Walking and Biking to the Local School, Store, Cafe, or Gym
Note: Some reference material at the end of this post. - An open letter to Ramsey County Commissioner Nicole Joy Frethem, Active Living Ramsey Communities Mary Jo McGuire, Shoreview Mayor Sandy Martin, Shoreview City Council and Ramsey County Engineer Joey Continue reading
Ramsey County is redoing Cleveland Avenue from Larpenteur to Como and in the process removing many large healthy old growth trees. The proposed design includes two section types; without parking and with parking. The core of this design, and the Continue reading
A number of people from a local neighborhood in Shoreview attended an open house in Fall 2021 with Ramsey County Traffic Engineers to express their concerns that the widening of the road and additional lanes would make it even Continue reading
As Of Feb 2021 This Document Is No Longer Kept Current. Please see the New and Maintained Version Here: Trumpkin’s Notes On Building A Sauna. Or click on the Trumpkin’s Sauna Notes link in the top menu. On Continue reading
Some time ago I did an analysis of how well home values were recovering in various Twin Cities communities. The lack of new construction caused by the recession gave us a very unique opportunity to see how house buyers value Continue reading
The Rush Line is a transit corridor between Forest Lake (or Hinckley) and St Paul Union Depot that will be going through White Bear and other NE communities. They are currently evaluating rail vs bus alternatives for this corridor and Continue reading
What a wonderful weekend along Hodgson Rd. There was a bit less traffic than usual but best of all is that most of the traffic was going much slower. Even with the rough road surface it was much quieter and Continue reading
As you ve likely guessed, I m not a huge fan of bicycling in Vadnais Heights, at least compared to places like Shoreview that have relatively good and safe paths to ride on and much safer intersections. That said, I will nearly always Continue reading
Calhoun Cycle in south Minneapolis is now stocking the Gazelle Populair which is a full-on Dutch city bike. They have both step-thru and step-over models with 8-speed Shimano internal geared rear hubs and hub dynamo s to power the lights. It has a Continue reading
You know that it has to be a wonderful Spring somewhere. We can t be too far behind. Full post here.