The “not being driven everywhere” part is so undervalued! “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” You can believe & say all the right stuff, but if you hold yourself apart from the world, it’s all pointless

please take your kids on public transit

This great Pho place sits right on the site of the former St Anthony Park Northern Pacific Railroad station. Between 1885 and ~1907 you could catch trains to either Minneapolis or St Paul on the hour. Travel time in either direction? 15 minutes, about 1/2 of what it takes on today's Green Line.

#OnThisDay May 24 1901: A photographer standing on the Minnesota Western Railroad bridge captures a logjam on the Mississippi River below. Today this same location is the I-35W bridge. The historic Florence Court rowhouses on @eastbankmpls.bsky.social can be seen at same spot in each photo.

I jumped the gun a bit; the NYT piece *does* discuss Berea and the general work-study campus concept more generally… which I think makes the “cattle ranch” framing all the more puzzling & misleading!

We need This Old House but for your urban commute

So glad @wedge.live is here, so I don't have to write this every time a mole needs whacking: "What’s surprising about Lyndale Avenue is that, once you accept infrastructure replacement is necessary, there’s relatively little to fight over." wedgelive.com/would-it-blo...

Graduation season at UMN is always fun because it looks like campus has been invaded by Gryffindors

HEY YOU GUYS. By @jakesteinberg.com from @beltpublishing.bsky.social. Cover by @downpourdw.bsky.social

frustrating how so many photos of the minneapolis teamsters' strike of 1934 don't include the location they were taken, like this one too. it's all just "central market district" when it comes to the location of incidents in the strike... are they lost to history? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneap...

God bless you, Dane Smith. An old-school Stribber who hadn’t descended into madness - even with a DSA defense! #notallboomers www.startribune.com/mn-best-stat...

And every 7 years there’s a jubilee where all authorship is erased and every post becomes free for anyone to claim

#OnThisDay May 15 1897: "Bicycle Day" at the University of Minnesota. Fueled by the introduction of the more affordable "safety bicycle", a massive cycling craze took hold of Minneapolis. 30,000 residents were registered riders in a city with a total population of under 200,000.

“Big Island Park” on this map was, at the time, an amusement park operated by Twin Cities Rapid Transit. (www.oronomn.gov/Facilities/F...) Cf. Great Northern Railway and Glacier NP (www.nps.gov/glac/learn/e...)

Biking to work is great for the body, mind, and wallet! And with Minneapolis working every year on our cycling infrastructure, it's safer, more comfortable, and more feasible than ever before. This Bike-to-Work Week is the perfect time to start a new habit: www.startribune.com/its-bike-to-...

India Mandelkern: "Subways do this funny thing — they make cities bigger and smaller at once. Bigger because more places are suddenly in easy reach. Smaller because distant neighborhoods become everyday destinations."

Council Member Chughtai: 118 officers received somewhere between $8,000 and $20,000 worth of standby pay in one month alone, just to be ready to work, not for actual work done. "I can't think of a better word than insane."

**blinks in minneapolis**

That’s one hell of a modifiable areal unit problem

Loon Rampant!

And if someone violates them frequently, they are demonstrating that they can’t handle the responsibility of driving and should probably loose that privilege.

Everyone—including robotaxi companies—should pay a fine if they violate a traffic law

I agree with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social. Why isn't California fining robotaxi companies when they violate traffic laws? Link: mobility.techcrunch.com/p/how-do-you...

Yes, it is bread we fight for, but we fight for... neuroses too?

Doors Open Minneapolis is a pretty cool event, getting to see things you don't normally have access to. Don't miss it! www.doorsopenminneapolis.org

The mode is the message

I think this is right. And I don't mean to recast brunch as a heroic act or whatever, but I do think that if you care about cities especially, it's really on you to intentionally be a convener or a joiner. Also to both pay attention to what's happening in your community *and* be social about it.

The mode is the message

I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example. www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

I was not doing the double-negative math correctly, thanks @dbrauer.net: 1. Rejection 2. Veto 3. Failed override 4. Nomination is “still open” and incumbent gets to continue serving for up to 210 days Math never wasn’t always not my strongest subject!

This opinion seems to imply that the Mayor can appoint department heads with the consent of just 1/3 of the council. Am I doing the double-negative math right? 1. Council rejects appointment 2. Mayor vetoes rejection 3. 1/3 of council votes to sustain veto 4. Appointment is confirmed (??!)

The 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment captured that flag the day *after* they suffered 82% casualties in a desperate delaying action that saved the Union position on Cemetery Ridge en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Min...

Thank you, First Minnesota andrewowen.bandcamp.com/track/first-...

Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...

News you can use!

Roasting potatoes. Said, “I’d better check the taters.” Kids asked, I am not kidding: “Taters? What’s taters, dad?”

The Great Minnesota Get-Together

I guessed right!!!

This thread has me thinking about mayors that talk about process when trying to stall positive change on transportation.

Excited to publish this dataset by my students Tanvir Ahammed and Bo-Jyun Shih. GTFS data for 72 intercity operators. we will update periodically to add operators and alter schedules. we haven’t been able to add many Chinatown buses yet

Idea: There should be a dedicated weekend of just exploring the Twin Cities by bike and on foot A taco tour here, an architecture tour there, "let's just bike together on the Greenway" in the afternoon. No overarching planning; ppl just organize and we list them on a website. All DIY and free.

Meanwhile bike fuel prices have not changed at Costco.

Giving transit (both buses and trains!) dedicated ROW through geographic bottlenecks is Seattle’s under-appreciated transit superpower

🎵You may find yourself Behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may ask yourself Well, how did I get here? And you may say to yourself My God, what have I done?🎵

How far can you get in 60 minutes? European cities offer vastly larger areas reachable by public transit than US cities of comparable population size. Source: lconwell.github.io/lucasconwell...

I KNOOOOW WHOOOO IIII WAAANT TO take me to homecoming

This is so much better:

That’ll do, snow. That’ll do.

It’s like Goldilocks but the bear family is infinite. This snow is TOO MUCH This snow is TOO LITTLE This snow is TOO WET This snow is TOO DRY This snow is TOO ICY This snow is TOO … Meanwhile our kids are all out sledding (including baby bear of course)