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Category Archives: Non-motorized transportation
Reimagining Woodley Street
Streets belong to you…and me…and everybody else; streets are public spaces – like parks – and might just be our most undervalued and underutilized community resources. Northfield and Rice County are beginning to plan a reconstruction project on Woodley Street and … Continue reading
Dear Mike Obermuller (or your favorite candidate)
Mike Obermuller is running for Congress here in CD2 looking to unseat John Kline. At a campaign event last night, an interesting exchange and opening for new conversation emerged – Dear Mike Obermuller, I enjoyed having the chance to talk … Continue reading
Northfield Bikeable Community Workshop
Northfield should be the sort of city where bicycling makes a lot of sense because it’s small enough to put most destinations within a couple of miles, there are regional trail connections (existing and planned) we have multiple formal and informal cycling groups (lycra-clad road cyclists, off-road, gravel riders, seniors … Continue reading
Posted in Non-motorized transportation, Transportation
Tagged bicycling, BikeNorthfield, streets.mn
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Taming TIGER’s critics in Northfield
See my post on streets.mn… “The elephant in the room when discussing Northfield…is always TH3. Everything I love about Northfield stands in complete opposition to TH3, which seems to only distract from the Northfield experience” commented Rueben Collins of VeloTraffic in … Continue reading
Posted in Council agendas, Non-motorized transportation, Transportation
Tagged streets.mn, TIGER
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Bicycles and political will
Although I still don’t have a bicycle here in England (although I daydream about a certain orange Brompton), there’s bicycle policy news to round up. Back in 2012, I blogged about strict liability for motorists in bicycle/automobile “interactions.” In the … Continue reading
Posted in Land use, Non-motorized transportation, Transportation
Tagged bicycles, Get Britain Cycling, Julian Huppert
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Across the pond, happily
Yes, the blog has been silent of late. I’m now writing from Cambridge, England and it took a bit of time and effort to accomplish the relocation. Worth it, though. Cambridge, like Northfield, is a city of cows and colleges … Continue reading
Thinking about cycling differently
Dorothy Rabinowitz’s video rant about New York City’s bike sharing program may be the most blogged about bit of cycling commentary in recent memory. Let’s just say her statements mark the extreme view of US cycling where bikes simply do … Continue reading
Posted in CIP, Economic development, Land use, Non-motorized transportation
Tagged bicycling
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On the TIGER trail story
Former Council member Noah Cashman made headlines at the June 4th City Council meeting by asserting Northfield’s TIGER trail project is part of a Growth Ponzi Scheme saying he got the term from Strong Towns (KYMN, League of Women Voters). [You can … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, CIP, Council agendas, Non-motorized transportation
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Schools and where to put them
Northfield Middle School tops my list for local planning failures; it “wins” because its location and design shine a bright light on Northfield’s development pattern over the last 25-30 years. There’s a lot to learn from the Middle School. I … Continue reading
Posted in Land use, Non-motorized transportation, Transportation
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Northfield’s Complete Streets policy one of the nation’s best!
Northfield’s Complete Streets policy has been recognized as one of the top 10 policies in the country for 2012 (we ranked #5 out of the 125 Complete Streets policies adopted in the US in 2012). What’s so great about having a Complete Streets … Continue reading
Posted in CIP, Land use, Non-motorized transportation, Transportation
Tagged Complete Streets, Northfield
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