It's easier to ask "where CAN'T I walk?" An average person walking
at a moderate pace can walk about 3 miles in an hour. That means it
only takes you 5 minutes to cover a quarter mile.
Want to know how to travel the skyways of Downtown Minneapolis? Places where you could easily walk to dinner? Points of interest? You've come to the right place with the Downtown Journal's community map.
Choosing transit as a family When I was young, my grandfather would take me and
my sister on bus rides to the end of the line just for fun! Now I am a parent
making transit work for my family and a transportation policy researcher by profession.
Watch for the first "Bicyclist Use Full Lane" sign on
Marshall Ave in St. Paul. It may look like this. The sign acknowledges how
cyclists can travel more safely on the downhill to the river, and alerts
motorists to give clearance by passing in the left lane. Don't be shy—position your bicycle in the center of the lane and hold your position.
We at the Minneapolis Bike Walk Ambassadors program are a busy bunch! In our two years so far, the Bike Walk Ambassadors have worked with nearly 2000 students and nearly 1000 adults to help them start bicycling and walking more often-with safety and style. And when we show up, it's not some stuffy lecture in a cramped conference room. We get outside and we move around.
We recently sat down with MnDOT's Tim Mitchell and asked him a few questions about his job. For an hour we discussed topics ranging from Mitchell's ideal-world bicycle and pedestrian project priorities, the obstacles and encouraging signs in Minnesota's cultural landscape for bicycling and walking issues, and his strategic priorities for bicycle and pedestrian projects in the future. Tim Mitchell is the Bicycle and Pedestrian Section Director in the Office of Transit at the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
