all carless commute rankings.” First, they capture the importance Read more →
When the Green Line light rail project started, businesses and property owners took a serious hit. Now they’re being charged for ‘improvements’ to the road. Read more →
It’s true we can’t merge, but, unsurprisingly, Minnesota drivers are pretty darned nice, a new survey says. Read more →
How can we keep people on the curb, instead of crossing against the light? Entertain them. Read more →
It’s not much of a secret that next to city vs. suburb, bicyclists vs. drivers is a little steaming cauldron of hate when it comes to debates.
Nothing can stir one side up like mentioning the other side.
But here’s something surprising: it means cycling is mainstream, The Atlantic’s City Lab writes today. Read more →
If authorities are looking for ways to reduce the risk of pedestrians getting hit by Green Line trains on University Avenue in Saint Paul, this intersection at Western Avenue provides a good laboratory to test it out. Read more →