Word on the Streets

Minneapolis police start tracking race demographics during bicycle stops

Last week, the Star Tribune reported that the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is beginning to track race and/or ethnicity of the people they stop. This includes bicyclists and pedestrians.

posted by | September 23, 2016

Blaisdell Protected Bike Lane Open & Making a Difference

There is a new protected bikeway on Blaisdell Ave. S. in my neighborhood and I am ecstatic!

posted by | September 20, 2016

2015 Census shows record biking in Minneapolis!

Biking is up (again) in Minneapolis, according to the latest U.S. Census data. 2015 marked a new bicycle commuter record in Minneapolis with 5% of Minneapolitan workers regularly biking to work. Bike commuting is up 155% in Minneapolis since 2005 and was up 12% from the then-record level in 2014.