John Levin
@jlstp.bsky.social
Saint Paul (and Minneapolis) - public transportation - biking - reimagining urban form
Don’t forget the Highland Water Tower is open just four days a year and tomorrow Sunday, October 11 is the last day this year! www.stpaul.gov/departments/...
Highland Tower
Historically significant water tower located at the intersection of Snelling Avenue and Ford Parkway. Designed by notable architect Clarence Wigington and completed in 1928.
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The event last night was so much fun. I was happy to see another win for the good guys. But let’s be serious for a moment. As much as we enjoy the friendly banter between Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the fact that our region has two central cities is a big hinderance to achieving shared goals...
John Levin@jlstp.bsky.social · 3d agoSibling Rivalry is starting in just a few minutes! Bring ya ass!! www.moreneighbors.org/events/sibli...
I also hope that @metcouncilmn will see this as an opportunity leverage their role and resources to solve regional issues. They declined to do so when NiceRide was sinking and it’s gone. I fear we will just hear more excuses, from them and everyone else, rather than genuine problem solving.
Just some random weirdo@justarandomweirdo.bsky.social · 3d agoCity and county leaders can still step in with emergency bridge funding, and they need to hear from us, in our own words, this week. savecarsharemn.org @hourcar.bsky.social #Minneapolis #StPaul #TwinCities #HourCar #carshare
City and county leaders can still step in with emergency bridge funding, and they need to hear from us, in our own words, this week. savecarsharemn.org @hourcar.bsky.social #Minneapolis #StPaul #TwinCities #HourCar #carshare
Keep carshare in our neighborhoods
HOURCAR's last day is October 15. Call and write your city council member, county commissioner, and the governor about keeping carshare running.
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Sibling Rivalry is starting in just a few minutes! Bring ya ass!! www.moreneighbors.org/events/sibli...
Sibling Rivalry II — Neighbors For More Neighbors
Our biggest (and if you ask me, our most fun) event of last year returns! It’s Sibling Rivalry II!!! Frazier versus Ali II, Coyote versus Acme, the Lynx versus the Liberty, Matt's Bar versus the 5-8 ...
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As the founding executive director of HOURCAR, let me say that it is imperative someone steps forward to rescue car sharing AND bike sharing in the Twin Cities. HOURCAR, Evie and Nice Ride--all community-led nonprofits--were beautiful systems that allowed so many of us to live nearly car free.
News — HOURCAR & Evie
Stay updated with the latest news, updates, and stories from HOURCAR and Evie carshare services in Minnesota and the Twin Cities.
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💯 @metcouncilmn.bsky.social: You messed up not saving NiceRide. Please don't do it again with HOURCAR! #SaveHOURCAR
MaryMM@marymm.bsky.social · 3d agoAnd I'm going to state unequivocally that the @metcouncilmn.bsky.social should provide annual operating funds to @hourcar.bsky.social, and it should be far in excess of a million dollars. This was true in 2002 when we first asked them for support and it's more true today after proof of concept.
And I'm going to state unequivocally that the @metcouncilmn.bsky.social should provide annual operating funds to @hourcar.bsky.social, and it should be far in excess of a million dollars. This was true in 2002 when we first asked them for support and it's more true today after proof of concept.
Less than the likely cost of two lawsuit settlements against a current StP city council member.... Seriously, this is a pathetically small amount in the scheme of budgets and sadly reminiscent of Nice Ride getting shut down because the core cities don't back up policy with budget support.
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 3d agoHourcar service has been around for 21 years, but the nonprofit said it could not close a $625,000 funding gap.
This gap is less than it cost the mayor to put a bounce house in the warehouse district for a summer. This is 1/33 the cost of MPS's surprise overtime. They renovated Target Center in part by making us, the citizens, pay $74 million via a sales tax. WE. HAVE. MONEY. We can spend it in better places
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 3d agoHourcar service has been around for 21 years, but the nonprofit said it could not close a $625,000 funding gap.
