Hennepin County Bike Plan Hearing March 24
The Hennepin County Board will hear the 2040 Hennepin County Bicycle Transportation Plan on Tuesday, March 24. The plan is quite excellent (summary of draft plan here). Passage will culminate two years of work.
If you are interested in hearing the discussion on the plan, the hearing will be part of the committee discussions, which start at 1:30pm at Hennepin County Gov't Center (300 S 6th Street) in the 24th Floor Board room. We can't say for sure what time the bike plan will be heard Tuesday afternoon.
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Winter Bike to Work Day
Antidote to psychological barrier of riding bikes in inclimate weather
When November came 8 years ago, I just couldn’t get off my bike. Temps were dropping and snow falling, but the thought of parting with my bike for 4 or 5 months was too much to take. I had to start figuring a way to keep riding. It involved lots of trial and error.
Lots of spills and chills. Many moments of doubt about whether this was such a good idea. But I’m still doing it. I’ve learned a lot what barriers there are to riding a bike in MN all year long. There are many practical ones. It can get really, really cold. The streets and trails can be very treacherous at times.
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