Streets.mn Podcast

This week we're joined by Brian Nelson, President of All Aboard Minnesota, to chat about the current status of passenger rail projects in Minnesota.

Episode Summary 00:00 | Intro 00:53 | Legislative update 33:25 | Rail termini in the Twin Cities 50:10 | Outro Connect with us!

• All Aboard Minnesota website
• Video: Why Passenger Rail is Good for Minnesota
• Ian R Buck on Twitter

Attributions

Our theme song is Tanz den Dobberstein, and our interstitial song is Puck's Blues. Both tracks used by permission of their creator, Erik Brandt. Find out more about his band The Urban Hillbilly Quartet on their website.

This episode was hosted and edited by Ian R Buck, with transcript by Mike Allen. Christy Marsden is our awesome guest booker, and technical assistance is provided by Brian Mitchell. If you're able to help make sure this team gets paid for the hard work they do, please consider donating. We really appreciate it!

Copyright

The Streets.mn Podcast is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Feel free to republish the episode as long as you don't alter it and you aren't profiting from it.

The movement to remove highways from our cities is having a bit of a moment right now! Let's learn about why we would want to remove highways, and dive into a few such projects happening in Minnesota.

Episode Summary 00:00 | Intro 01:04 | Background on urban highway removal Toole Design 17:09 | I-94 & MN-55 in the Twin Cities

• Twin Cities Boulevard
• Bring Back 6th

40:30 | I-35 in Duluth Duluth Waterfront Collective 59:48 | Outro Connect with us!

• Ian Lockwood on Twitter
• Alex Burns on Twitter
• Jose Antonio's website
• Jordan on Twitter
• Ian R Buck on Twitter

Attributions

Our theme song is Tanz den Dobberstein, and our interstitial song is Puck's Blues. Both tracks used by permission of their creator, Erik Brandt. Find out more about his band The Urban Hillbilly Quartet on their website.

This episode was hosted and edited by Ian R Buck, with transcript by Mike Allen. Christy Marsden is our awesome guest booker, and technical assistance is provided by Brian Mitchell. If you're able to help make sure this team gets paid for the hard work they do, please consider donating. We really appreciate it!

Copyright

The Streets.mn Podcast is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Feel free to republish the episode as long as you don't alter it and you aren't profiting from it.

Janne wrote an article that got a lot of attention, so Ian sat down with her to chat about the data that led to the article, the policies that got us here, and what the responses to the article have been. Episode Summary 00:00 | Intro Janne's original article 00:44 | The Data 29:07 | City Policies Janne's Twitter thread about city policies Article on Reason about the overemphasis of eliminating single-family zoning 40:43 | House Flipping 50:24 | Outro Connect with us!

• Janne on Twitter
• Ian on Twitter

Attributions

Our theme song is Tanz den Dobberstein, and our interstitial song is Puck's Blues. Both tracks used by permission of their creator, Erik Brandt. Find out more about his band The Urban Hillbilly Quartet on their website.

This episode was hosted and edited by Ian R Buck, with transcript by Mike Allen. Christy Marsden is our awesome guest booker, and technical assistance is provided by Brian Mitchell. If you're able to help make sure this team gets paid for the hard work they do, please consider donating. We really appreciate it!

Copyright

The Streets.mn Podcast is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Feel free to republish the episode as long as you don't alter it and you aren't profiting from it.

We're relaunching the Streets.mn podcast! We've got all kinds of good audio content about transportation and land use in Minnesota planned for you, including: interviews with folks working on cool projects, behind-the-article looks at Streets.mn posts, field trips, and interactive segments. If you'd like to help make the show, drop us a line at [email protected]

Look for us in your favorite podcast player, on Streets.mn, or via RSS feed.

Trailer music: Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod.