Answer: Bikes! Want a sure sign that the Twin Cities’ “Nice Ride” bike program is a hit? Bike stands like the one above (at the southeast corner of 26th & Lyndale, in Minneapolis’ Wedge neighborhood) that are plumb out of bikes. To be sure, yesterday was a beautiful, weekend day, with sunny skies and (very)...Read More
“Vegan” vs. “Vegetarian” — Housing Edition A “car light” is popularly known as a headlight (or perhaps headlamp). So, what’s “car-light?” A lifestyle many young, urban-types are embracing, that involves getting by with one — or zero(!) — cars per household. That’s possible by using car-sharing services like ZipCar (just bought by Avis) and/or living close...Read More
“It’s Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a . . . “. . . “Nice Ride Minnesota” bike sharing station! A block from The Birchwood Cafe in Minneapolis’ Seward neighborhood, I coudn’t figure out what I was looking at. It didn’t look like a new bus stop — too big. And it didn’t look like a...Read More
