open streets

Amazing!!! Minneapolis first-ever Open Streets / Ciclovía event a wonderful success!

Congratulations and THANK YOU!!! to the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition and their sponsors for a AMAZING EVENT!

More information, including links to the coalition's photo set of the event, is at their blog >

Open Streets coming to Minneapolis

Open Streets Minneapolis

 

Starting this year, Minneapolis residents will have the opportunity to explore and enjoy their neighborhood streets by biking, walking, and skating without the presence of motorized traffic.

An Open Streets event (based on the Ciclovía from Bogotá, Colombia) will bring together families and neighbors to mingle, recreate, and shop in their communities in a safe, car-free environment.  Open Streets is being organized and hosted by the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition.  

The first Open Streets event is happening on Sunday, June 12th!

Location:  Lyndale Avenue South between 22nd Street and 42nd Street

Timeline:  10:00am - 2:00pm

For more information, visit:

http://openstreetsmpls.com/

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Play street

A temporary, 24 hour/day street-to-park conversion becomes "one of the best things about Queens."  

Thanks for making StreetsTalk a Success!

Melissa Constantine gives an overview of "Open Streets"

Thanks to all those who came out and made Tuesday's StreetsTalk a great success (and especially to West Bank Social Center for hosting and the Hampden Park Co-op for donating snacks).  After a presentation about "Open Streets" by Melissa Constantine, a group of about 20 people discussed the idea of having an event here in the Twin Cities.  There was great enthusiasm about the potential for this event, and the general concensus was to think big.  More details in the full story. Read more >