I Am Exactly the Person Who Needs I-94: https://streets.mn/2026/03/20/i-am-exactly-the-person-who-needs-i-94/ I drive I-94 to Stillwater every day because it's rational. Here's why that makes me the best argument for tearing it out.

"In fact, I’m the reason you should tear it out." A GREAT post by @scottbergermn.bsky.social via @streets.mn! Hopefully, @mndot.mn.gov will FINALLY acknowledge reality of traffic evaporation, pause #ReThinking94 project, and do a full, real assessment of the #Boulevard. streets.mn/2026/03/20/i...

Another Stillwater, MN pathetic understanding of sidewalks. This one they added half a block to connect a park but didn’t even bother finishing the whole block.

Saint Paul should have vibes akin to the Christmas Market all 52 weeks a year.

@blindeke.bsky.social -- we need to talk about Stillwater. Let's just say I think we have a difference of opinion on this one!

We just canceled Disney+ after having it for more than five years straight. We have small children. This is getting real.

Another day, another repaired car picked up by trunk-stowable Brompton bike!

Brand new street in #StillwaterMN and they didn’t extend the sidewalk another 30 feet to fill an isolated sidewalk gap. Truly perplexing. Maple and Owens.

What have we done to deserve this?

Just heard that @mollycoleman.bsky.social won the Ward 4 election handily, proving (once again!) that the anti-street-safety 'tree truther' SARPA cranks have no juice. Congrats to Molly! I think she can be an excellent St. Paul City Council Member.

Matt Farah is basically the guy I want to be

Trail users: yield to vehicles at legal intersections? Sorry but this sign doesn’t override state law. #stillwaterlovescars

Our streets aren’t too small; our vehicles are too big.

More trucks and SUVs are making traffic worse. They take up more space, require longer stopping distances, and are decreasing the capacity of the system. www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...

This is how you induce people to break the mold. Driving shouldn’t always be the default but it’s been so easy that people have zombies their commutes in their cars.

Sure I drive my car around quite a bit. But this is my ideal grocery getter.

This isn’t helping my longstanding confusion regarding “caramel” and “carmel” #islesbunandcoffee

People I see on e-bikes: - Seniors staying active and living their best life. - Moms, dads and kids actually enjoying the school run. - People getting groceries or running errands - Service workers commuting on an affordable vehicle “E-bikes aren’t cheating. They’re winning.” - @pflax1.bsky.social

I couldn't help myself. I am now the type of person to write letters to the editor...

In which I advocate being lazy to make biking more appealing.

Lewis Hamilton Recreated The Ferrari Scene From 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Because His Job Offers Better Benefits Than Yours

broken cars and folding bikes = strange bedfellows

Reminder: streets.mn/2024/12/30/l...

What Is St. Paul’s CIB? You Don’t Know, and That’s the Problem: https://streets.mn/2025/02/21/what-is-st-pauls-cib/ And when you do apply for funding for a project from the Capital Improvement Budget, be prepared for a long and tedious process.

Fuck around and find out. www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...

What exactly is the Saint Paul CIB?

For years people asked me why I kept buying EVs that didn't say "Tesla" on them. Now they are starting to understand.

When it snows I grab the bike lock keys. No traffic, no hassle.

I was going through old pictures and found this one. POV: me biking home from baseball game and this is what I see. It was raining so hard by the time I got home I had trouble keeping my eyes open.

Ticking off boxes on the bucket list I didn’t know I had! Drive convertible on frozen lake—check!

Which of these bike lanes would you actually WANT to ride on? Pictured: Summit Ave (on street bike lane) and Como Ave (off street protected bike lane). Taken same day.

Before rent control was enacted in Saint Paul, I read @blindeke.bsky.social's many excellent write-ups on its implications, AND I actually delved into several of the cited studies. Unfortunately, in the long run, it's shown: rent control (or stabilization) short-term gains can't offset LT downsides.

If MnDOT is so confident that reducing I-94 will lead to "carmageddon," they shouldn't be afraid to let sophisticated, dynamic traffic modeling confirm their gut feelings.

Muddy Udder. That’s a new one but a good one.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I might need to look at getting a larger cargo bike soon! Also, even with a pre-warmed battery it decided not to turn on for the return trip. …That means the lights don’t work either! (Thankfully I had my headlight as a backup.)

I had thought my E-bike worked to 15 below. Turns out it’s 15 above. Problem is that my garage was above 15 so I got a one way ride!

Today on the Wedge LIVE podcast: MnDOT says they will not study removal as one of five options for the future of I-94 despite past official statements saying I-94 is an "atrocity" that should never happen again. Guests: Yasmin Hirsi & Alex Burns of Our Streets MN.

When my cars break or get lemoned, I enjoy trying the oddball suburban transit options.

Old and new!

Electric minivans are pretty cool.

MnDOT is abusing its authority here. Will anything or anyone stop them? Probably not.

Drivers don’t need four wheel drive or massive Jeeps when it snows. Don’t believe the ads. Winter tires! Most importantly, they make every car safer including to other road users. They also make winter driving a heck of a lot of fun.

It's hard not to view traffic modeling through your own lens. But maybe that isn't such a bad thing. For me, if 94 is reduced, I'll chain trips more, work from home more, and use the bike and bus more. That is the very definition of traffic evaporation.

MnDOT analysis shows that I-94 expansion is better for bikes and pedestrians ("meets purpose and need") than replacing with an at-grade boulevard option. Proving that there's nothing that a larger urban freeway can't solve. Or their analysis is cooked.

We've made it folks, you can buy the Minnesota state flag at Menards

St. Paul at a crossroads.

“Dual-mode households (cars & ebikes) can reduce their car use by 19% compared to those solely reliant on cars, particularly affecting shorter trips. This supports households moving to one car and adopting a ‘car light’ lifestyle.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/study-shows-...

We need to stop saying “road safety is a shared responsibility.” Highway engineers, automakers, and policymakers have the power to reduce the sky-high number of US crash deaths. Individual road users don't. My latest in @fastcompany.com 🧵 www.fastcompany.com/91233037/who...

I found an excuse to bike to the North Loop! Awesome vibes here even on a gray windy day!

A "policy advisory committee" of key elected officials that can't vote or have a position on anything? That seems like the ultimate in vacuous placation to me. www.ourstreetsmn.org/2024/11/12/m...