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Save Twin Cities Boulevard
The Minnesota Department of Transportation intends to remove at-grade boulevard options from consideration for Rethinking I-94. Take action to keep the Twin Cities Boulevard vision alive.December 20, 2024
Ask MnDOT to Apply for Asphalt Art Grant
In 2023, we asked the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to apply for a Bloomberg Philanthropies asphalt art grant for the Olson Memorial Highway & Van White Boulevard intersection. Although the City of Minneapolis expressed support for asphalt art on Olson, because MnDOT owns the right-of-way, MnDOT needed to approve the project. They failed to apply…
Twin Cities Boulevard Left Out of Reconnecting Communities Federal Funding
Supporters Are Surprised, Questioning Whether MnDOT is to Blame The Friday before Christmas Eve, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) confirmed its plans to eliminate the two at-grade boulevard options from the Rethinking I-94 project despite those options scoring highest in the agency’s own community survey. Our Streets, the transportation organization advocating for this innovative…
In Review: Progress Made, Momentum Built, and Looking Ahead
As the year draws to a close, we are taking a moment to reflect on the remarkable journey we’ve been on in 2023. It has been a year of challenges, triumphs, and, most importantly, progress in our mission to make our streets places where people can easily and comfortably walk, bike, roll, and use public transit.
MnDOT’s Sham Process to Rebuild I-94
How is it possible for MnDOT to use these same metrics to justify removing the boulevard options from further consideration in the Rethinking I-94 process? The truth is that MnDOT is using the same playbook used by departments of transportation across the country to justify the building and expansion of highways.
MnDOT Plans on Eliminating Boulevard Options, Ignoring Elected Officials and Community
The agency plans on formally announcing just weeks before the US DOT will announce Reconnecting Communities federal grant recipients. We were alerted by members of the Rethinking I-94 Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) that MnDOT plans to remove the boulevard (called at-grade A & B) project options from further consideration for the project. This decision will…
Save Twin Cities Boulevard
The Minnesota Department of Transportation intends to remove at-grade boulevard options from consideration for Rethinking I-94. Take action to keep the Twin Cities Boulevard vision alive.
Ask Minnesota Legislators to Pass the Highway Justice Act
The Minnesota Highway Justice Act would create a nation-leading law to protect communities impacted by highways. The Highway Justice Act would:
Calls for Request for Proposals
Our Streets is releasing a request for proposals (RFP) for technical partners to assist in developing the Bring Back 6th community visioning report. Review and apply for the following open requests for proposals. Report Assembly and Street Design Lead Our Streets seeks a technical partner experienced in engineering, people-centered street design, and work within historically…
Public Comment Removal, Biased Traffic and Air Quality Information Raise Concern Amongst Elected Officials
On Friday, November 8, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) held a virtual meeting of the Rethinking I-94 Policy Advisory Committee (PAC). The PAC is made up of elected officials from the communities that border the Rethinking I-94 project corridor, a 7.5-mile stretch of highway between Minneapolis and downtown Saint Paul that is up for redesign. While…
252/94 Advocacy Successfully Puts the Pressure on MnDOT and PAC Members
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is moving forward with destructive plans to expand Highway 252 in Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park, doubling traffic in environmental justice communities and demolishing dozens of homes and businesses. On Monday, October 28, MnDOT held a virtual Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting for the Highway 252/I-94 expansion project. The…
MnDOT is Planning to Expand Highway 252 and Interstate 94
Highway 252, originally a local arterial road in Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center, was expanded to an expressway in the late 1980s to accommodate suburban growth and commuter traffic. This expansion and the earlier construction of I-94 disrupted community connectivity and subjected residents to poor air quality, noise pollution, and displacement. These roadways severed residential…
The Latest on the Lyndale Ave: Not Very “Livable”
Lukewarm Lyndale Ave S Reconstruction Project Options Released; Hennepin County Prioritizes Parking Over Transit and Greenspace Hennepin County shared updated design concepts for the future of Lyndale Avenue S between Franklin and 31st Street. The three concepts, named “Blue, Purple, and Orange,” vary in their safety and accessibility for people walking, rolling, biking, and taking…