I really shouldn't piggyback and I apologize.
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Sheldon and other avid bikers -- I have a bandwagon I think you'd like to
ride. You are right, NoMi from Wirth Park to the river is very good for
travel, especially for bikers, but ... NE Minneapolis should be part
of that ride, and should have access to the new Overlook. AND NoMi should
have easier access to the Grand Rounds, which NE can offer. Bikers on
both sides need a better bridge across the river.
A NE bike enthusiast, Dan Miller presented an outline and wants to lead a
ride or rides to show what NE has got and how to best connect the NE 18th
Ave. ride to the 26th Ave. North ride. Check here:
https://courtwatch2pac.com/2020/07/20/july-report-part-1/ In case
that does not link clearly, you want the July 2020 report Part 1.
You can have your name added to the list by contacting Dan or me offlist.
An intersection (maybe 2) on 18th NE still is getting improved -- when
that's done, the ride can happen with safe distancing. (I think they're
almost done.)
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> From: Minneapolis Issues Forum <mpls@forums.e-democracy.org> On Behalf Of
> Sheldon Gitis
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> To: Ed Felien <<email obscured>>
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> Subject: [Mpls] Rebuilding the burnt buildings
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> The Midtown Greenway is great for a ride through. If your destination is
> somewhere on Lake Street, it sucks. The railroad trench has very few
> access points, and doesn't get bicycles to and from Lake Street much better
> than it got rail cars from the tracks to the street. Come to think of it,
> there might have been a spur in the tracks that got rail cars to the Sears
> store better than the Greenway gets bikes to the Midtown Global Market.
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> If I'm not mistaken, Lake Street was once a busy, vibrant, commercial
> corridor with just 2 lanes of car traffic. The additional 2 lanes were
> squeezed in by eliminating space for bicycles, pedestrians and transit. If
> you’re serious about the "co-existence" thing, the last thing you want to
> be suggesting is that bicycles should be banned from Lake Street. Bicycles
> are already banned from much, it not most, of the roadway we all pay plenty
> for. The more bikes on the road, and the fewer cars, the better off we all
> will be.
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> Plymouth Avenue, from the river to Wirth Park, is a much, much nicer
> route, for bicyclists, pedestrians, and motorists, with bike lanes and a
> single lane of motor vehicle traffic in each direction, than it was with 4
> lanes of car traffic and no accommodation for bicycles. What happened on
> Plymouth should happen on every other 4-lane idiot road where the traffic
> engineers squeezed 4 lanes into a 2-lane ROW.
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> Roseville
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Sheldon and other avid bikers -- I have a bandwagon I think you'd like to
ride. You are right, NoMi from Wirth Park to the river is very good for
travel, especially for bikers, but ... NE Minneapolis should be part
of that ride, and should have access to the new Overlook. AND NoMi should
have easier access to the Grand Rounds, which NE can offer. Bikers on
both sides need a better bridge across the river.
A NE bike enthusiast, Dan Miller presented an outline and wants to lead a
ride or rides to show what NE has got and how to best connect the NE 18th
Ave. ride to the 26th Ave. North ride. Check here:
https://courtwatch2pac.com/2020/07/20/july-report-part-1/ In case
that does not link clearly, you want the July 2020 report Part 1.
You can have your name added to the list by contacting Dan or me offlist.
An intersection (maybe 2) on 18th NE still is getting improved -- when
that's done, the ride can happen with safe distancing. (I think they're
almost done.)
-----Original Message-----
> From: Minneapolis Issues Forum <mpls@forums.e-democracy.org> On Behalf Of
> Sheldon Gitis
> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 10:02 AM
> To: Ed Felien <<email obscured>>
> Cc: mpls@forums.e-democracy.org
> Subject: [Mpls] Rebuilding the burnt buildings
>
> The Midtown Greenway is great for a ride through. If your destination is
> somewhere on Lake Street, it sucks. The railroad trench has very few
> access points, and doesn't get bicycles to and from Lake Street much better
> than it got rail cars from the tracks to the street. Come to think of it,
> there might have been a spur in the tracks that got rail cars to the Sears
> store better than the Greenway gets bikes to the Midtown Global Market.
>
> If I'm not mistaken, Lake Street was once a busy, vibrant, commercial
> corridor with just 2 lanes of car traffic. The additional 2 lanes were
> squeezed in by eliminating space for bicycles, pedestrians and transit. If
> you’re serious about the "co-existence" thing, the last thing you want to
> be suggesting is that bicycles should be banned from Lake Street. Bicycles
> are already banned from much, it not most, of the roadway we all pay plenty
> for. The more bikes on the road, and the fewer cars, the better off we all
> will be.
>
> Plymouth Avenue, from the river to Wirth Park, is a much, much nicer
> route, for bicyclists, pedestrians, and motorists, with bike lanes and a
> single lane of motor vehicle traffic in each direction, than it was with 4
> lanes of car traffic and no accommodation for bicycles. What happened on
> Plymouth should happen on every other 4-lane idiot road where the traffic
> engineers squeezed 4 lanes into a 2-lane ROW.
>
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> Sheldon Gitis
> Roseville
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