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Mike Hicks

@mulad.bsky.social

Tech guy into transpo and urbanism, politics to push the needle. Once a streets.mn person. Stuck single, trying to build a less lonely world Transit blog: https://hizeph400.blogspot.com/ I get lots of fake followers, so apologies for any errant blocks

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Mark Wasson@reportermark.bsky.social · 12h ago

I’m here at the Fish Hatchery encampment in St. Paul as the city prepares to sweep the camp. St. Paul cops are stopping cars coming in but there are dozens of people that have gathered here in anticipation of the sweep in order to help camp residents and document what the city does here today.

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Mike Hicks@mulad.bsky.social · 11h ago

Crossing my fingers that Metro Transit is doing a lot of cleanup of the collected dust and grime in the MSP Terminal 1 station. That's been needing some sort of air blasting or something for a long time

Maggie Koerth@maggiek.bsky.social · 22h ago

The ads in this Nov 55 Popular Science are magical array of obvious work-from-home scams, for-profit correspondence schools, guides to hustle-maxxing in a variety of questionable fields …

Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · yesterday

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.
San Antonians for Rail Transit@railforsatx.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ever want to take your bike with you when you travel? The League of American Bicyclists has looked at all 46 Amtrak lines, and this report gives you the grades: bikeleague.org/new-bicycle-...

New “Bicycle Friendly Trains” Report Grades All 46 Amtrak Lines | League of American Bicyclists

On behalf of the Amtrak Bike Task Force, the League is proud to release Bicycle Friendly Trains: a systematic, route-by-route benchmark of how well Amtrak accommodates cyclists and their bikes. …

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Mike Hicks@mulad.bsky.social · yesterday

Sure would have been nice to have a state-backed rail organization that could have bought up the Minnesota Commercial when it was sold last year to a short line operator (Regional Rail, LLC). Dump some money into speeding up operations through here

Nate B@warpedhorizon.bsky.social · yesterday

Already 2 hours late, today's Empire Builder has come to a complete stop for the second time in just a few minutes. This allows the engineer to disembark and hand throw the last switch needed to route them from the BNSF onto the Minnesota Commercial, which will take them to St Paul Union Depot.

A passenger train sits on a yard ladder. An angular GE P42DC leads it, painted silver and blue, with a red and blue Siemens ALC-42 behind it. The train is composed of one silver baggage car and 8 silver bilevel Superliner cars. The engineer of the train can be seen in hi-viz gear throwing a switch lever to route the train. The Minneapolis skyline is visible in the distance.
Alex Schieferdecker@alexschief.bsky.social · yesterday

I received a recent question about the closure of the bridge over Minnehaha Creek near the Minnesota Veterans Home, and so I'm sharing for broader awareness this statement from the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs about this and the next steps. Please share if you see this topic come up:

Minneapolis Veterans Home bridge remains closed The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA) is among only a few state agencies outside of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) that is responsible for the safe operation of a bridge. Our main focus is the safety of our employees, Residents and their families. Since November 2025, the historic bridge on the west side of the Minneapolis Veterans Home campus has been closed. Out of an abundance of caution, MDVA senior leadership has decided that the bridge will remain closed to all traffic – including pedestrians and bicycles – until it can be fully repaired or replaced. Because of this, we are unable to move the jersey barrier to allow people on bicycles to use the bridge deck. The historic bridge was built in 1908 and has a complicated infrastructure that requires a unique skillset to repair. MNDOT closed the bridge in 2014 and state funding to complete repairs to the bridge was appropriated in May 2017. Repair work started in late fall 2017. During the bridge certification process, areas of the bridge were identified that required additional testing and inspection. It was reopened in January 2020. MDVA will seek funding during the next legislative bonding session in 2028 to demolish and replace the bridge. Once funds are secured, we anticipate the project may take a few years to complete. MDVA leadership understands the bridge closure limits vehicle access to the Minneapolis Veterans Home campus to one entrance on the north side via Minnehaha Avenue, through the Wabun Picnic area. We continue to work closely with the City of Minneapolis to minimize disruption to the remaining access road during the bridge closure. If you have any questions, please contact Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus Administrator Doug.Britain@state.mn.us or Assistant Administrator Jacqueline Grimm at Jacqueline.Grimm@state.mn.us.
Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · yesterday

'Flock Off': Mass Surveillance Surge Jeopardizes Lifesaving Crash Reduction Strategy — Streetsblog USA

A surveillance company's controversial business model has made traffic enforcement look bad by association. The effects could cost hundreds of lives.

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Second Ave. Sagas@2avesag.as · yesterday

The cops are really going to poison the well on automated traffic enforcement - which perhaps is the point considering how many of them get dinged for speeding in school zones and running red lights. bsky.app/profile/jaso...