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Transit nerd and bike guy 🚇🚴🏼♂️🏳️🌈 Tweets represent my view only and are sometimes HBO-rated. He/him.
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Remember when KARE 11 fired Sven for sharing a post calling this movement Nazism? Hope those managers realize they were wrong now.
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Menards really is saying "How dare you walk or take the train to our store?"
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If Minnesota can suspend the gas tax, there's no reason the state can't fund free fares. Based on pre-pandemic figures, cancelling the gas tax for 52 days costs the same as cancelling metro area fares for a YEAR.
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Been seeing these videos on the internet and wondering what
@MetroTransitMN
's service plans are for June 23-25. Taylor Swift's two shows overlap Twin Cities Pride, service ending at 11:30 will be a mess.
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While
@Target
claiming "foot traffic" killed their Uptown store, it appears they're pulling the same bit purposefully bleeding their downtown store with bad inventory management and narrow hours (photos 3/12 at 5pm)
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As much as I want to gatekeep this, want to call attention to another fantastic ped/bike bridge with (superior) Mississippi views during the Stone Arch closure: the Northern Pacific No. 9 Bridge just about a half mile south.
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A warning to everyone: Corner Coffee is a front for the Assemblies of God, a church that is openly homophobic and opposed to reproductive rights.
Corner Coffee is setting up shop in Coconut Whisk's old space next to Strive Bookstore in the historic Young-Quinlan Building. The cafe's new downtown location joins others in the North Loop, Uptown, Victory, and Holland neighborhoods.
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Why is the City of Minneapolis charging Twin Cities Pride even a penny? This is such a major summer draw to downtown that they should be rolling out the red carpet. The lodging and alcohol taxes alone probably more than make up the expenses.
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Overheard on Bryant, from a kid biking with their friend, "it's a lot better once we get to the greenway, more protected"
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Really wish I understood why police officers clearly not responding to an emergency think they can park like this.
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Presumably belonging to the (off duty?) officer running security in Pantages theater? What's the point of multi-million dollar bike safety upgrades if
@MinneapolisPD
is just gonna use them for non-emergency parking?
@Jacob_Frey
@MayorFrey
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It's extremely disorienting reading the comments on this article. Lot of folks fearful of Downtown, citing anecdotes of unusual things they saw from an office tower's window. Yet, it's my neighborhood and I rarely feel unsafe or putoff?
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The distance between "safe" crossings on Lyndale Avenue is approximately 1 Evergiven
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Poster seems to have missed the news that this bicycle facility was accelerated because of resident complaints about racing on this street. This was built to make the street safer for people driving and walking too, not just cyclists!
I’d a beautiful fall Sunday afternoon yet not a single biker on that expensive new bike lane on South 2nd Street. Plenty of cars, though
@LauraGMitchell
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Downtown Saint Paul feeling more liminal than usual in the Christmas-NYE gap week
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Landscape architects: knock it off with the snazzy bike racks. My U Lock barely fits through these!
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The new Minnesota state flag is already flying at the Truman Presidential Library near Kansas City
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The intensity of the Mississippi River's flow is next level from the view at Water Power Park
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moment of thanks for Twin Cities bicycle infrastructure, my ~5 mile ride home from the state fair is on continuous bicycle routes that are probably about 4/5ths separated or protected
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This is the sort of shit you can expect on Bryant without a planted boulevard to stop drivers from doing this.
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Locking up nearly every cleaning and personal care product due to alleged high theft, but not high enough to lock up the same product on end caps or entryway displays (taken 2/16)
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@MNRiverOtter
I was like...what is this even doing? Clearly if you're up to no good, walking a few hundred feet to the driveway isn't going to stop you. Just feels needlessly hostile.
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Took 8 minutes for this Route 6 bus to move 2 blocks north from 22nd to Franklin on Hennepin Ave, all so a half dozen cars could park in the part-time bus lane. Running a 22 minute schedule delay!
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.
@MayorFrey
instead of bartending at Jetset, give the gays what we really want: 24/7 bus lanes with a rainbow laser light show
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I'm at a Metrobar, which is a parking lot that serves booze around a single retired WMATA 5000-series car. Gimmicky but enjoying every sip 🍻
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Wouldn't it be cool if the fountain at Government Plaza were convertible into an ice rink over winter months?
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.
@MetroTransitMN
we haven't had a heavy snow in a week and this is the state of the C/D Line platform at 8th & Park
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Judge finding that people are pollution is... concerning.
A Hennepin County judge has again ruled Minneapolis must immediately stop using its 2040 plan, which received national acclaim for its aggressive approach to building more housing and managing urban sprawl but spurred pushback from residents.
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I've found it easier to live car-free in Minneapolis than Washington, DC, for my specific circumstance.
