An Affair with Urban Policy: Minnesota Blog of the Day
Well, what do you know, today this site was declared the Minnesota Blog of the Day. Thanks Citypages!
The Best Place in My City
I think one of the most common questions (besides "what do you do") you get when you make a new acquaintance is "where are you from"? This is sometimes a tough question, I mean, nowadays people are from a lot of different places. I'm proud to say I'm originally from Wisconsin, and no, my family […]
A Sad Day for the Bus
To over 70,000 Twin Cities commuters, tomorrow will be a sad day, because the bus drivers are going on strike.
In fact, I went out with some friends after work, and instead of walking home I took the bus - the good old #18 bus (even though it was a really short ride). Whatever side you […]
Bus Strike, Part II
In the comments, Scott McG raised an interesting idea…
The paranoid person in me believes the strike was engineered by Peter Bell, et al, to get people to switch to automobiles. Once ridership has dropped, he will say "Let's dismantle the system, people do not want to use it."
This is a pretty interesting observation. As he […]
How, and does, Public Transit spending relate with ridership?
Today's Star Tribune had two interesting charts related to public tansit spending and usage.How Twin Cities commuters compare to other cities
San Fran / Oakland / San Jose 10% (of commuters that use public transit)
Washington / Baltimore 10%
Seattle 7%
Pittsburgh 6%
Portland 5%
Denver 5%
Twin Cities 5%
Atlanta 4%
San Diego 4%
Cleveland 4%
Houston 3%
St. Louis 2%
Dallas / Fort Worth 2%
How peer cities […]
Bienvenidos a Venezuela
I know, I know… my writing has been ever so prolific over the last few weeks that the recent break in posts must be such a surprise.
Actually, this is due to a much better reason than the usual laziness - mi madre and yo are on an extended vacation. Right now we are still in […]