Ian Gaida
@trainsfan.bsky.social
The self-proclained Midwest Urbanist https://www.youtube.com/@Midwest_Urbanist streets.mn person Long-Distance train enjoyer 🚆 Nuclear Power enthusiast Master of Physics and puller of string theory
What did you think proto-freelancing meant? Map? Essays?
Ian Gaida@trainsfan.bsky.social · last mo.Anyway, in another universe
Minnesotans are what Philadelphians think they are
Goldstein@goldstein.latinsky.app · 4d agoThey stole ALL the Flock cameras in Winona.
Congratulations to St Paul on adopting big city politics. You've finally achieved true parity with Minneapolis
Is it news that Jacob Frey endorsed Anders Folk? Just got an email from him about it
🚨🚨🚨EHB talks MPD 🚨🚨🚨 I am extremely concerned about the impact that MPD spending will have on our property taxes and budget priorities this year. Now is the time to speak up to stop MPD cost growth from consuming the investments we need in our communities.
God, I see what you've done for others, and I want that for me
As of Sunday they have not. In an attempt at compromise the Mayor has made the street worse both for those he was trying to protect AND those he screwed over. Masterful gambit, sir!
Ian Gaida@trainsfan.bsky.social · 2w agoSo when they chip sealed Hennepin, did they finally paint the bus lanes or is it still a mess?
The thing about using slop flyers for advertising is that there’s no way to visually differentiate between a lemonade stand, a BBQ joint, a car wash, and a laundromat. They all look exactly the same and from a branding perspective that’s bad, actually
Is this a first in the city? Two way bike path with directional pedestrian shoulders. Seen at the new Plymouth Ave underpass
Theater kids (derogatory)
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · 6d agoin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
🚌 Service changes take effect Aug. 22! Quarterly updates include Better Bus improvements for Routes 14 & 74, plus new Routes 48 and 215 to expand access and improve reliability. These changes are part of our Network Now framework, shaped by rider and community feedback. Info at metrotransit.org
Pro tip: staring at drivers like this makes them 40% more likely to stop for you
Samueljackson's Wide-Eyed 'No' Stare
Alt: Samuel L Jackson staring at you motherfuckerly
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · last wk.i bring a sort of ‘i fear neither pain nor death’ energy to the pedestrian/driver interaction that drivers don’t really like
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
I keep saying we need to do suburb consolidation here. Make St. Paul a city-county and have Minneapolis absorb (at least) the first ring suburbs
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 2w agoThe reason NYC's consolidation of surrounding jurisdictions into one big city government was never copied was because *it worked* and the wealthy realized that municipal fragmentation served their interests much better bsky.app/profile/ones...
This has been a problem since the street reopened, as basically nothing about the design indicates it is a parking lane. There used to be a solid white line but that wore off quick and hasn't been replaced please for the love of god paint the parking/bus lanes red like before!
Araceli “Jules” Casasola@acolibri.bsky.social · 2w agoIn case you needed validation that @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social’s veto of 24-hour bus lanes on Hennepin for parking was ill-conceived catering to car dependency… Here’s a Wednesday at 5:20. That’s an E Line bus stuck with drivers using the parking as a travel lane.
Congratulations to St Paul on adopting big city politics. You've finally achieved true parity with Minneapolis
So when they chip sealed Hennepin, did they finally paint the bus lanes or is it still a mess?
I told him that, being raised as a woman, I was taught not to walk alone at night *anywhere*, but I don't feel any more or less safe doing it in Uptown than anywhere else. So if you're curious how much KSTP selects their quotes to fit the slant of their story, here's one data point! 🙃 5/5
senator hoffman has released a new statement regarding angie craig’s actions towards him, released via EMQ’s Facebook: she is so cooked
