My heart goes out to friends and family of Ricki Allan Larson, as well as all who were involved - the responders, caregivers, witnesses, and the driver. This was a preventable tragedy. We need to understand what is driving these events and how we can stop it. Media has an important role. 🧵1/x

Grateful that Bill is helping bring more attention on this. With the original patio delay we lost probably $50k in revenue. This time around it's probably going to end up being similar. I have at least had one conversation w/ a higher up at the city with hopes of overall improvement.

@andersem.bsky.social When will Episode 3 of YIMBY Country drop on Spotify? I'm looking forward to it!

"A sidewalk represents public safety". 100 PERCENT. Gary doing the pedestrian advocacy we all should do.

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one of my favorite recurring subplots in housing discourse is NIMBYs talking about any major dev project like it’s a form of settler colonialism and meanwhile actual indigenous people are like “we are going to build the biggest apartment buildings you have literally ever seen”

This seems like big news for Saint Paul. I'm cautiously optimistic.

We just crossed the halfway point.🎉 Thanks to our supporters across Saint Paul, we are now over 50 percent of the way toward unlocking our $1,500 matching gift. Help us unlock the full match by April 30 and keep building the Saint Paul we want. Donate here www.sustainstpaul.org/donate

Saint Paul faces real challenges, but I’m still optimistic. I’ve seen the momentum firsthand at @sustainstpaul.bsky.social, with community members, partners, and local leaders all stepping up. Every gift this month is matched up to $1,500. Help us get there: www.sustainstpaul.org/donate

Hear, hear! Thank you, @seankershaw.bsky.social

The sentiment of this comic came to my mind when I read this article from today's Star Tribune: www.startribune.com/republicans-... Frustrating to see Republicans balk at the cost of transit projects even as we pay far more to widen I-494 and replace the Blatnik Bridge by Duluth.

This April, we are working to raise $1,500 by April 30 to unlock a full matching gift. Every dollar will be DOUBLED. If you care about thoughtful growth and a welcoming Saint Paul, now is the time to give. www.sustainstpaul.org/donate

Here is the long-awaited recording from last week's presentation Solving Saint Paul's Fiscal Challenges with Urban3!💵📈🏙️ Thank you for the overwhelming interest in both the event and the video!💙 youtu.be/ynmdVS3JsrI?...

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This is a great idea.

THANK YOU for attending our presentation Solving Saint Paul's Fiscal Challenges with Urban3!🏘️📈💵 This incredible turnout demonstrates both the urgent need for data-driven solutions as well as the commitment and love that Saint Paul residents have for our city.💙🏙️

"And remember, there's no problem too small, no task too big, for government to solve." As fun and silly as this initiative is, it's also powerful. I want gov't to be able to do big things. But before it can, people need to trust it (mostly, they don't). And maybe this is a step to rebuild trust.

St. Paul charges property owners quite a bit for buildings and not much at all for vacant land, a perverse disincentive, in the eyes of critics, to fill vacant lots. What if we flipped it? Could a "land value capture" tax be the panacea this city needs? www.twincities.com/2026/03/24/s...

Excited for this!! We need city-wide conversations about strategies to build a stronger economic future for Saint Paul and Heather Worthington and the @sustainstpaul.bsky.social team are the perfect people to be leading that charge.

See you there!

New drive-thrus contribute comparatively little to our tax base and undermine the millions of dollars our city has spent on transit-oriented development.🚗🍔🚌 📣Join us TODAY in calling on the city council to restrict their construction near transit stops!🧵/4 www.sustainstpaul.org/news/driveth...

This was only about two time-lapsed minutes of the Alex Pretti memorial ride in Minneapolis today. I'd guess there were at least 5x more people there than this, and probably significantly more than that. Absolutely mind blowing love and support showing up on bikes today.

I'll be there!

It's a small thing, but it fills me with civic pride to walk through the giant park near my house and see Hmong families having cookouts, Somali parents pushing their laughing kids on the swings. Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.

From the folks who brought you North American light rail (complementary)... www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/zb...

