The #1 piece of advice that TransLink's CEO offers other North American transit agencies: Provide frequent service

School streets are awesome because with relatively little $ we can create a VERY different experience of safety, comfort & community. Removing cars from a single block creates an environment so much better than our usual chaotic, noisy, rushed & unsafe drop off/pick up routine. 1/2

When newly-elected Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson started converting car lanes to bike lanes in 2009, pundits claimed it was political suicide. In 2018, he stepped down after three terms as the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. So what can this tale teach us about so-called "bikelash"?🧵

Shared use paths (bikes & peds sharing space w/o separation) are great for low density & low traffic areas. Lyndale Ave S is neither of those. It would be a HUGE mistake to put a shared use path here. For safety & accessibility we need bus lanes, wide sidewalks & protected bikelanes. 1/2

“Jacob Frey was here” sign up on one of the lines of fencing around the Steves/Greenway bike/ped ramp. Whoever did this: thank you.

People act like getting kids places without a car is Herculean. I biked three (one not mine) to the Kingfield Farmers Market, 95% on bikeways. No car seats, no stress, just laughs. The challenge isn’t moving kids, it’s redesigning cities to work for people instead of cars. #StreetsForPeople

Critics initially worried removing a major artery would cause gridlock. But in practice, impacts were mitigated through expanded public transport, traffic control measures, and changes in road usage. Some traffic “evaporated” rather than being displaced. Bus and metro use increased post-restoration.

None of us is safe.

what anil said. also, two things are true: 1. america has a horrific, brutal facist and authoritarian tradition which has prepared for this moment; 2. that is not the only american tradition, and pretending it is helps the fascists.

Fascism.

Monsters.

Why can't this be Minneapolis or even the suburbs? If we build a system that makes biking safe, people will do it. If we build a system for cars first and foremost, then people will keep driving their kids to school instead of letting them bike.

Ted Chiang: "The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."

What are we doing?!?!? It's like the goal is to end homelessness by making Minneapolis unlivable.

Has got to be a red or we're saying it's OK to just kick people.

Free speech for me, but not for thee. You can't be much more ghoulish than joking about people being bombed to death, but topping it off by being hypocritical about whether it's OK to joke about someone's death is one way.

Great walk this morning. ##NokomisLife #Mpls

It's wrong to believe that many of these people were ever "free markets" people. They were "I can do whatever I want" people, and they are still that, but now they are in power.

The Ministry of Truth ... this administration sees "1984" as a blueprint, not a warning.

When it's pajama day and you're making a video about what it's like to be a kindergarten student. #schoolpr

Honoring Charlie Kirk's memory by ruining the lives of anyone who accurately quotes Charlie Kirk

The ecological part is obvious: school drop-offs mean parents and students probably won't use transit, and until they all have cargo bikes, they won't bike. They will drive. Socially, the change in neighborhoods with dispersed schools is remarkable. Kids don't know one another, nor do parents.

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Hell of a "welcome to MLS" moment for Nectarios Triantis, chipping CJ Dos Santos from inside his own half. Biggest addition Minnesota United made all window by a longshot. Pleasingly, per Opta: 0.03 xG for a 55.1 meter chip. (@wesburdine.bsky.social)

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class. This is Kirk's legacy. You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

Amsterdam’s plan to remove 11,200 parking spaces from its streets by the end of 2025 wasn’t just about taking away cars. It was about all the life you have room for again when you stop surrendering all that space. Example — #Amsterdam’s Elandsgracht 2014 to 2019 via @schlijper.bsky.social’s pics.

US political violence overwhelmingly comes from the right - the side that calls for, glorifies, & literally pardons it

I had no wish for him to be murdered, but I’ll harshly judge anyone who flies their flag at half staff for that hateful extremist or talks about honoring his memory. There was no honor in his life.

I'm harnessing the unprecedented power of AI to forget how to read and develop a severe mental illness that makes me unrecognizable to those who once knew me.

A Shared-Use Path is Not Right for Lyndale Avenue South: https://streets.mn/2025/09/08/a-shared-use-path-is-not-right-for-lyndale-avenue-south/ The final concept plan for Lyndale Avenue South was released last month with a shared-use path. Resident Brian Mitchell argues this isn't right for the ...

"Condemns the altercations" is nowhere near enough. They should condemn the actions of their players, say clearly those actions are unacceptable and won't be tolerated, and announce that consequences will be coming (pending due process for players).

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Refusing to call somebody by their preferred name, be that a nickname or married vs. maiden name or whatever, is going out of your way to break a social norm in a way that's generally applicable to anyone. Doing it deliberately is understood (and intended) in any context as an overt insult.

Bikes don’t work for every person & every trip, just as cars don’t work for every person & every trip. Our communities are better when individuals have the freedom to choose from multiple safe, efficient modes of travel. 2/2

The choices parents make for their kids - including what school they send them to - are often driven by wanting to be seen as good parents by their peers, and not necessarily by what is actually best for their kids.

Currently a couple dozen #bees enjoying our sedum. I definitely need to plant some more. (Not sure why the camera is glitchy.)

In memory of those we lost. We grieve with you, and join the call to end gun violence in our communities.

“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

This is what I'm thinking everytime I see praise for Newsom's troll tweets. I want substance and competence, not childishness. Give me someone who is serious about doing what's needed for people to live better lives.

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i have my strong disagreements with Mayor Frey, but his statements today have been strong and important. i'd like to thank him for his strong advocacy for gun control and for his statements opposing transphobia

Good morning #Minneapolis! I really love this city. #NokomisLife

It is a b-e-a-utiful morning in south #Minneapolis. #NokomisLife

1. Orlando citizens defied DeSantis and re-colored the rainbow crosswalk commemorating Pulse Nightclub victims. The DeSantis admin had the memorial crosswalk painted over black during the cover of night. Community members had it restored the very next day. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Today's the day. 406 years ago today, when a Dutch ship called the White Lion brought some "twenty and odd Negroes" who they'd captured from a Portuguese ship to the shores of Virginia. One year before the Mayflower, Black history continued on American soil

Played White Bear Yacht Club today (and shot a season best 77!) as part of a Golfer's Journal event. Listen, I'm never gonna drop tens of thousands of dollars on a club membership, even if I could. But I am saying I see why people do. Astonishing course & facilities.

Study after study shows the same thing: businesses on streets with bike lanes benefit. Businesses on Lyndale Ave would do BETTER with separated bike paths. Instead, @hennepin.bsky.social county is giving in to the few business owners who incorrectly think a few less parking spots will hurt them.

Inject it into my veins.

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

One again, if you can look past the fascism, hate, dehumanization and grift, they are also incompetent.