There is a solution to high gas prices and it is WALKABLE CITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT I am losing my mind.

What people don't get is the fact that a retired person with the resources to rage against their city council person has WAY more local power than a big Chicago developer. The real dichotomy is "people who already own homes here" vs "people who rent or want to own"

"Unfortunately, local government mayors and city councils are jealously guarding their prerogative to enforce their exclusionary policies, so they’re pushing hard on their state legislators to oppose even these mild reforms." minnesotareformer.com/2026/05/08/t...

This does not mean those of us who want the “vegan ice cream” in this metaphor should capitulate without a fight—we should at the very least try to convince the ice cream normies to pick a place where “vegan options” exist—just that righteous anger that leads to inaction actively “does harm.”

Folks! Who do you think can apply for a low paying, high prestige job? It's neither average people (representative) nor salaried technical experts (massive pay cut). It's people who don't need the income!

St Paul and Mlps have started the hard work by ending parking minimums, but there is more to be done. Street parking should be appropriately priced, i.e. more or less expensive based on demand. Then maybe we can rid ourselves of those meddlesome parking ramps! www.governing.com/urban/parkin...

And don’t stop at housing. Parking reform is essential for small business development, walkable communities, clean air and water, and fiscally sound local governments.

It's hilarious to see the Trump administration ooh and ahh over Houston's 26-lane Katy Freeway. TxDOT spent $2.8 billion widening the highway in 2011, and afterward traffic got *worse*. (Source: www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/u...) Great job, guys.

Half the Work Is Done: The Clear-Cut Case for a Subway in the I-94 Trench: https://streets.mn/2026/04/28/half-the-work-is-done-the-clear-cut-case-for-a-subway-in-the-i-94-trench/ The I-94 trench is an open cut waiting to be covered. Before we fill it, build a subway that merges Minneapolis and S...

A recent op-ed in the SF Chronicle celebrated Waymo as a road safety solution. The author didn't mention that Waymo sponsors his research. Sponsors: www.usfca.edu/arts-science...

The Coming Crash We Built Ourselves, Part 1: The Second Rent: https://streets.mn/2026/04/24/the-coming-crash-we-built-ourselves-part-1/ Automotive ownership is already the second-largest household cost for most Minnesotans. Auto debt has hit historic highs. The bubble is about to burst — and we ...

Dr. Bill McGuire, an owner of the Minnesota United soccer team, has big plans for the decrepit Midway CVS site, which he's buying. And here they are. www.twincities.com/2026/04/23/d...

They are talking like traffic engineers haven't been trying - and failing - to fix traffic congestion for the last 70+ years It's the wrong question to ask And a good part of the reason we're in the mess that we're in

Modern tech CEO's are naming their startups things like Morgoth and Nazgūl and then wondering why we're calling them fascists

do NOT call me a NIMBY. I FULLY support new housing if it is AFFORDABLE, passes my personal VIBE check, will not be lived in by people I consider UNCOOL and is constructed only when the MOON is waxing, upon the APPROPRIATE ley lines

Ah, the old "Real Reason Sandwich"

Another example of conservatives being the real cause of bureaucratic red tape as a way to prevent access to the rights and privileges they hoard. To the detriment of all of us - immigrants are a straightforward good for America

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

Inclusionary zoning is bad policy and we should stop doing it.

This is a personal invitation to any elected official in the State of Minnesota to join us on an e-bike ride. We are more than happy to explain the legal definition, handling specifics, & policy best practices around these miraculous & overwhelmingly safe mobility devices. - @cityzenmn.bsky.social

This is a great example of leadership. Ramsey County is wrong about the benefits of the CP Ford Spur. Rebecca Noecker will fight to acquire this public space for people walking and biking in West 7th, and it'll pay off in spades.

These doctors need to go back and re-take Public Health 101. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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When cars kill, it's just the cost of doing business. When e-bikes get popular, suddenly we need strict ordinances to stop "accidents".

