Twin Cities Streets for People

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 >

Minneapolis' first ever Open Streets event is this Sunday, June 12th.

Find out more at:
http://openstreetsmpls.com/
https://www.facebook.com/openstreetsmpls
http://twitter.com/OpenStreetsMPLS

Please sign up to volunteer!
http://openstreetsmpls.com/volunteer

From the City of Minneapolis Bicycle Program:

Bike Walk Week begins this Saturday, June 4th and lasts through next Sunday, June 12th. Bike Walk to Work Day takes place Thursday, June 9th. You can start a team or attend an event. And be sure to bike and/or walk! If you do, join up so that you have a chance to win prizes.

Bike Walk Week will end with Minneapolis’ first ever Open Streets Cicolvía on Sunday June 12th. Lyndale Avenue S will be closed between 22nd Street and 42nd Street between 10am and 2pm. Learn about more details and see a map of the route.

In addition, the RiverLake Greenway Grand Opening will take place on Saturday, June 11th from 1pm to 5pm.

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/

https://www.facebook.com/openstreetsmpls Read more >

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 >