A Growing List of Elected Officials Call on MnDOT to Address Flawed Evaluation Process
An open letter to Commissioner Daubenberger outlining demands was sent yesterday. Here’s who signed—and who hasn’t.
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Converting Stretch of I-94 to Boulevard Offers Many Benefits and Provides Sufficient Traffic Capacity, Report Finds
As Minnesota wraps up its warmest winter on record, a new report shows a promising transportation alternative for the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) Rethinking I-94 project, which will determine the future of the 7.5-mile stretch of highway between downtown Minneapolis and downtown Saint Paul.
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Make the Midtown Greenway Accessible for All
Hennepin County is now creating potential design options, which will be released in early 2024. Now is an important time to make your voice heard.Hennepin County is working to improve access to the Midtown Greenway. There is currently no ADA-compliant entrance to the Greenway in the Whittier neighborhood. The county has identified an existing path through the Soo Line Garden, a community garden on land owned by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB), which it intends to adapt into an accessible ramp.
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Ask Minneapolis Decision Makers to Plow the Sidewalks
We are asking City of Minneapolis decision-makers to fully fund a municipal sidewalk plowing program in the 2025 City budget.
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Join us at a community visioning session in Cedar-Riverside on August 5!
Our Streets Minneapolis is partnering with Million Artist Movement and Mixed Blood Theatre to host a community visioning session on the future of I-94 in Cedar-Riverside and Seward.
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Bills have been introduced to study an I-94 boulevard conversion
Bills have been introduced to study the Twin Cities Boulevard. Take action by contacting the Transportation Committee Chairs and requesting that the bills receive a hearing date.
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Tell MPRB to Make Cedar Lake Regional Park Inclusive to All
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is in the final phase of a Cedar Lake/ Lake of the Isles Master Planning Process. The plan will guide the future of Cedar Lake, Lake of the Isles, and surrounding parkland, Dean Parkway, Kenilworth Channel, and a portion of the Cedar Lake Regional Trail for the next 20 to 30 years.
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Update: Ask state legislators to study the Twin Cities Boulevard!
We are asking state legislators to support a feasibility study to evaluate a highway-to-boulevard conversion of I-94 in between Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
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ACTION ALERT: Ask MnDOT to include the Twin Cities Boulevard in the upcoming project options!
MnDOT is now designing the project options for Rethinking I-94 and will reveal unveil them in 2023.
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Reconnecting Communities Grant Update
Update on grant application plans for the City of Minneapolis, City of Saint Paul and MnDOT
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