News orgs panicking about gas prices while ignoring our failures on renewables is kinda crazy-making

That’s a wrap on our 22nd home team season, and there’s a new champion of the Golden Skate! In game 1 of last night’s event, the Maul Rats battled with the Wednesday Warnings. In the end, the Rats were victorious, securing them 3rd place for the season!

No Kings #TwinCities

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...

“MnDOT is putting forward an embarrassingly backward project. The options on the table would largely perpetuate the status quo…Almost every alternative would cost $2 billion just to rebuild an existing urban freeway with little functional improvement after years of talk and planning.”

THE PHOENIX REBORN: A bus rapid transit route down West Seventh Street is officially a go. More than a year after the death of the Riverview Corridor, the Met Council has given its blessing to the Metro J Line. www.twincities.com/2026/03/17/m...

Our full statement on the demolition of the Midway CVS🏚️ The short version: Its time we start thinking boldly with Land Value Tax to ensure this property, which has enormous potential, doesn't remain an empty lot for long.

It gives me great pleasure to say that I finally wrote about the CVS demolition.

See you, Midway CVS!

oh look at that www.pew.org/en/research-...

📅 CAN'T MISS EVENT: Solving Saint Paul’s Fiscal Challenges with Urban3🏙️ Join us Thursday, March 26 (7–8:30pm) at the Minnesota Museum of American Art (The M) for a presentation on how land use shapes Saint Paul’s long-term financial health. 🧵 RSVP actionnetwork.org/events/solvi...

The US is awful at road safety. A new report from the OECD shows that Americans are >2x as likely to die in a collision compared to those in peer countries. The US is such an outlier that the OECD now aggregates crash data both with and without the US included. www.itf-oecd.org/road-safety-...

It remains wild to me that some of the most valuable land in the USA is given freely to store cars that are often never used. Also it's my dearest wish that they enact Shoup-style market pricing, it's by far the best model for metered parking where the competition for spots is fierce

An oldie, but an important lesson: Arlington added 50,000 residents. Traffic fell. Wilson Blvd (its main street): –23%. Transit ridership: +34%. When you build housing around transit, people drive less. @ggwash.org ggwash.org/view/35122/a...

If the headline is a response to the book "Homelessness is a Housing Problem" then they either never read it or are just a dumb-dumb. If drug use was the underlying cause, then West Virginia would have super high rates of homelessness! Just inane logic

The German multinational grocer will move into the space once occupied by Lunds & Byerlys on Robert and 10th streets.

Minneapolis passed a new ordinance in 2024 that eased the regulatory burden of turning vacant office space into new housing. Since then, Mpls has added 574 new homes by converting commercial office space into residential housing, the sixth most in the country. Read more: streets.mn/2026/02/09/p...

I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

**RETHINKING I94 MEETING** I-94 neighbors: public comments are open and many are requesting a pause in MnDOT's planning timeline because *how can we focus on a highway when we're under siege?* Need context, have questions? Join us, 6:30 p.m. tomorrow (Feb. 18) at the Merriam Park Library.

NUDE ELON MUSK: The invisible clothes I'm wearing are a product of xAthleisure, which will roll out self-dressing outfits within two years at the latest THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again

“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”

Twin Cities home builders are falling behind schedule as the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota has fueled a shortage of roofing, drywall and other construction workers, according to developers and real estate agents.

Currently listening to James M. McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom, and the parallels of pre civil war Boston's "vigilance committee" that protected fugitive slaves and today's anti-ice Twin Cities are kind of crazy.

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

the american dream #iceoutboston #iceoutmlps #iceoutcomics #iceout

Today is Precinct Caucus Day! In this thread🧵, here are three ways to support abundant housing🏘️, low-carbon transportation🚌, and sustainable land use💸 Registration opens at 6:30pm. Find your caucus location here caucusfinder.sos.mn.gov