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Source: City of Minneapolis Crime Dashboard https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2024/6/21/urbanism-alternatives monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2024/2/7/new-timberwolves-lynx-downtown-arena monthly 0.5 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/60f015ea-3c9f-4003-9a70-ad85bdb4d970/NewWolvesArena_Annotated-01.jpg Blog - One Stone, Two Birds: A Transformative Stroke For Downtown Minneapolis - Make it stand out An annotated plan for Target Center 2.0. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2024/1/23/local-retail-uptown-grand-ave monthly 0.5 2024-03-29 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2023/12/27/optimistic-about-minneapolis-minnesota monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2023/11/06/two-types-rent-control-stabilization monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2023/9/the-short-and-long-view-of-downtown-minneapolis25 monthly 0.5 2026-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/9f693d3e-917c-414a-b743-d22f5a71ed03/IDS_3-2.jpg Blog - The Short And Long View of Downtown Minneapolis - Make it stand out The 9-5 workday downtown of the past brought growth and development in the latter half of the 20th century, but it’s not the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/84de3346-3404-4922-b71b-6dc3a2e8c838/IMG_8020.jpg Blog - The Short And Long View of Downtown Minneapolis - Make it stand out Some parts of downtown, like the Mill District, have been thriving in the 21st century. But that vitality hasn’t always spread to other corners. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2023/9/8/big-brother-muddling-through monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/18e00b13-92a5-4b70-a96b-6e4ec1404c0c/IMG_2846.jpg Blog - Big Brother Is Muddling Through - Make it stand out Rarely is the question asked; is our governments learning? https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2023/4/21/minnesota-is-not-california monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/84cf8966-1023-4827-86e2-00b2b6d6ee2e/1_2320colfax.jpg Blog - Minnesota is not California - Make it stand out Construction of ADUs and small multi-family buildings in Minneapolis and St. Paul adds supply comparable to constructing one additional building like this one every year. (Credit: Lander Group) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/a5bcb59d-fc52-44b3-afdf-717687d8d9f1/1_Z_BA.JPG Blog - Minnesota is not California - Make it stand out Zillow results from the San Francisco Bay Area. Every purple dot represents an apartment available for less than $1,000/mo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/9b1290a1-8ab1-4a3d-b9be-edcb3d7a6f8f/1_Z_MSP.JPG Blog - Minnesota is not California - Make it stand out Zillow results from the Twin Cities. Every purple dot represents an apartment available for less than $1,000/mo. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2023/2/14/reformer-response-defenders-of-bad-faith-environmental-lawsuits-must-see-forest-for-the-trees monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2023/1/19/reformer-2040-plan-ruling monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2022/12/21/how-to-make-better-arguments-before-the-planning-commission monthly 0.5 2026-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/3ac9c7dd-5195-48c4-8078-66aac2cc8805/1_SonsOfNorway.JPG Blog - How To Make Better Arguments Before The Planning Commission (Or Similar Bodies) - Make it stand out A lot of neighborhood opposition couldn’t stop the Sons of Norway from redeveloping their own property for housing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/837c487a-0271-427c-b30e-5174db40d491/01_Nyes.JPG Blog - How To Make Better Arguments Before The Planning Commission (Or Similar Bodies) - Make it stand out Neighborhood opposition helped get the Nye’s development scaled down from a tower, but it was never going to actually save the Nye’s building itself. Instead, the new design was probably enough of a win for everyone that people could come away satisfied. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2022/8/22/small-multi-family-housing-program monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/c0d5a5be-328c-4e0c-a15b-ee9a2a90dddd/1_triplex_schematic.jpg Blog - How Minneapolis Could Become A Missing Middle Housing Factory - Make it stand out An example schematic of a 3 bed, 2 bath, family unit with 1,250 square feet. (Credit: Bruce Brunner) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/e8f76e22-c66b-451b-b056-12948cff6506/1_MPHA.JPG Blog - How Minneapolis Could Become A Missing Middle Housing Factory - Make it stand out Through standardized designs, the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority created a lower-cost four and sixplex program for multiple sites. 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Data source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/b5b7b692-34d7-4bd4-b631-46cc0789ea4d/1_SmallHouses-02.jpg Blog - The Reality and Myth of the Minneapolis 2040 Plan - Make it stand out Housing starts in 2-4 units buildings in Minneapolis and St. Paul combined from 2000-2022. Data source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/0e536925-2646-4d1c-b7be-5852410205ce/1_MplsDrone.jpg Blog - The Reality and Myth of the Minneapolis 2040 Plan - Make it stand out Minneapolis is neither booming nor busting. And that’s fine. