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Bill Lindeke
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Great story on a community of unsheltered folks in Fargo. www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...
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Urban Geographer @ UMN. Skyway Don Quixote. Tread lightly on earth. he/him Author of "St. Paul: Urban Biography" shop.mnhs.org/products/st-pa…
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Bill Lindeke
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Great story on a community of unsheltered folks in Fargo. www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...
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Bill Lindeke
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Great story on a community of unsheltered folks in Fargo. www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...
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Bill Lindeke
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Here's the relevant map for the Twin Cities.
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Bill Lindeke
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Such a charming story here. www.startribune.com/country-line...
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“That is largely due to built environments like parking lots and asphalt sidewalks, and a lack of trees…” www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
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Bill Lindeke
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My brother’s dog is named Pancake
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Bill Lindeke
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"Surface temperatures that hot can cause severe contact burns within minutes or seconds." www.kjzz.org/news/2024-07...
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Bill Lindeke
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Copper theft: it's not just a Twin Cities problem. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/09/u...
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Bill Lindeke
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This explains so much
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Bill Lindeke
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St Paul
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Bill Lindeke
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"Jase called it a “box close,” where the sales agent works out a monthly payment and sends the customer to F&I—the box—to negotiate the rest, layering on as much junk as possible." prospect.org/power/2024-0...
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Bill Lindeke
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"The most immediate way to accommodate growth would be to add another car to the existing trains." hizeph400.blogspot.com/2024/07/bore...
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Bill Lindeke
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Remember the good 'ol days of fighting over trash in St. Paul? Yeah, me neither. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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Bill Lindeke
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Worth reading just for this amazing screenshot. www.fastcompany.com/91140068/how...
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Bill Lindeke
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Great Lake Phalen event returns. sahanjournal.com/culture-comm...
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Bill Lindeke
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Mike corrects the record about how the concept of "profit" doesn't fit with train travel (or most any travel). hizeph400.blogspot.com/2024/07/be-c...
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Bill Lindeke
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"Diverting people on bikes, scooters and mobility devices away from the biggest destination of the corridor, LynLake, would be a regrettable and puzzling choice that would damage the safety and utility of the entire corridor." streets.mn/2024/07/05/a...
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Bill Lindeke
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Consider the elevator. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/o...
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Bill Lindeke
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"Even with the wages we were able to win at the bargaining table, I think you could still go to a McDonald's or Burger King and make more an hour." m.startribune.com/deficit-at-m...
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Bill Lindeke
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Shots fired
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Bill Lindeke
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"We struggled to find a safe route through Edina..." streets.mn/2024/07/03/t...
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Bill Lindeke
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"Minnesota must fund housing for people with very low incomes, increase substance use and mental health treatment services, and invest in critically underfunded emergency shelters and supportive services" www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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Bill Lindeke
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Get me some grandmas with spray paint. www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...
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Bill Lindeke
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"My schedule isn't, like, 3 to 10 p.m.—it's usually 3 p.m. to B.D., which means ‘business decline'... There's no consistency… I'm either working a part-time job or a full-time job, depending on the week." racketmn.com/ann-kim-dani...
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Bill Lindeke
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If you can understand the last paragraph here, you could pass my Municipal Financing class. www.minnpost.com/state-govern...
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Bill Lindeke
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If you can understand the last paragraph here, you could pass my Municipal Financing class. www.minnpost.com/state-govern...
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Bill Lindeke
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“You’re basically driving around a giant red MAGA hat.” www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/b...
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Bill Lindeke
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"This plan would allow Loring Park and the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to connect more seamlessly, making it feel like one grand park instead of two separate ones." streets.mn/2024/07/02/w...
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Bill Lindeke
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"Builders and developers gained enough permits to build only 24 multifamily units, a fraction of last year's total at the same time and the monthly average... Higher mortgages rates are driving these divergent trends." www.startribune.com/apartment-co...
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Bill Lindeke
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There’s nothing better, unfortunately.
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Bill Lindeke
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Lots of badly needed money for NYC transit www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Here's her summary versus the actual study she cites: upforgrowth.org/apply-the-vi...
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Bill Lindeke
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Again, I've a bone to pick with Strib's new rural columnist, who claims that rural housing shortage is because of urban people moving there. That's not what the report she cites really says... (seems like needless stoking of rural resentment, again) www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-fa...
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Bill Lindeke
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Nice piece from the Strib on the new statewide GHG/VMT law aimed at changing MnDOT practices. I'm more skeptical than the author that they'll be doing that... www.startribune.com/do-we-really...
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Bill Lindeke
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"The painted-only bike lane was associated with a smaller speed reduction of between 11 percent and 15 percent, but only for drivers turning right." www.rutgers.edu/news/traffic...
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Bill Lindeke
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"Nobody asked for this, not on the subway, and she’s trying to change the topic from her total failure on congestion pricing..." pedestrianobservations.com/2024/06/29/w...
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Bill Lindeke
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I wrote about why the global "best bicycling city" rankings are dumb. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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Bill Lindeke
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Nice story on improving the North Loop's worst feature. www.minnpost.com/metro/2024/0...
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Bill Lindeke
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"Individual trains have been pretty full, busier than most other commuter lines in the the country, but the limited schedule has meant limited ridership. It should be given a proper schedule and be expanded to St. Cloud." hizeph400.blogspot.com/2024/06/poli...
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Bill Lindeke
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Heavy Table is what you’re looking for
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Bill Lindeke
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"We had exhausted every avenue we could possibly figure out how to get turtles and we had none." www.startribune.com/nisswa-saves...
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Bill Lindeke
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"Selecting seven bridges for repair or rehabilitation in advance of picking the final I-94 project alternative flagrantly and unwisely tips public and engineering sentiment toward rebuilding the highway to justify the sunk cost of the improved bridges." streets.mn/2024/06/28/i...
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Bill Lindeke
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Solnit nails it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bill Lindeke
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Maybe I'm too old or something, but I see this press release and I just want them to add one or two zeros to it.
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27% of Seattle doesn't even have sidewalks. www.theurbanist.org/2024/06/25/s...
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Bill Lindeke
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Edina gonna Edina. www.startribune.com/new-southdal...
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Early next week
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Lovely in-depth look at the changing economy of the East Side. www.startribune.com/stagnant-pay...
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Bill Lindeke
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Is that a still from the end of lord of the rings?
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Bill Lindeke
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Is that the State Fair?
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