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Transportation Advisory Board Seeks New Members A board that works with the Metropolitan Council to allocate millions in federal funding to roads, transit and bicycle/pedestrian projects is looking for new members. The Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) has 34 members including city and county representatives, state agencies, people with expertise in transportation and local residents. Find out more…
A pop-up version of the proposed North Minneapolis Greenway is coming to the Jordan and Folwell neighborhoods this fall. The installation is slated to begin by the end of October on a five-block section of Irving Avenue North between Jordan and Folwell parks, which includes a crossing at Lowry Avenue North. Read more about the…
Last week, the Atlantic published an article called The Miracle of Minneapolis which praised the Twin Cities metro area for its success in the areas of education, social mobility, affordable housing, tax policy, and high rates of employment. However, while our region continues to top the charts in terms of how well we are doing…
Last week, the Twin Cities’ five suburban counties held a dramatic meeting to announce concerns about the region’s transportation planning. At the center of the discussion was a list of “common and unique concerns” shared by the suburban counties. To most people, their concerns could be passed off as obscure. But to advocates and those…
Minneapolis will continue to plan and seek money for streetcar lines and bus rapid transit routes aimed at better connecting existing and future transit projects with areas of high poverty and high numbers of transit users. The city will also keep pushing the Metropolitan Council and the state to fund transit improvements that will help…
Over the spring and summer of 2014, the Alliance, in partnership with the City of Minneapolis and 13 neighborhood and community organizations, conducted outreach and engagement along the proposed North Minneapolis Greenway. Partners conducted door knocking and held meetings and events to inform residents about the greenway and to gather input via surveys. A total of…
We would like to announce the release of the Stops for Us video, now available on You Tube. This video celebrates the successful local campaign that led to a change in national transit policy. The addition of 3 station stops along St. Paul’s Central Corridor (now called the Green Line) light rail transit project created a critical transit access…
The Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority and the Metropolitan Council held a joint hearing last Wednesday to hear public testimony on the Southwest Light Rail Transit following changes to the initial plans as a result of a mediated deal between the city of Minneapolis and the Met Council. During the hearing, the Equity Commitments Coalition for SWLRT and…
The Metropolitan Council is following up on requests to build more racial equity into the $1.653 billion Southwest Light Rail Transit project. The Metropolitan Council published documents Monday that show how it will address transit service, land use, jobs, affordable housing and other issues raised in May by the Equity Commitments Coalition for SWLRT, a…
As outreach and engagement activities around the proposed North Minneapolis Greenway continue, residents weigh in on the positive and negative aspects of the concept. This article in the Star Tribune highlights some of the feedback from community members on the project. Read the article >