This is an absolute travesty. The leadership of Minneapolis and Saint Paul and the Met Council should be SCREAMING! Services like Hourcar and Evie are ESSENTIAL to their vision for our region.
MaryMM@marymm.bsky.social · 3d agoAll of this car sharing success being shut down because the Twin Cities can't come up with an operating subsidy? This was once my life's work, and it was the most successful operation in the country. What are we doing? Where is the vision? Who is the hero?
This x 💯. The prep really isn't that bad! And the procedure itself is no big deal. (Coming from someone with a history of enormous medical anxiety.) If you are on the fence, do it! And if it helps, I will gladly take any mutuals out for a post-procedure meal (you will be ravenous), my treat!
Naomi Kritzer@naomikritzer.bsky.social · 4d agoAnyway the prep is kind of an ordeal but also for most people genuinely not as bad as the horror stories, and for the colonoscopy itself you can just take a nice nap (if you want to stay awake for it, that's also an option!)
Saint Paul friends: Are you going to Sibling Rivalry? It's just three days away! Register now!! And I will see you there!!! Minneapolis friends...I guess you should come, too.... actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser - More Neighbors vs. Sustain Saint Paul
Join housing advocates from across the Twin Cities for an evening of drinks, catered food, conversation, light-hearted rivalry, and a high-stakes fundraising face-off to see which city can raise the m...
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Just three days until the Midway Music and Arts Festival. This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in the Midway. So much music! So much art! This will be a not to miss event! www.midwaymusicandart.org
Midway Music and Arts Fest
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Let’s goooooo!
Sustain Saint Paul@sustainstpaul.bsky.social · last mo.🚨Announcing Sibling Rivalry II: Here we go again!🚨 Join us Oct 8th for drinks, food, jokes, competition, trivia, improv, and a high-stakes fundraising face-off! Saint Paul vs Minneapolis. @sustainstpaul.bsky.social vs @moreneighbors.org. Who'll come out on top? RSVP:
Serious question*: Why do non-freeway state highways in urbanized areas exist at all? #TurnThemAllBack * Seriously...What is the argument in favor of retaining this model?
As we contemplate how we will fill in the trench when we remove the freeway, I'd like to suggest that we start with the rocks from all the horrible gabions that sprang up over the past few years. They are truly eyesores that makes lovely spaces ugly.
As someone who does *not* think this is the right time for this policy, I also find this woefully inadequate. Why didn't the City Attorney raise these issues weeks if not months ago? It just stinks of a calculated last-minute move. Not how I want my City or my council member to operate...
Dan Marshall@danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 2mo agoAs someone who signed the petition, I find this woefully inadequate. The council violated the charter by not advancing right to repair to our ballot.
It's National Night Out (my block has a cop-free version) and my microneighborhood is experiencing a sustained rash of petty property crimes (car window smashing, porch thefts, etc.). Does anyone have advice about talking to white liberal neighbors about police-free ways of addressing this stuff?
Hot take: MnDOT shouldn't own any urban arterials streets. They are unequipped to manage the balance between infrastructure and place that urban streets require. I know I am not the first to suggest this, so please do share past explorations of this in the chat...
All this convenience is built on the backs, and the lungs, and the ears and the pocketbooks of the residents of the East Side, Frogtown, Midway, Seward and beyond. Sure they can bike and walk near their homes, but they can hardly get anywhere else without driving through someone else's community.
clumsy_machinist@clumsy-machinist.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhat about any part of Woodbury is convenient? www.startribune.com/woodbury-sub...
They are not supposed to look like that. But a quick replacement and the cooling has restarted.
Y'all if you think that the reason we don't have universal healthcare is that it costs too much, I don't know what to say to you. We would get better healthcare for less money with universal healthcare. The cost is not the issue. There are many reasons we don't have universal healthcare.
Minnesota HF 5077 that would reduce state aid to cities that fly the old state flag is a *horrible* idea. I am sorry to see my rep as one of the authors and have asked them to withdraw their support. www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/202...
