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On Tuesday, February 17th, the 2026 Minnesota legislative session officially kicked off after a tense and difficult year in the Twin Cities and across Minnesota. Our Streets’ 2026 policy agenda will continue to address the underlying problems with how we invest in transportation which will help us to build a transportation system that works for everyone in the state of Minnesota.

This year, Our Streets advanced transportation justice in Minnesota in ways that felt both historic and urgently necessary. Across campaigns, coalitions, classrooms, and corridors, we demonstrated what it means for community members—not agencies, not consultants—to define the future of their neighborhoods.

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.

There has been increasing pressure from elected officials, members of the Rethinking I-94 PAC, and the public to restore the at-grade options in the next stage of the project process and to fix flaws in the evaluation process and the criteria used to determine which alternatives are studied.

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.

Last week, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) held two public meetings regarding Olson Memorial Highway. Shortly after, they launched a survey as an engagement tool to understand what improvements community members would like to see for the highway. They have a tight deadline for the survey: it ends Sunday, December 7, at 11:59PM, so…

Over one hundred Twin Cities Boulevard campaign supporters attended the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) public meeting at the Wilder Foundation in Saint Paul on Thursday, November 6. Supporters rallied outside the meeting with speakers and protest signs before entering the building and delivering a community petition with almost 3,000 signatures, asking the agency to…

We’re sad to announce we will not be hosting Imagine Frogtown & Rondo this year due to some unforeseen obstacles. We will be postponing until 2026, so stay tuned.

The event is hosted by Our Streets, a transportation advocacy organization that previously organized Open Streets Minneapolis. Billed as “more than just a block party,” the event aims to gain community input on neighborhood transportation issues.