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2022/3/23/fundamental-problems-free-transit-fares monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/7f95aa04-54f7-4ca5-8a1e-42898e8b6758/1_MetroTransit_Fares.PNG Blog - The Fundamental Problems With Free Transit - Make it stand out Metro Transit’s 2020 budget forecast 18% of total revenue coming from fares, almost equivalent to the amount of direct state funding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/053b706d-3989-4f86-82dc-82789fa6a270/1_MUNI_Survey.PNG Blog - The Fundamental Problems With Free Transit - Make it stand out Lower fares didn’t even make the top eight improvements prioritized by MUNI riders in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/542bb6ef-556a-44cb-9943-3506ca108668/1_WMATA_Survey.PNG Blog - The Fundamental Problems With Free Transit - Make it stand out WMATA bus riders prioritized better service over changes to fare policy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/032912bc-c67c-41da-b556-71adebea0a9e/1_OrangeLine.jpg Blog - The Fundamental Problems With Free Transit - Make it stand out There are major operational benefits when riders pay before boarding or after boarding and not while boarding. The bus station shown above has fare readers at the station to make this possible. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2022/2/10/msp-transit-after-2030-downtown-tunnel-midtown monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/5ba6fbf5-7e72-4230-8fc3-1ccd212abdd9/IMG_0413.JPG Blog - The METRO System After 2030: Two Big Ideas - Make it stand out Pre-pandemic, demand for light rail trains would meet the FTA’s threshold for being “at capacity” during peak hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/9b831dd4-87e2-46f5-922a-efed417ec6eb/MSP2040_Tunnel-03.jpg Blog - The METRO System After 2030: Two Big Ideas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/d86f55f3-0f01-4145-aaf7-20eeb3c7a828/11.JPG Blog - The METRO System After 2030: Two Big Ideas - Make it stand out Why not Minneapolis? (Illustration from this great book) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/3818642d-2bac-458c-8b30-db97d2e52df6/MSP2040_Midtown-02.jpg Blog - The METRO System After 2030: Two Big Ideas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/93ef08f1-b969-4f96-943a-a2edb553ce9c/MidtownWest-01.jpg Blog - The METRO System After 2030: Two Big Ideas - Make it stand out Two options for routing Midtown transit either north or south of West Lake Station, along with possible station locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/8ee6a504-af51-4cba-9de5-65ad39f57de8/MidtownEast-01.jpg Blog - The METRO System After 2030: Two Big Ideas - Make it stand out Four main options, with a fifth alternate alignment, for routing the Midtown Corridor to the east of Lake Street Station, along with hypothetical station locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/e0672aa0-e594-4c2c-938a-0ff0f14f48da/1_MSP_2040.jpg Blog - The METRO System After 2030: Two Big Ideas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2022/2/9/msp-transit-metro-2030-three-proposed-changes monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/a7ad6b45-0a5f-4054-84b2-1ecf160664a1/MSP_2030.jpg Blog - The METRO System In 2030: Three Proposed Changes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/b84e9a19-6c3e-4282-a292-4db0dd6fbc6c/1_PinkLine-03.jpg Blog - The METRO System In 2030: Three Proposed Changes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/53621b13-6ca2-4adf-8f7f-d6e9b1c9a166/1_BloomCedar-01.jpg Blog - The METRO System In 2030: Three Proposed Changes - Make it stand out Both Bloomington and Cedar run through areas of South Minneapolis that are not currently planned to be in the 1/2 mile walkshed of north-south METRO system service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/be48d131-f066-4d2c-9f2c-72438cbb0380/1_FLine_Ridership.jpg Blog - The METRO System In 2030: Three Proposed Changes - Make it stand out Ridership, (represented by the red circles) falls off north of 53rd Street. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/12/30/the-importance-of-plans monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/11/10/reflections-progressive-urbanist-council-minneapolis monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/10/18/downtown-st-paul-streetscapes monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1634159238230-3K7TXWMCEB98K6P6U7OO/1_Good.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown St. Paul Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1634229980157-Q2HRFUUFAPQYZXGQACWE/1_Bad.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown St. Paul Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1634229833879-KIF2X6HOBK3HYWKJGIVL/1_NewStuff.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown St. Paul Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1634229945881-3T57C04B5JT146PEPJVK/1_BadStuff.