First Avenue
Changing Streets
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 11:46am | by mides
First Avenue (MPR Photo/Brandt Williams)
From MPR:
About a month ago, Hennepin and First Avenues were converted from one-way, to two-way streets. The city made the switch on a weekend morning in order to minimize problems. City officials say so far the conversion has gone well, with a few exceptions.
"At first the cars were all parked, basically in the bike lanes," said Sophie St. Jacques on her bicycle as she prepared to continue north down First Avenue.
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