Our Streets is hosting Imagine 6th Avenue North this fall in Near North Minneapolis as part of the campaign to “Bring Back 6th.” The transportation advocacy organization started this event series in 2021 to gather community input on Olson Memorial Highway while celebrating the neighborhood with live music, a small business market, art, and other…
Open Streets Minneapolis™, the highly anticipated event series that closes city streets to motor vehicle traffic, will return to Cedar-Riverside this Sunday, September 13, 2026. The founders of Open Streets MPLS™, Our Streets, are joined by the West Bank Business Association in closing down the intersection of Cedar and Riverside Avenue from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Minneapolis residents to enjoy neighborhood businesses and safe biking, walking and rolling. Attendees can get a glimpse of streets as public spaces and the vibrancy of pedestrian-friendly boulevards at the free, family-friendly event.
After three years, MnDOT will begin a pilot project this fall to incorporate Aesthetic Surface Treatments (ASTs) into the public right of way for the very first time. The location for the pilot demonstration project is at the intersection of MN Highway 55/Olson Memorial Drive and Van White Memorial Boulevard.
On Sunday, June 7, residents and neighbors across the Twin Cities gathered on Lyndale Avenue South for Open Streets Lyndale. The twenty-block stretch from 22nd Street to 42nd Street came alive—and not because of car traffic. Attendees engaged with Our Streets’ advocacy efforts and shared what transportation issues affect their communities and envisioned what a transportation system built for everyone would look like.
Our Streets organized and hosted “Can We Talk? A panel, dinner, and community discussion about the past, present, and future of I-94” at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center and on Thursday, April 16.
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St. Paul residents joyfully gathered for the 94 Stories Time Machine event, where they listened to their neighbors share stories conveying their experiences of living near the I-94 corridor.
Last week, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) announced their virtual Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting on December 9. Open to the public, this meeting will discuss the upcoming public comment period for the Rethinking I-94 project and will have a portion dedicated to public input. This tight turnaround is not conducive to engaging with the communities impacted most by the highway.
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