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown St. Paul Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1634229890619-S4JTMEJ1544W30YS9FD3/1_NoGoZones.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown St. Paul Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1634229923462-GAALMJDPLNZ2N1Y1HDJ8/DowntownStpStreetfront.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown St. Paul Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/9/27/downtown-minneapolis-streetscapes monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1632762093070-7E3EM3JTDAILHH56E8OB/1_Good.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown Minneapolis Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1632837251346-NTEVMSZA49SX5YET6CO7/1_Bad.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown Minneapolis Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1632837180956-XO1ALPWSBZP1Q8EA9V9N/1_NewStuff.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown Minneapolis Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1632837218221-PY7B3AHM2GT8BKISO37F/1_BadStuff.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown Minneapolis Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1632836914989-16HT9EH7GTPC7GHCHL51/DowntownMplsStreetfront.jpg Blog - The State Of Downtown Minneapolis Streetscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/8/9/conservative-zoning monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1630814138673-5VFABSYGELGZIYJYB389/1_Hellier.PNG Blog - What Is The Conservative Position On Zoning? - Make it stand out When you’re having a normal one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1630814026874-NZ4AI0XNX3ENTK461X97/1_Zoning_1.jpg Blog - What Is The Conservative Position On Zoning? - Make it stand out This traditional American neighborhood (in Providence, RI) was built without a lot of government regulation with a wide variety of sizes and shapes of housing and commercial uses. Conservatives don’t really live here, but the liberals who do rely on conservative tools to maintain it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1630814370008-HSNGMFMMJA33ONR75JGQ/2_Zoning.JPG Blog - What Is The Conservative Position On Zoning? - Make it stand out Progressive language giving cover to a conservative viewpoint. In this case, the signs argue that this communities should be able to dictate who lives in it, but instead of inveighing against an invasion by the poor, they attack an invasion by the rich. (In reality, this specific proposed development contains affordable housing.) https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/4/29/how-cities-change monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1627506216316-DEHM42M7578OFDP3SJ2W/1_Change2.jpg Blog - How Cities Change Pictured: Safe streets advocates (left) appealing to Hennepin County engineers (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1619814342349-MVL90ZU9NUUTB80DP1RV/1_Change3.jpeg Blog - How Cities Change How NIMBYs in SoHo recently portrayed the impacts of a proposed rezoning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1619814594464-JYCRDRZEY60PDQNR7119/1_Change4.jpg Blog - How Cities Change The world if only we all listened to Strong Towns. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/6/3/zba-48th-chester-poop-building monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/5/17/dont-overthink-parking-minimums monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1621281857751-0S61TPE83OXREYP9J8SL/2_Parking.jpg Blog - Car Parking Minimums Are Bad, Don’t Overthink Getting Rid Of Them - Make it stand out City Club Apartments is a newish residential building in downtown Minneapolis with no dedicated resident parking. (Photo Source: BKV Group) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1621280991139-4LKMF3GEBGU5EYGJM9TU/1_Parking.JPG Blog - Car Parking Minimums Are Bad, Don’t Overthink Getting Rid Of Them - Make it stand out Parking minimums are disasters for urban design and the climate. Why risk requiring outcomes like this? https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/3/11/three-predictions-about-post-covid-cities monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1616101655364-K0BMUZQ1PIYY1ZR5THA7/0.JPG Blog - Some Relatively Optimistic Predictions About Post-COVID Cities People will still want to come to Thrivent’s brand new office building in Downtown East in the future. Probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1616101581017-8G5XN1CS53S9ZIZY15FP/1.JPG Blog - Some Relatively Optimistic Predictions About Post-COVID Cities Are workers and employers going to choose to places like Bloomington’s South Loop if one alternative is a home office? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1616524932799-YKB21FRU2TNPSC8XSC27/4_PostPandemic.jpg Blog - Some Relatively Optimistic Predictions About Post-COVID Cities People wanted to live in homes like these before the pandemic too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1616525063424-60UJ4LGE1GI9OU5I4UI1/5_PostPandemic.JPG Blog - Some Relatively Optimistic Predictions About Post-COVID Cities Transit agencies will need to fight for a post-pandemic future if they want to succeed. It won’t be easy, but it’s far preferable to accepting a paradigm of managed decline. