The Gold Line opened on March 22nd, 2025. It is the first full BRT route in Minnesota. It runs from downtown St Paul and travels east along the I-94 corridor, with stops in the cities of Maplewood, Landfall, Oakdale, and Woodbury.

Not only is the nearest park on historic car-free Milwaukee Ave, and not only is it under two and a half minute walk, but the walk is almost entirely filled with wonderful greenery! The Seward neighborhood in Minneapolis is very good.

This video is a response to MattCaff's video about recent urbanist wins in Minnesota. Go watch his video first!

New personal record in the #carryshitolympics! I hauled a couch home on my Burley Flatbed trailer. Even though this is the biggest item I've carried, it wasn't very difficult; the flatbed is perfect for setting a rigid frame item across top of it. Then ratchet strapped it down, and rode nice and slow the short distance from the ReStore to home.

Minneapolis is currently in the process of amending the Primary Zoning code (aka what land uses are allowed in each zoning area) which is a little different (but related to) the Built Form zoning. On April 24 the Planning Commission was voting on what changes to recommend to City Council. I decided to tell a personal story about home hunting in Minneapolis, focusing on the issue of allowing small-scale commercial uses in neighborhoods.

Watch the full four-hour Planning Commission meeting here:

A comically large number of people showed up to the Saint Paul Parks Commission meeting where they are considering the Summit Regional Trail design.