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Transportation costs too much
Crossposted at streets.mn and transportationist.org When I was growing up (in suburban Maryland), there was an ad on local TV from Crown Books. Founder Robert Haft asserted “books cost too much”,...
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From Vacant Places to Growing Spaces: Making the Twin Cities a leader in the...
Urban farming is a hot topic right now. From figuring out the policies and politics around backyard beekeeping or chicken rearing, to full-on community garden spaces, there is no denying that urban...
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The Streets.MN Network
Streets.MN is a non-profit network of Minnesota-based writers. We each posts anywhere from about 1 to 3 times per month. Beyond that, we each have our own blogs [see here] that have original content...
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Streets.mn, now better looking
In case you hadn’t noticed, streets.mn got a little bit of a makeover. Our logo contest solicited a bunch of really great entries (thank you all for contributing), but the board concluded that the...
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Seeking a photo curator
by flickr user Chris Yunker Are you a photographer, videographer, or just a lover of urban images? Streets.mn is seeking a volunteer to help us curate our flickr group. Through flickr, we’d like to...
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Welcome the streets.mn flickr moderators!
We had a pretty great response to our request for volunteer flickr moderators for the streets.mn photo pool. While there were many worthy candidates, two led the pack with their interesting ideas and...
View ArticleMinneapolis Mayoral Transportation Forum Video Roundup
Here is the unofficial Streets.MN Minneapolis Mayoral Transportation Forum Video* Roundup. This event was sponsored by the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, Streets.MN, the Interdisciplinary...
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The Truth About the “Dangers” of Winter Cycling
Photo by the author. Yesterday I was biking to work, crossing the Lake/Marshall bridge and hugging the right side of outermost traffic lane, since the bike lane, like most bike lanes in the city, has...
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Analyzing streets.mn NIMBY Usage Trends
Here at streets.mn, we think long and hard about language. For example, we endeavor to resist common planning and engineering tendencies toward the Acronym-ification of Jargon (AoJ), and we likewise...
View ArticleA Note to Our Readers
As you may have noticed, streets.mn has been going through some growing pains lately. In January of 2014, we saw our site viewership reach an all-time peak, thanks to our great writers and, of course,...
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Most-Read streets.mn Posts of 2014 (Expanded Edition)
This is the time of year when time passes, and year-end timeliness becomes timely. So in a bit of reminiscent navel-gazing, I wanted to crunch some numbers and share with you the Top 10 Most Read...
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You Too Can Write for streets.mn!
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re interested in the mission of streets.mn, which is to “expand and enhance the conversation about transportation and land use” all throughout Minnesota. This...
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Group Outing to the History Center’s Suburbia Exhibit
Mrs. Minnesota, Betty Bach, 1958 from the Minnesota Historical Society Collections Do you like thinking and talking about land use and history? What a silly question, of course you do. Well, we’re...
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2015 streets.party – Thursday!
Well, hello there! Hopefully you are enjoying this “December” as much as possible. We have our big event coming up in a few days! That’s right–our big 2015 streets.fundraiser is this Thursday, December...
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2015 streets.party! Today!
Hi there! One last post about our 2015 streets.mn end of year celebration! I’m excited! Are you excited? You better be excited. We will be up on the roof (it is of course an enclosed area) of the Eitel...
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Sunday Summary – May 8, 2016
This week, you can read What’s Next for streets.mn and How You Can Help Us Get There. Back in December, the streets.mn board did some strategic planning and plotted a direction for our future. We...
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Welcoming Three New Board Members to streets.mn
Thanks for reading streets.mn. Over the last year, the board has made a series of changes to our process and procedures aimed at improving transparency and capacity of our volunteers, both on and off...
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Why streets.mn Matters to Me
Tomorrow, November 17, 2016, is Give to the Max day, and streets.mn is one of the many organizations that generous Minnesotans can support with their donations. If you don’t want to wait, you can...
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Making streets.mn Even Better
If you are like me, you have probably been receiving email and social media pleas for weeks to Give the Max to various organizations. Every non-profit that has managed to get my email has sent at least...
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Sunday Summary – November 20, 2016
This past Thursday was Give to the Max Day – thanks to all who gave! Even though Give to the Max DAY is over, two posts this week were written by streets.mn board members telling why they care about...
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