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/2/12/five-takeaways-from-ten-years-of-minneapolis-planning-commission-approvals monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1613441432637-PHSV34V6AC8BLU8JW6RO/6_Approvals+By+Ward_Small.jpg Blog - Five Takeaways From Ten Years of Minneapolis Planning Commission Approvals Cumulative units approved per ward (2011-2020). Totals are all true to their boundaries as of this writing, which were redrawn after the 2010 census. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1614177571131-NXKGFLDCQLEGKY95LY8H/8_Downtown+and+Outside_Small.jpg Blog - Five Takeaways From Ten Years of Minneapolis Planning Commission Approvals Cumulative number of units approved outside downtown and inside downtown (2011-2020). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1613441524072-COIGXH03WXQODOUD0B38/7_Parking+Ratio_Small.jpg Blog - Five Takeaways From Ten Years of Minneapolis Planning Commission Approvals Ratio of car parking to housing units (2011-2020). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1613442986920-OQ22AYNRN32XOZ37PXQA/9_All+Proposals_Small.jpg Blog - Five Takeaways From Ten Years of Minneapolis Planning Commission Approvals Every development proposal in Minneapolis from 2011-2020, plotted with housing units on the X axis and car parking spaces on the Y axis. Significant developments are specifically noted. Full disclosure, one development, “The Legacy” condominium project near Gold Medal Park, would’ve broken the aesthetics of the graph if it had been included. It has 374 units of housing and 686 car parking spaces. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/1/18/five-takeaways-forty-years-twin-cities-development monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1613950390739-4CZV1774S85FLAHD6375/1_MSP+Total+Starts_Small.jpg Blog - Five Takeaways From Forty-One Years of Twin Cities Housing Development Total housing starts in the MSP Metro (1980-2020). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1613950426212-6J172H93M9Q879LADEV8/2_Core+Cities+Total+Starts_Small.jpg Blog - Five Takeaways From Forty-One Years of Twin Cities Housing Development Total housing starts in Minneapolis and St. Paul combined (1980-2020). Total housing starts for the MSP metropolitan region are shown in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1613951754193-NPWD1U5GI4TAH1PAUGOJ/3_MF+and+CC_Small.jpg Blog - Five Takeaways From Forty-One Years of Twin Cities Housing Development The percentage of housing starts in the MSP metro in multi-family buildings and in the core cities (1980-2020). The dotted lines show the average up to 2011, and the average from 2012 onwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1613951725183-KP9915454AZU1FAZPDWA/4_Mpls+and+Stp+Starts_Small.jpg Blog - Five Takeaways From Forty-One Years of Twin Cities Housing Development Housing starts in both Minneapolis and St. Paul shown cumulatively (2001-2020). The total for Minneapolis builds on top of the total for St. Paul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1613951779848-BL8FE2R29B0DIIWG1XDZ/5_Small+MF+Starts_Small.jpg Blog - Five Takeaways From Forty-One Years of Twin Cities Housing Development Cumulative housing starts in 2-4 unit buildings (2001-2020). The total for Minneapolis builds on top of the total for St. Paul. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2021/1/7/preserve-future-climate-not-past-historic monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1610318374172-2TKRO0QY97XT1NSPE21E/1_DolphinStaffing.JPG Blog - Preserve The Future, Not Just The Past Minneapolis’ Dolphin Staffing Building. Source: Google https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1610322260593-PYR69141EZOMFYNYZIHX/2_UMNFraternity.JPG Blog - Preserve The Future, Not Just The Past Should we care about this? Source: HPC submission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1610326803745-VAKU7L5A03XYY1Y4THYY/3_LakeCottage.JPG Blog - Preserve The Future, Not Just The Past Should it be much more difficult to build a different building here? Source: HPC submission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1610408042516-LIZ71G3AAATQ0VAAUA7D/4_UnderstandingCarbon.jpg Blog - Preserve The Future, Not Just The Past Carbon emissions from buildings makes up a heavy chunk of society’s emissions. Source: Shanska, via Architect Magazine https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2020/10/16/mndot-on-main-street monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1607876524352-QHSHD5ZD8LTJN4F6PX55/1_Biwabik.JPG Blog - What MnDOT Can Learn From Main Street A rendering from the MnDOT project in Biwabik. Image: MnDOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1607876567256-95LDTR6ZCJ3EZAQS5QIY/2_Perham.JPG Blog - What MnDOT Can Learn From Main Street Trunk Highway 10 conspicuously avoids cutting through the downtown of Perham, leaving it intact and thriving. Image: Google Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1607876736090-TW0FTOAWU6WX1EEIXI9E/3_PAWS.JPG Blog - What MnDOT Can Learn From Main Street MnDOT’s draft pedestrian plan identifies priority areas for walking (PAWS). Image: MnDOT. