Get involved in regional planning
If you’re paying attention, you’ll notice the Metropolitan Council, the Twin Cities regional planning agency, is stirring. They’re getting ready to update the Regional Development Framework. The RDF...
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From Vacant Places to Growing Spaces: Making the Twin Cities a leader in the...
Urban farming is a hot topic right now. From figuring out the policies and politics around backyard beekeeping or chicken rearing, to full-on community garden spaces, there is no denying that urban...
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2/28/12 Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee
The Transportation & Public Works Committee of the Minneapolis City Council is a not-very-interesting meeting where a lot of interesting stuff is talked about. Here is an attempt to add some...
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3/20/12 Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee
You may contain the creek, but you can't control the creek The Transportation & Public Works Committee of the Minneapolis City Council discusses a lot of interesting stuff but seems to either use...
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Baby steps towards a stronger regional plan
©Regents of the University of Minnesota. Used with the permission of the Metropolitan Design Center Have Metropolitan Council members been reading streets.mn? Of course, I’d like to think so, and the...
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The War on Cars
The War on Cars has a long history. Once the story hits NPR, you know it’s real, or maybe the existence of the #WARONCARS hashtag proves it. While the debate continues, I have determined the The War on...
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Questions About the Northeast Metro Water Supply Plan
White Bear Lake. Photo via MPR news In the land of 10,000 lakes, we have a water shortage. According to the Metropolitan Council: “With more than 70 percent of the region’s water supply coming out of...
View ArticleSustainable City Logistics in ʼs-Hertogenbosch
Hat tip to Walker Angell for pointing me to this very interesting video about limiting the number of trucks accessing dense central cities, from Bicycle Dutch. Every year the proud 140,000 inhabitants...
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Chart of the Day: Salt Use by Industry over Time
Here’s a chart from this neat article on the history of salt de-icing on US roads. It all started in New Hampshire, but you can see the growth of de-icing salt (the green line on the chart): As the...
View ArticleNeighborhood Night at Water Bar
Join us for a happy hour open house at Water Bar & Public Studio. Check out this new community space focused on art and sustainability, visit with neighbors, and learn about exciting things...
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Riding the Bus to the Fed Costs Less Than Half as Driving. So Why is the Fed...
Recently, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis proposed the building of an 800-stall parking ramp on land that it bought in April of 2018. The land is currently a 300-stall parking lot that is...
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The New Neighbors
I’m a casual bird watcher. I feed them in my Minneapolis back yard and keep lists of avian visitors there and at the nearby lake. It’s pretty amazing what shows up. My back yard list has 54 species,...
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Threat Modeling and Climate Change
Have you ever looked both ways before crossing a street? The idea has been drilled into our heads since we were children. Drivers pose a significant threat to pedestrians in the United States, so it’s...
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A Climate Emergency Means it’s Time to Stop, Drop and Roll
The City of Minneapolis has declared a climate emergency. What does it mean to be in a state of emergency? If you’re having a health emergency, you ride in an ambulance with sirens blaring. The normal...
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National Links: Is Remote Work Sustainable?
Every day at The Overhead Wire we collect news about cities and send the links to our email list. At the end of the week we take some of the most popular stories and post them to Greater Greater...
View ArticleNational Links: Amazon Bringing Back the Mall?
Every day at The Overhead Wire, we collect news about cities and send the links to our email list. At the end of the week we take some of the most popular stories and post them to Greater Greater...
View ArticleNational Links: Build a Better Lego Bike Lane
Every day at The Overhead Wire, we collect news about cities and send the links to our email list. At the end of the week we take some of the most popular stories and post them to Greater Greater...
View ArticleNational Links: Biodiverse Cities and Transit Construction Costs
Every day, The Overhead Wire collects news about cities and sends the links to our email list. At the end of the week they take some of the most popular stories and post them to Greater Greater...
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Reduce, Reuse and Rental Could Solve a Growing Solid Waste Problem
In December 2022, Reuse Minnesota, a nonprofit association dedicated to working on behalf of repair, resale and rental businesses to promote the reuse economy in Minnesota and beyond, released a...
View ArticleSustainable City Logistics in ʼs-Hertogenbosch
Hat tip to Walker Angell for pointing me to this very interesting video about limiting the number of trucks accessing dense central cities, from Bicycle Dutch. Every year the proud 140,000 inhabitants...
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