MPLS is the best biking city in the country. Its transit system (largely bus-based, with two light rail lines & a commuter rail line) stands up to any Tier Two city in the U.S.
Its residents — especially the younger and less wealthy, who rent apartments — can live without a car.
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@dabubbby
It's called pricing an externality, it's good because drivers do not bear the whole cost of their consumption. Cars cause a whole host of environmental justice and climate damage, and government charges you to mitigate those impacts.
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Mayor Frey, the six hours a week I get back from working remote four days a week lets me spend more time with friends, enjoying our parks, and keeping fit. Guess I'm just a big looser though!
Here's the full quote
When people who have the ability to come downtown to an office don’t — when they stay home sitting on their couch, with their nasty cat blanket, diddling on their laptop .. if they do that for a few months, you become a loser! ... We’re not losers, are we?
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I would spend every winter long weekend bundled up in an Amtrak observation car in a fleece blanket, if only these trains ran more frequently and speedily.
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Amazon's Whole Foods has been getting more of my business in Target's hometown, a half mile down the street and managing to stay stocked and open till 10pm daily!
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Counterpoint to this resident: I did a quick look at scooter data years ago for a grad school project. In the peak year 2019, nighttime trips were longer and further, suggesting they were probably serving riders not served by late night transit, e.g. service industry commutes.
Gold Medal Park resident: says around 10 - 1030 "scooters everywhere, kids on scooters." Nothing good coming from scooters after 10 pm. Any increase in criminal activity associated with scooters?
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350 units + various office/hoteling above 2 LRT lines, 1 commuter rail line, at least 1 future intercity rail line, and within ¼ mile of 2 current and 1 future BRT lines.
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The thing I really dislike about the skyways: they attract almost all of the downtown fast casual food away from the street, to a place where it isn't visible, so PM hours don't work when there are fewer eyes seeing your store and making impulse buys.
Once celebrated, the skyways of Minneapolis are now being blamed for downtown's empty streets
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It's always bothered me that our transit stop seats are mostly metal instead of wood or a composite material, considering how cold the Twin Cities get.
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Did the Star Tribune even bother to ask a resident or a biker about this project? Straight up hit-piece, completely ignores the mountain of Complete Streets advocacy around Hennepin Reconstruction.
A battle over on-street parking is underway in the Uptown area of south Minneapolis, where the city plans to give Hennepin Avenue its first major makeover since 1957.
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Everyone doing napkin math criticizing the city's rate are conveniently forgetting this is 1099 work where the worker is responsible for the employer's side of payroll taxes, has no paid leave, and has no employer-subsidized insurance. Comparing apples and oranges.
Frey warns about setting a precedent: Are we now planning on setting a minimum wage for every industry that comes forward? Are we setting a new wage with expenses for all tech workers, workers in fast food, etc?
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Can we knock it off with putting stuff in the sidewalk that violates the ADA? That raised bike lane doesn't give you permission to block the sidewalk.
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With Minnesota on the verge of legalizing marijuana, there's an overdue federal rule change that few are talking about: changing the DOT drug standard on marijuana
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Everytime I'm on Jackson Street, I just want to copy-paste this bikeway everywhere.
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There are few things as disappointing as the bus you needed pulling up 4 minutes early on the opposite side of the street, it's not your turn to cross, the next one comes in 19, and it's 0°F outside.
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Really weird to see this follow a news cycle of a vibes-based study on why folks aren't downtown.
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@TheGirondin
I was buying a 3'x25' roll of chicken wire that fit just fine in my backpack. I've brought half length 2x6 boards on the train too, and plenty of electrical and HVAC supplies. Backpacks and utility carts make it totally possible!
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unprotected on-street facilities aren't comfortable for all ages and abilities folks!
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Today our union started negotiations with my employer, the Met Council. Employer only stayed for 30 minutes and spent most of the meeting obviously eye rolling at proposals as innocuous as providing employees a statement explaining their raises and clarifying job titles.
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@the_transit_guy
They've sadly been operating this store with hostility to the dense surroundings the past couple years out of misplaced fear. Closed bathrooms, only open till 6pm, had the street entrance closed several months, vinyled over the windows. TJ's and Whole Foods nearby are open later.
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I missed opening day festivities but I am getting a first day D Line ride in!
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Adding a mountable curb while removing a buffer between the bikeway and the roadway will doom this to being a delivery vehicle/snow storage lane.
I wrote about trends at Minneapolis Public Works, which has just had its 2nd major snafu in the last year.
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Forever in love with Evie Carshare. These Nissan Leafs can pack in like a half year of pantry staples without folding down the back row.
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Took a hyperlapse of the
@hennepin4people
mass bike ride! One of the funnest things I did all summer.
