It's crazy the amount of money earmarked for road widenings that we will then have to maintain for decades, where we could be spending less and cutting transportation expenses for residents by shifting funds to public and active transport.

I often use this quote, from Aldo Leopold's, A Sand County Almanac, publish posthumously, in 1949. It is crushing to fight so hard for something, and to be almost totally ignored, even though you're repeating verifiable facts.

My husband and I always thought school car lines were stupid. Even before we went full-urbanist mode. I remember someone saying “oh wait until your kids are school age and you have to wait in the car line like the rest of us!” Jokes on them, I ride our oldest to school on the bike every day.

Seems like this should be a no-brainer if the state wants to maintain public health. Call your local state reps, doing this could help #Minnesota stay on top of future epidemics or even diseases that impact livestock like H5N1 and its future mutations & variants.

Intermission #mnleg #SF #2026 (through 4932)

direction to commissioner of health to join World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

"Perpich Quality Learing Center"? Pretty on-brand, for these authors... renaming Perpich Center for Arts Education; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

$5MM for tree planting appropriating money for community tree-planting grants; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

Also from exactly who you'd expect... eliminating the Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

From exactly who you'd expect... prohibiting gender-affirming medical care and certain counseling for minors in the state of Minnesota; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

$5.25MM for appropriating money for rehabilitation of the Willard Munger state trail; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

Vehicle weight fees ($20 per 1500 pounds, for passenger vehicles only) and front end height study! establishing certain requirements related to motor vehicle impacts, including imposing a motor vehicle weight surcharge and requiring certain ...; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

Carbon tax? I wish it identified mitigation projects in addition to adaptation projects... creating greenhouse gas pollution cost-recovery program; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

Crazy this is even necessary. prohibiting employers from requiring implantation of a microchip; creating a civil action; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

Hmmm... providing a temporary sales tax holiday in July 2026; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

From cycling under the light of moon on a beautiful night, to looking around and adding up the obscene amount of money we spend on cars, this article echoes so much of my thoughts about riding a bike and how CONNECTING it is- to people, to nature, to life- and how cars sever that connection.

This a wonderful read. It touches on something I've noticed, which is how walking or biking makes me feel more connected to my community, because I am seeing people and noticing things I never would in a car. In a car you are isolated, quite literally walled off from the world around you.

The outcome is the same whether one injury or many - a driver of a vehicle causing serious harm to someone outside it. The difference is how we talk about it. #VisionZero asks a different question - why are we still building systems where a moment’s error or malice can have deadly consequences? 2/3

Intermission #mnleg #SF #2026 4866

appropriating money for a nanoparticle iron nitride permanent magnet manufacturing facility; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

OFFS, boogeyman much? Special addition from Mrs. Curator - sure, now do fascism. Or authoritarianism... modifying social studies standards to include the dangers and perils of communism and socialism; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

Because money is WAY more important than sustainability requiring the legislative auditor to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of certain sustainability-related building standards; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

Hmmm... establishing a grandparent special license plate; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

JFC, give it a rest, guys. requiring noncompliant driver's licenses to display immigration status; #mnleg #SF #2026 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...

Walz: Welcome to the freest state in the nation—a state where you love who you choose to love, a state where you make your own healthcare decisions, a state where you worship—or not—according to your own beliefs, and maybe most importantly, a state where everyone belongs.

#NoKings #NoKingsMinnesota #NoKingsMinnetonka

I biked 2 months in New Zealand in my 20’s. I took a car/bus through some of it. (Our plan exceeded our biking legs.) The land I biked I still feel with an intensity/intimacy that driving can’t match. Read this article.

Free gas AND a drive-up prayer!

"but on the best days – when the rain holds back just for the right half hour, and milk-bottle-chested gulls swoop overhead as I ride the coastal bike path – it feels as if I’m on holiday in my own city." So many truths in this article! #BikeMore www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

There will be more protests today than any other day in American history. Please join us at your local No Kings event to reject the regime’s brutality at home and abroad: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

10.25 AM. UK National Grid is currently whacking out 65.8% output by wind alone, solar another 23.3%. We are generating 114% of our demand & exporting 10% (4.7GW) to Europe & also replenish our pumped storage supply - using 4%. Fossil fuel is only generating 7.9% of output. #renewables #windpower

Can I fit $350 of Costco groceries in the bike? Easily. No sweat.

Despite claims from administration officials that the level of agents in Minnesota would return to pre-surge levels of about 150, a motion filed in federal court Friday by U.S. Department of Justice attorneys reported that almost 500 agents remain in the state. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Very cool!

Some transportation cartoons for 2026– streets.mn/2026/03/27/c...

Blowing up a nuclear power plant or an LNG facility is easy. One strike and you're done! Taking out 10s of thousands of wind turbines + hundreds of million solar panels—that's a different story. (Esp. now that solar can be generated by homeowners.) True independence is energy independence.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

New to me VGW (Very Good Word) - ontvlechten.

Mass suicide is easy until the moment of death is upon us.

People do it…. Because it’s easy Because it’s what you know and understand Because it’s convenient Because people don’t believe one person can make a difference Because “what about China” Because people don’t want to really think about it Human nature 😢

Democrats have a solution: Fund TSA. Fund FEMA. No money for ICE without reforms.

we could instead drive on electricity and save the corn for cool ranch doritos

I saw a post here that mentioned "strange school policy wiggles" and this popped into my head - start half your students at one time ("zero hour") and the other half one class period later ("first hour"). Might help a little w drop-off congestion since so few walk / bike / bus anymore ...

"But individually, there’s hope. In case of emergencies like this, try embracing some useful tactics. Walk more. Bike more. Take transit. Get rid of a fossil-fueled car, if you can."

I wrote about three great tricks for saving money on gas. See if you can guess what they are. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

This event is TOMORROW/THURSDAY EVENING! I highly recommend it. What Saint Paul, and Minneapolis and the rest of the core of our region, needs is MORE DEVELOPMENT to drive Lower Taxes AND More Services. Come hear how this works...

Family wants justice for 22 year old college student killed by driver of silver sedan in northeast Minneapolis. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

Sick of your shit, Walgreens.

Also, bikes don't only work in Minneapolis and St Paul, such a stupid argument to make. I lived in Morris and like most small towns, it was incredibly easy to walk and bike everywhere because it's small. Basically nowhere was more than a mile away.

It would be really helpful if the Strib included how much the poster boy for its high car registration tabs story paid for his “shiny 2025 GMC truck.” $880 is a big number but he probably paid $60,000 for that thing. www.startribune.com/minnesota-ca...