Gunnar, Not to sound like a broken record, but the link below is also maintained by friends of mine. In fact I was in MSP 2 years ago for my niece's wedding and got a cook's tour of the trails from one of the city planners who designed them. I took enough pictures to make a photo essay about the wonderful trail and park facilities, but never got around to writing it. If there's interest I could try and do it now. We have an abundance of student volunteers at Positive Spin this semester and I could get help from one of them.
I stayed for 3 days in July, the first 2 I spent entirely on bike with biker friends riding around on the trail system. The last day I spent with my family driving around in the car in 100F heat and gridlocked traffic. The place is like 2 different worlds depending on how you get around - much more pleasant on bike. When Minneapolis was being developed the parks director committed to planning so that all citizens would be <15 min walk from a public park - a decision that had enduring results.
btw My niece's marriage didn't endure.
I'm still in contact with some of the bike transportation advocates in MSP too. Nick
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "gunn4r Shogren" gshogren@gmail.com Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:50:09 -0500
Some communities, nations, and folks, really have the "right" idea- http://www.velomobiling.com/gallery/TravelsAndEvents/fietscafe/
Maybe Motown needs one of these. Gotta get the public interested somehow...
-- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --
Bikes are as much culture as they are function in the Twin Cities.
Home of Cars R Coffins (they might have moved), big Derby's, and my old buddy Gene O's shop- http://oneononebike.com/ And another buddy, Joe Parkin, runs the coffee shop.
Oh, and that chuckle-head Greg somebody. The stories my buddies can tell of him though...
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:55 PM, director director@positivespin.org wrote:
Gunnar, Not to sound like a broken record, but the link below is also maintained by friends of mine. In fact I was in MSP 2 years ago for my niece's wedding and got a cook's tour of the trails from one of the city planners who designed them. I took enough pictures to make a photo essay about the wonderful trail and park facilities, but never got around to writing it. If there's interest I could try and do it now. We have an abundance of student volunteers at Positive Spin this semester and I could get help from one of them.
I stayed for 3 days in July, the first 2 I spent entirely on bike with biker friends riding around on the trail system. The last day I spent with my family driving around in the car in 100F heat and gridlocked traffic. The place is like 2 different worlds depending on how you get around - much more pleasant on bike. When Minneapolis was being developed the parks director committed to planning so that all citizens would be <15 min walk from a public park - a decision that had enduring results.
btw My niece's marriage didn't endure.
I'm still in contact with some of the bike transportation advocates in MSP too. Nick
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "gunn4r Shogren" gshogren@gmail.com Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:50:09 -0500
Some communities, nations, and folks, really have the "right" idea- http://www.velomobiling.com/gallery/TravelsAndEvents/fietscafe/
Maybe Motown needs one of these. Gotta get the public interested somehow...
-- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --
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