Fostering positive connections and inclusive conversations about better places in Minnesota.

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Dec 26, 2024 · Unsurprisingly, “Streets.mn Community” was our second most covered category, with 39 articles. Streets.mn grew in reach and ambition this year with a tabling presence at the Our Streets Imagine Cedarfest event in Cedar Riverside last August, bringing a physical presence to grow the Streets.mn community in under-covered parts of the city.. We also brought readers into our process of ...

2 days ago · Under a directive from Mayor Jacob Frey and the Vibrant Downtown Storefronts Workgroup, the City of Minneapolis and Metro Transit have been in a planning process to remove buses from Nicollet Mall and shift them to other streets downtown. Three options have proposed that involve moving the 11 and 25 routes to Hennepin Avenue. The options differ in their treatment of the 10, 17 and 18 routes ...

We formed Streets.mn because we think transportation and land use news and information in Minnesota can be done better. This site explores the pressing issues facing our cities, towns, neighborhoods and the places in between. Mission To foster positive connections and inclusive conversations about better places in Minnesota. Core Values A better place is one that is…

Jan 24, 2025 · I’ve got highways on my mind this week after MnDOT moved to remove the “at-grade” boulevard options from consideration in the Rethinking I-94 process at a project meeting on Friday, January 17. As Streets.mn already has reported, very little “rethinking” has gone into this process. But, while some may be shocked at the idea of removing a freeway and question where all of those fast ...

3 days ago · Although the 2023 Minnesota Homeless Study by Wilder Research reported a 7% decrease in overall homelessness since 2018, it also highlighted a troubling increase in older adults facing homelessness and noted that white people, men and those between 25 to 54 years old make up the majority of the homeless population.. A 2024 ruling in Grants Pass, Oregon, gives municipalities the authority to ...

Jan 7, 2025 · Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a series of proposals for how a local rail network could work for Minnesota and beyond.. Transit enthusiasts are used to seeing a new high-speed rail (HSR) proposal for the United States every few months — colorful and ambitious diagrams that turn complex transportation challenges into sleek graphic design.

4 days ago · While we have the Bob Dylan mural and the Stone Arch Bridge to show the world, we lack a real downtown culture in Minneapolis. This is largely the result of decades of planning, but is also rooted in criminalizing the acts that help make a city vibrant, such as graffiti and street vending.The idea of getting a hot dog on the street is foreign …

Nov 29, 2024 · Explore the work of Streets.mn in 2024 in review: popular topics, authors both familiar and new to us, and our vision for the future.