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2020/8/5/transit-planning-order-of-operations monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1598155421845-Y2I9W09TEJBRRIQXDUOJ/UniversityOfDallasStation1.JPG Blog - A Transit Planning Order of Operations DART's University of Dallas Station is on the left. The University is on the right, across the highway. See for yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1598128697504-K9EWYBBQBU3PIKP0H3KB/DenverRLine1.JPG Blog - A Transit Planning Order of Operations Google Streetview of RTD’s Iliff Station, with a highway on one side and acres of nothing on the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1598128000091-6G6QWV8AGWK1XAKXW90I/TucsonStreetcar1.JPG Blog - A Transit Planning Order of Operations Politicians and planners beware. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2020/4/5/a-unique-opportunity-for-minneapolis-north-loop-viaducts monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1586113592641-01D4FI7YQVPOFU2DLPEU/Viaduct_Under.JPG Blog - A Unique Opportunity For Minneapolis' North Loop Viaducts This sucks. But it doesn’t have to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1586109212583-QLIFCJ8C17PTTE7VP0QQ/ViaductPark.png Blog - A Unique Opportunity For Minneapolis' North Loop Viaducts The viaduct park and redevelopment, sometime in a more enlightened future.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1586122801472-S7ITPSAYWXL36PRTRCUS/Rendering1_FINAL.jpg Blog - A Unique Opportunity For Minneapolis' North Loop Viaducts Why not? https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/close-ayd-mill-road-st-paul monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1582056200281-CGQ5KHW5JF9D0MTWUH0O/Greenway.JPG Blog - The Potholes And Potential Of Saint Paul's Ayd Mill Road What Ayd Mill Road will not look like, under the revised proposal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1582055877559-S1BISGCVJS5VRFM11KBR/AMR.JPG Blog - The Potholes And Potential Of Saint Paul's Ayd Mill Road The most expensive minute of time savings in America? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1582056086528-N1RUAYD1JYXA2N5OHB8D/HighLine.JPG Blog - The Potholes And Potential Of Saint Paul's Ayd Mill Road It’s become a cliché that every city around the world now wants to build their own High Line. Every city except Saint Paul, apparently. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2020/1/4/bus-lanes-now-for-downtown-minneapolis monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1578177857853-EGQ17KP3B1XOMW8L5V8I/LocalBuses_Mpls-01.png Blog - Bus Lanes Now For Downtown Minneapolis What a network of local-serving bus lanes could look like in downtown Minneapolis, with two paths in each direction forming a “#”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1582411278432-XGALG0S1PUBAPAL4GB1O/CommuterBuses_Mpls-01.png Blog - Bus Lanes Now For Downtown Minneapolis What a network of commuter-serving bus lanes could look like in downtown Minneapolis, with the central commuter busway bracketed by paths to the interstate highways, forming an "I.” In 2021, with the opening of the Orange Line, 12th Street would carry buses in both directions, while a temporary bus lane on 11th would be made into a protected bikeway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1582411445857-9SLEGBPHSNHF8F2SGRM1/AllBus-01.png Blog - Bus Lanes Now For Downtown Minneapolis What a full network of bus lanes could look like in downtown Minneapolis. Commuter and local bus services are slightly differentiated by color. Click here for the full size version. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2020/1/4/how-msp-can-become-a-transit-city-in-one-decade monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/mndot-vmt-decarbonize monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1569627250857-75SWXTBCUJW7G7TAHR30/Emissions_Reductions_MN.JPG Blog - To Decarbonize Transportation, MnDOT Needs To Challenge Itself To Reduce VMT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1569627307828-1P0XKGWM33Q2IB56SQQZ/MN_Emissions_Profile.JPG Blog - To Decarbonize Transportation, MnDOT Needs To Challenge Itself To Reduce VMT https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2019/7/27/building-a-network-of-rapid-buses-how-to-serve-northeast-minneapolis monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564265343957-YNDV510M5BP6VNSXMCQP/QLine.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — How To Serve Northeast Minneapolis The proposed Q Line route, highlighted in red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564265432335-H9TPQOIPO8O2PI6XJ2EM/NEMpls11.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — How To Serve Northeast Minneapolis Route #11 mainly on 2nd St NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564265503556-O7PX2EJWR301M9KLJK01/NEMpls17.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — How To Serve Northeast Minneapolis Route #17, mainly on Washington St NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564265554365-64JMHQOXPHXPZDK5TBWW/RidersStopBusNEMpls.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — How To Serve Northeast Minneapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564265667703-QRAJS7ZXRAHH4Z6XSAET/HennU.