ryan kronzer

@ryankronzer.bsky.social

Architect. Dad. Husband. Former Minneapolis Planning Commissioner. Quasi Transit Geek. Bikes. He/Him.

🚆🚨 The Metro Transit Green Line Extension 313A test train is currently moving between Royalston and Bryn Mawr Stations. 😍 Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs are savings.

Screenshot of grist article with same title as in post. Image of people riding bikes in a Copenhagen bike lane.

Obligatory... "The future will not belong to those who sit at the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams - Paul Wellstone" (Circa early 2000s Loring Park Lunalux letterpress postcard)

The future will not belong to those who ait at the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams - Paul Wellstone. - printing press postcard with old fashioned figure next to saying.

"Fox News has not seen the evidence yet and is not in a position to evaluate the accuracy of the president's statement and claims"

Next time someone tries arguing that it’s “social engineering” (cue ominous music) to give people more CHOICE to walk, bike & take public transit in their city, tell them that designing our current car DEPENDENCY has been the largest and most damaging social engineering experiment in human history.

Highway filled with car congestionLow density suburban sprawl filled with roads and cookie cutter subdivisions.

Our National Parks are a treasure to all Americans. DJT is steeling funds from the parks budget to pay for his pet gliding projects at the White House. Park projects like replacing safety railings are not getting funded. This is shameful. spread the word open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

June 27, 2026

Observers are noting that the reflecting pool fiasco, in which Trump created the idea there was an emergency, ignored experts, bypassed normal procedures to give a wildly inflated contract to a crony,...

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Michele Garnett McKenzie said federal authorities used "extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, some of the most chilling & potent human rights violations there are, to terrorize Minnesota's immigrant & refugee communities." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Report authors say feds violated Minnesotans' human rights during ICE surge

The 186-page report from Human Rights Watch in part highlights how federal agents stopped or detained thousands of people and alleges that many of the arrests were arbitrary and race-based.

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Large banner referring to Renee Good, who was killed in January by federal agents, hangs from the side of a building on Lake Street at Lyndale Avenue. The other side of the building reads "ICE OUT". Minneapolis, May 2026

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This is the conversation I’m most interested in, personally, now that I believe team streets for people has been successful. I’d really love to see a group of Both Sides come together with a support small business group/plan in the coming years, taking wins & lessons from Hennepin

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Leaning Tower owner striking a more conciliatory tone than last time. Urging assistance for businesses to get through reconstruction.

People and things that hadn't yet been brought into existence at the time (1934) of the last full reconstruction of Lyndale Avenue (from Franklin to Lake): Elvis, Julie Andrews, Robert Redford, Velcro, the microwave, ballpoint pens, World War 2.