I’m at the launch of Oregon’s design competition for sunlight suite buildings - neighborhood-scale mulifamily buildings designed around one central staircase. “This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.

Building codes and zoning codes are where cost benefit analysis goes to not just die, but be killed. In a very real way zoning codes have been written as if the real world is full of thresholds beyond which extraordinary costs are incurred for no benefit.

#stpaul: vote YES for admin citations this fall.

🗼 I arrived in Tokyo recently excited to try their legendarily efficient train system. I left wowed by another mode of transit: its surprisingly safe streets. Can Minnesota learn lessons from Japan’s war on traffic deaths? My reflection for @axios.com >> www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

Carve em all back in. They were always a mistake but now more than ever.

Sustain Saint Paul is also proud to endorse YES on City Question 1. Yes on Question 1 will allow the Saint Paul to issue Administrative Citations that will enable the city to enforce its ordinances and change the behavior of bad actors without escalation to criminal courts.

📣SUSTAIN SAINT PAUL CITY ENDORSMENTS 🧵: Sustain Saint Paul proudly endorses Mayor Melvin Carter III for Re-Election!

St Paul DSI is in proceedings to force the demolition of the blighted CVS building at Uni/Snelling. If you are cool and you live in St Paul you will email [email protected] and tell them that you support requiring the demo of that building

I am still glowing from the Sibling Rivalry event last night at @blackhartstp.com. Thanks to everyone who came and donated to @sustainstpaul.bsky.social!! It's humbling to witness this groundswell of enthusiastic support for our work. The future is bright!

Still can’t believe it. Great time last night. Too bad i had to cut my material short. I had a whole bit on the Winter Carnival vs the Aquatennial. Thanks to everyone for coming out!

I love our cities 🫶 @sustainstpaul.bsky.social @moreneighbors.org @blackhartstp.com @hoopermn.bsky.social

I’ve never before been in a gay neighborhood soccer bar where everybody was chanting for an urban geographer, but I must say it’s a good time here at the @sustainstpaul.bsky.social fundraiser.

TONIGHT AT 6PM: It happens here, and it finishes here! Twin Cities enter, one City leaves. Welcome to the THUNDERDOME!⚔️ Buy a your ticket now!

Black Hart Owner Wes Burdine says he is really excited for this meeting between Saint Paul and its absolute mess of a younger sibling, Minneapolis, who probably needs to sleep on our couch while they 'get things together.' @wesburdine.bsky.social

To help us BURY Minneapolis🏗️, we are so excited that four anonymous donors are sponsoring a $4k Matching Challenge. They've agreed to match one-time gifts of $200 or more AND recurring gifts of $10/month or more ($120/year), dollar for dollar, up to $4k! The match is active now!

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tysm for the shoutout! what's interesting about the midway is that it's arguably never been built at a pedestrian scale in the days of yore (here, an aerial photo from ~1950) much of it was scaled to accomodate rail traffic for the streetcar barn (left) and the montgomery ward warehouse (center)

PAULIE has arrived! Mayor Carter celebrates the launch of Saint Paul’s new permitting and licensing system — designed to make it easier for residents, homeowners, and contractors to get things done. PAULIE is a cornerstone of our modernization and recovery efforts. Get started at stpaul.gov/paulie.

What we want from transportation systems is access to stuff. Having choices about how to travel is good. Getting around safely is good. And to broaden the tent, we can’t demonize people for driving. (Really important & underdiscussed point.)

Had a great time tabling at the 9th Annual Ward 2 Picnic hosted by Rebecca Noecker. Talked to many people about what they want to see in a sustainable city and a thriving downtown Saint Paul. Let's build it together!

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Look no further! Come drink beer and make fun of Minneapolis with us. And also make a donation to @sustainstpaul.bsky.social

This event is going to be fun! Register and make a donation to support @sustainstpaul.bsky.social

Have you melted into the ground yet out of adorable-ness, cuteness, and transit nerd-ness? No? Only me? Ok cool. But Ward 4 has an actual transit rider/bike user as our councilmember and I couldn’t be happier.

Really excellent insights from @mattprivratsky.bsky.social. New housing around the U of St. Thomas is a good thing!