As seen elsewhere on socials, #LAGalaxy fans at their game vs #MNUFC last night with another show of solidarity via tifo: "you have friends in this galaxy", with the sign of the Rebel Alliance, a nod to the Loons' supporters display of the Rebel Loon and Andor-insipired "we have friends everywhere"

Guardian reports from Baldwin, WI: "The girl has rarely gone outside and wakes up in the night, crying for her mother, but it’s impossible to explain to such a young child why she isn’t there" www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The Federal Transit Administration released its annual report on new transit projects to fund. The report recommends a total of just $1.2 b for existing & new projects, a massive reduction from previous years. The federal role in funding new transit projects is being decimated.

This looks like a complicated chart, but in fact it's some of the simplest and best news imaginable: batteries are quickly turning night into noon. Worth a read if I say so myself open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

One of the first salient political issues for my 6-year-old is the fact that the PBS Kids app no longer supports game downloads due to funding cuts

Hilarious how for years serious people have said that you can't rely on renewables because they are prone to disruptions in supply www.ft.com/content/19f1...

Zero emissions buses accounted for just 6% of the US bus market in Q1 2025 theicct.org/publication/...

Senator Tina Smith also took the green line! #nokings

"....by coming together, serving one another, and dancing even when we’re sad. By moving our bodies, by letting trauma not stay locked up inside of us.” Read about him, then head to the flagship #NoKings rally in St. Paul today to hear the band in person: www.carleton.edu/voice/storie...

I wrote about three great tricks for saving money on gas. See if you can guess what they are. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

Federal regs and company practice largely define AV "safety" as AVs not running into things. So when AVs get confused, they stop and call home. To the Philippines. If this were rare, it would be a nuisance. At scale, it's capacity loss, like removing a freeway lane - or rail line - from your city

Heading to "No Kings" rally at the State Capitol on Saturday, or aiming to avoid it? Green Line stops at Rice Street/Capitol. B Line goes to John Ireland/Marshall. And yes, the Boss will be in town. Mr. Springsteen, to you! www.twincities.com/2026/03/25/s... AND www.metrotransit.org/know-before-...

The Allianz Field debut of James Rodriguez #MNUFC

Taking Metro Transit to a Minnesota United FC game is easy and affordable! Find your best way to ride at metrotransit.org/allianz-field

We’ve lost all concept of this, but government services are not supposed to be profit making enterprises. government services are not publicly traded corporations. They are, and I can’t stress this enough, government services

Tips For Saving On Gas https://theonion.com/tips-for-saving-on-gas/

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 rarely use my little platform here for my job, but managing all that as well as running standwithmn is pushing me to ask for help. Last week, we launched a campaign called MN vs. Big Oil. We are looking for stories of how Minnesotans have been impacted by the costs of the climate crisis.

Photos from a post-blizzard walk around Minneapolis. Funny to think that just last Sunday it was warm enough for hanging out on patios with friends.

The Loons have never lost a match by 6 in the MLS era

In honor of the Oscars

Go Loons! #mnufc

Thank you for your patience as we deal with snowy road conditions and clearing train and bus stations. Stay up-to-date with schedule changes or alerts here: https://www.metrotransit.org/alerts Don't forget, this Wednesday, March 18, is Transit Employee Appreciation Day! Stay safe out there!

I braved the storm to visit Sun Street for their penultimate Sunday. One of those neighborhood businesses we saw when house hunting a decade ago and thought “wouldn’t it be great to be within walking distance?” And it has been—we’ll miss it.

A great night at the @minnesotaorchestra.org, especially with the Orange Line steps away to take us home

Every year, half the seats on the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committees are open for appointment/reappointment! In addition to at-large seats, the PAC has open seats from Wards 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, and 13, while the BAC has open seats from Wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8. More info:

To get service updates before heading out this weekend, riders are encouraged to: - Sign up for text/e-mail Rider Alerts at https://www.metrotransit.org/alertsregister - Follow us for updates on social media - Visit our website at metrotransit.org

"Every methodologically sound study of U.S. speed camera systems has found reductions in deaths, injuries, crashes and speeds. Not most studies. All of them. Severe and fatal crashes at camera locations drop 19% to 56%. No study found an increase in crash rates."

Sunset over Cloud City

Happy post-7pm sunset season

1/The failure to investigate Renee Good’s death at all is ongoing scandal. The independent autopsy suggests that Renee Good was still alive after the first shot; it was the third shot that killed her, www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news....

TRIANTIS from distance.

Wow Triantis…

how it feels taking public transit rn

Congrats to Rep. @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social and family, who biked to the hospital last week and came back with baby Hans. Here's what she told me about the ride:

Read @adamserwer.bsky.social on elite impunity. IMO this is the biggest issue in US politics, the one that underlies all others. It gets too little discussion, because discourse is so heavily governed by precisely the elites who favor the impunity, but beneath the surface, pressure is building.

News www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Loon’s win!!

Season-opening tifo at Allianz Field #MNUFC

In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.

I was going to bring the Saint Paul Liberation Front flag to the Loons game tomorrow but was told it was banned for being “divisive.” It is “political” and “violent.” …

Yet another good reason to take public transit to the game tomorrow! If you do drive, leave plenty of time. Parking around Allianz is going to be rough at best.

Riding Through the Thick of It. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Interested in this--the important piece seems to be that the range impacts of cold weather on BEBs seem to be decreasing as time goes on. But! Mandatory 15-min dwell time to recharge at the end of a route, or midday return to garage, are *major* operational inefficiencies. grist.org/transportati...

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIXED FEELINGS?

Proposals show 141 or 215 new parking spaces for a site that is: - adjacent to B Line at Lake & Nicollet - 1 block from Orange Line at 35W & Lake St - adjacent to Route 18 returned to Nicollet (proposed K Line Arterial BRT) - adjacent to protected bikeway on 1st Ave - 1 block from Midtown Greenway

Meet the Toolcat 🐈 Minneapolis Public Works is using it to keep sidewalks safe this winter.

NEW: Six out of ten new EU city buses were zero-emission in 2025, led by four countries where 100% of new buses were battery-electric: Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia & Latvia. That’s a huge leap from just 12% in 2019 when the EU adopted the Clean Vehicles Directive. 🧵⤵️