Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Minnesota

Could Car Share Become a Part of Transit?

By Kea Wilson | Oct 21, 2020 | No Comments

For more than 20 years, U.S. car-sharing services have failed to deliver on the promise of reducing private vehicle ownership at large scale — but an innovative new business model rolling out on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul soon may give the industry the jolt it needs.

Minneapolis-St. Paul is building six new bus rapid transit routes but they may not be finished until 2026 at the earliest.

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Bus Rapid Transit Should Be Built More Rapidly

By Aaron Short | Jan 8, 2020 | No Comments

Why does it take years to install a dedicated bus lane? It only takes a week to put down red paint and tell drivers, "Begone!"

Minnesota is grappling with how to incorporate driverless vehicles onto its roadways.

Minnesota Starts Embracing Self-Driving Cars

By Aaron Short | Aug 27, 2019 | 8 Comments

The state's new strategic transportation plan seeks to prepare Gophers for a driverless future.

Minneapolis transit officials cut overnight service on the Green Line, displacing scores of homeless people.

Transit Agency Cuts Service To Curb Homeless in Minneapolis

By Aaron Short | Aug 19, 2019 | 9 Comments

Minneapolis's transit agency has started shutting down the city's only 24-hour rail line for two hours per night in a move designed to scatter the homeless, but one which has had an impact on working class riders who just want to get home.

Drivers Are More Dangerous Near Women Cyclists

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 1, 2019 | 24 Comments

Research finding that drivers pass women more closely may help explain why women express greater fears about cycling.

Mayors Seek Transit Funds To Fight Climate Change

By Aaron Short | Jul 23, 2019 | 3 Comments

A coalition of mayors wants Congress to declare a "Marshall Plan" against climate change by spending on mass transit to curb air pollution in their cities. The mayors of Atlanta, Honolulu, St. Paul, Pittsburgh, and Portland, Ore., implored senators at a climate hearing on Capitol Hill last week to invest in renewable-energy programs in order to create jobs and fund bus and rail systems, with the goal of weening people off gas-polluting vehicles.

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