3rd Avenue Protected Bikeway Celebration
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Join Mayor Hodges and City Council Members to celebrate the new 3rd Avenue protected bike lanes! We'll ride the full route, have food, and maybe even a surprise announcement (or two)!
Thursday, September 8 at 12:15pm Likely starting location: South Government Center Plaza at 3rd Avenue and 7th Street RSVP for updates and final location.
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 Rendering by Hennepin County
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Franklin Ave bridge & W. River Pkwy are reopening today - come celebrate with us!
After two years, West River Parkway is re-opening north of Franklin Avenue! And, after 6 months, the Franklin Avenue bridge is re-opening with protected bike lanes included!
Join us today (Sept. 1) at 4:30pm to be among the first to ride both! Meet up at the Gold Medal Park sign along 2nd Street S. We'll roll out about 4:45pm. Full details.
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Protected bike lanes on Hennepin & 1st NE?
The Hennepin Ave bridge now has buffered bike lanes. And those may connect soon to protected bike lanes on Hennepin and 1st Ave NE across the river from Downtown too!
A new Hennepin/1st Avenue Transportation Study includes 6 options--all with protected bike lanes. We hope to see them as soon as next year. If you are interested in learning more, we'll be discussing at our Downtown Bikeways meeting Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 6pm at our office.
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1st Floating Bus Stop Open
The first "floating bus stop" bikeway design in Minneapolis is now open on 7th Street North. More details and video here.
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Orange Line BRT stays on track
The Orange Line bus rapid transit line is planned to run on 35W from Minneapolis to Burnsville. It includes a tremendous new station at Lake Street with a direct bicycle/walking connection to the Midtown Greenway (the picture here). Funding was threatened for the Orange Line, but after local officials and stakeholders stood up, the Counties Transit Improvement Board found a solution to keep the line on track!
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