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — How To Serve Northeast Minneapolis The Hennepin-University intersection could be served by four rapid bus routes in the future. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2019/7/27/building-a-network-of-rapid-buses-a-future-network monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564263380238-ZGOE76DSLEIXNDI97P11/20_aBRT-01.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — A Future Network https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2019/7/27/building-a-network-of-rapid-buses-evaluating-the-corridors monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564265793697-AZT1SSRLE6I0VGEO58A3/AreasOfPoverty.png Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — Evaluating the Corridors A map of areas of concentrated poverty in the Twin Cities metro. Serving riders from these areas could be an important goal of aBRT expansion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564262154863-HB49JR6J8A558V603IFG/aBRT_TotalRiders2.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — Evaluating the Corridors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564262206948-ULUH91GQ4YWH5A8QC7T5/aBRT_TotalRiders_ACP2.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — Evaluating the Corridors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564262230696-Y1M546VV7XA9PC9PQ8QG/aBRT_Riders_Stop.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — Evaluating the Corridors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564262266924-00BADQCPL53O7VGL9PTE/aBRT_Riders_Bus.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — Evaluating the Corridors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564262290257-X1BRXM0ZJ7MOIQD3T3K9/aBRT_Riders_Stop_Bus.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — Evaluating the Corridors https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2019/7/27/building-a-network-of-rapid-buses-the-universe-of-alternatives monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564266077837-TKF0D7ZIRP5ZH7K7LF28/aBRT_S_MPLS2.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — The Universe of Alternatives South Minneapolis. The underlying grid provides the scale. Each line represents a quarter-mile, so two boxes equals a half-mile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564266154045-Y27J9CVYXIVMHJ7FR5G7/aBRT_N_MPLS2.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — The Universe of Alternatives North Minneapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564266112871-KPXTBQSIEVPNED8TI5OY/aBRT_W_STP.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — The Universe of Alternatives West(ern) St. Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564260936453-KRCU2ARLCQM1E06PN4LZ/aBRT_E_STP5.jpg Blog - Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — The Universe of Alternatives East St. Paul https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/inquirer-op-ed-zoning-climate monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2019/7/27/the-riverview-modern-streetcar-is-still-not-good-transit monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564266618996-H0IIQSC365BPU8TS7ZVS/RiverviewTransit_LRTvStreetcar.jpg Blog - The Riverview Modern Streetcar Is Still Not Good Transit A chart from the pre-project study. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564266568696-351OVMUPBCX3PFR1T9W0/StreetcarTucson.jpg Blog - The Riverview Modern Streetcar Is Still Not Good Transit A streetcar in Tucson, AZ. In this case, it’s the streetcar blocking other vehicles. Photo by the author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564266544614-IZE6OI9GE9ZGMINC9851/StreetcarDC.jpg Blog - The Riverview Modern Streetcar Is Still Not Good Transit The DC streetcar connects to nothing, it is a transit orphan. Photo by the author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1564266498120-95JK9A6WV3ZIW4P6PY92/StreetcarPortland.jpg Blog - The Riverview Modern Streetcar Is Still Not Good Transit A streetcar in Portland, OR. Photo by the author. Small stations are easier to install, but less useful in the long run. Photo by the author. https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/abrt-network monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1535929153764-VAU4GVPPUKBK3NWGFPYM/aBRTCorridors.JPG Blog - Towards a Network Of Rapid Buses Screenshot taken from the 2018 aBRT program update presentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1535929203689-GZEUU6ZSQM5XQ80NIN1T/transitways_poverty_edits.jpg Blog - Towards a Network Of Rapid Buses Credit: Peter Bajurny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1535929284164-66E8B9YQFX20BT9KDTFU/alinebus.JPG Blog - Towards a Network Of Rapid Buses Photo by the author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1535928863387-B6V391YJVE81KNZZH6XX/abrt_future_msp.jpg Blog - Towards a Network Of Rapid Buses https://alex-schieferdecker.squarespace.com/blog/2018/7/30/housing-crisis-affordable-housing-housing-affordability monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5866982959cc6829cf240565/1533002145380-LB6HT7QY00Q224T9URJO/TweetYglesias.JPG Blog - 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