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Great start to the weekend: taking the train across a wintry Mississippi River
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Metro Transit wasn't kidding about starting farechecks today. I just got checked on the Green Line, my first time since moving here in September 2019 that wasn't during a Loons game.
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Yesterday I was a nervous wreck about my future. Today, I finished an internship, accepted a verbal job offer, and applied for an apartment!
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@kenklippenstein
I was a Senate staff assistant and made $32k, hired off a cheap degree from an R2 state school. Only offer in DC I got. Every call I had to take defending my member's gun control stance after Parkland broke my heart, but what could I do? Quit my job and lose my home and meals?
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Just took my first ride with a
@eviecarshare
Chevy Bolt EV. Perfect for a quick run to Home Depot for moving and painting supplies, and it cost me $0 thanks to promo credits.
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Once again, jealous of Fargo's winter placemaking. This ice rink is chilled, and they had a whole bunch of fanfare a few nights ago for the tree lighting.
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I actively avoid products that proudly label as non-GMO. Not about that pseudoscience.
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Wondering who thought frameless bus windows were a good thing, because you literally roast when the AC isn't working.
@MetroTransitMN
no AC on bus 3485.
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Frey Administration: Nicollet Mall is dead because of transit/transit riders
Me killing time between transfers on a Sunday morning: cannot even buy a bag of peanuts because the damn Walgreens is closed.
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I do most of my spending on Lyndale, but I spent $1350 at Hennepin Avenue S businesses in 2019. I've spent $620 there so far this year, and I did not drive for any of those trips.
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was walking home from the grocery store and thought: what if we had more ornamental cabbages
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Really jazzed because I scored a roomette on the Empire Builder to Fargo for the same price that Jefferson Lines was charging for the bus
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Trying my hat at first-time union contract negotiations tomorrow. Wish me luck!
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Cannot believe that in 2023 our government is rebuilding an intersection in a dense neighborhood at the end of an Interstate with no curb extension to calm high speed rights.
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Took a brief trip home yesterday and got sent back with a massive, 8' long blanket my mom knit for me 💕
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Just made meaty pasta sauce with the "spicy" variety of Impossible Sausage and it was some of the best pasta sauce I've ever had
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I'm hard-pressed to think of a time I felt truly unsafe walking downtown. Sure, I see some odd stuff sometimes, some long-standing nuisances, but nothing personally threatening? TBH, my biggest recurring ick is an epidemic of dog owners who don't pick up their waste.
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Downtown to the Bloomington REI in 25 minutes thanks to Orange Line + bike!
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Our union is in our 3rd negotiating session with the Met Council. It's really discouraging when we bring them evidence about how our leave program isn't competitive among public sector employers that are drawing our employees away, and the employer responds with a shrug.
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@mike55410
I grew up gay in a small town where I experienced assaults on the basis of my identity. In Downtown Minneapolis, I have community with friends who accept me and businesses that welcome me without discrimination. That's a vibrant home to me.
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He was convicted, yet we're still going with the "in a crash that killed" passive nonsense? Ravnsborg killed a man, fled the scene, and got away with a mere $1000 fine.
Update: A judge ordered no jail time for South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg in a crash that killed a pedestrian last year, instead fining him $500 on each of two misdemeanor counts.
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Just heard a mom tell her toddler on the Metro escalators "walk on the left, stand on the right, or the social contract that binds the fabric of our society together will be destroyed, then the zombies will take over!" Important life lesson.
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Celebrating some news I can finally share with a little ride around the neighborhood
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Something that's amazed me about living here is my much smaller former hometowns of Fargo and Grand Forks did seemingly more frequent winter and summer downtown placemaking programming than Minneapolis does.
Nicollet Mall is so cheerful, and is bursting with springtime color and energy.
#concretestreet
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I caught the
@MetroTransitMN
test bus, 1710, on my grocery run today. The vinyl seats were nice, surprised how cushioned they were!
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Today I received a rejection email for a job application I put in two years ago. Thanks?
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I wonder if the types of folks who comment on newspaper websites are just exceptionally delicate, or if this misplaced fear of Downtown is more widespread than I perceive—even outside of right-wingers.
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The missing crossing on the east side of the LRT tracks on University by Stadium Village station has always seemed like such a car brained thing. Folks are gonna cross here! Makes no sense for eastbound riders to snake over the tracks and back to keep walking on the east side.
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Minneapolis 311 continues to be disappointing. This is their response to my request to fix the signal at Lyndale Ave S & W 22nd St, which is newly requiring peds to press the beg button to cross Lyndale. Don't think it's intended.
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Rewatching Queer as Folk for the third time, and realizing Sharon Gless as Debbie Novotny was effectively my TV mom
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