Net Density

Net Density is a blog about planning, sustainability, energy and technology from the personal and professional perspective of a planner working and living in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Nov 5
1st Ave Bike Lanes Will Get Plastic Bollards : According to some chatter on the bike blogosphere (bikelosphere?), the 1st Avenue bike lanes will be getting (or perhaps have already gotten) orange plastic bollards to more clearly delineate the bike...
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Nov 4
Beautiful Map of Historic Twin Cities Streetcar Lines : What, no Kennilworth alignment? From City of Lakes Urbanism, a link to Brett McKean’s map of the 1933 streetcar routes in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.  We do still have a lot of this infrastructure, it...
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Oct 29
Dakota County Adopts Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target : Lebanon Hills Visitor Center - A LEED Certified Dakota County Building Dakota County is the first county in Minnesota to complete an greenhouse gas emissions inventory for government operations and ad...
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Oct 29
Attend the first Minneapolis Bicycle Advocacy Meeting : From TC Streets For People and Minneapolis Bike Love: There are several transportation advocacy goups in the metro, but one does not yet exist to represent cyclists of Minneapolis....
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Oct 27
New First Avenue bike lanes poorly designed : The new bike lanes on First Ave in downtown Minneapolis are a complete disappointment and drivers don’t seem to even notice they are there.  The bike lane is much too narrow and the “buffer” between p...
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Oct 27
Southwest LRT Policy Advisory Committee recommends Route 3A : Pedestrian-oriented development along Route 3A On Wednesday, the Policy Advisory Committee for the Southwest LRT project voted to recommend Route 3A, also known as the Kenilworth Alignment.  Ralph Rem...
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