William Lindeke

@BillLindeke

Sidewalk Blogger. Urban Geographer. Skyway Don Quixote. Tread lightly on earth. he/him TED: …

Saint Paul MN
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Joined July 2009
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  1. 6 hours ago

    Stop driving on my sidewalks!

    Tree in the way 5:30pm, Lexington & University.
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  2. 10 hours ago

    "The growth rate of the population in the United States was slower between 2010 and 2020 than it has been since the 1930s."

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  3. 10 hours ago

    "State prosecutors wanted permission to use the 2017 incident as evidence in Chauvin’s murder trial, but the judge ruled against that."

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    Apr 26

    Ultimately, carmakers have pushed Americans to buy larger, more powerful vehicles. This effort has increased their profit margins, but it has also increased GHG emissions, put greater wear on our roads, and made the transportation system far more dangerous.

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  5. 12 hours ago

    This is what Vision Zero looks like IRL.

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    another one for this: mr barricade (that’s his tiktok handle) designs and shows off traffic barricades that he designs
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  6. 12 hours ago

    Good thread on traffic modeling.

    Traffic engineers saying that they can predict freeway travel times 20 years in the future accurate to within 1-2 minutes should be laughed out of the room. And yet we base multi-hundred million dollar transportation investments around just this pseudoscientific analysis.
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    12 hours ago

    There are over 10,000 open Pfizer appointments over the next week for those within these zip codes at the MN State Fair Community Vaccination Site. You can sign up RIGHT NOW using this link to get your spot:

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  8. 13 hours ago

    Minnesota census update:

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  9. 14 hours ago

    Good list of Minneapolis murals:

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  10. 14 hours ago

    As a reminder, I went back and transcribed the Planning Commission discussion about this this drive-thru permit from 2015.

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  11. 14 hours ago

    "The Lake Street Council is also working to promote redevelopment that is conscious of existing communities. The group is preparing to issue predevelopment and acquisition grants to those thinking about building and developing on destroyed sites."

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  12. 14 hours ago

    Update on a proposed peace garden to honor Philando Castile.

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    16 hours ago

    90 year old cartoon

    The Fresno Morning Republican, California, August 24, 1925
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  14. Apr 26

    Strib covers this, looking at how St. Paul's Hillcrest redevelopment points to need for more housing and city assistance.

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    Apr 26

    Lost in all of the congressional seat talk is that Minnesota is kicking Wisconsin's ass in population growth. And Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Iowa, for that matter.

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  16. Retweeted
    Apr 26

    The idea of charging a fee to drive into certain parts of Manhattan has been around for well over a decade. A recent op-ed argues that there is no better time than now to finally implement the idea.

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  17. Apr 26

    See also:

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  18. Apr 26

    Carbucks is dead*, folks! I never thought I'd see the day. * for now

    Starbucks at Snelling and Selby remains open, but its drive-thru does not. A young man in the parking lot can hand deliver your order if you choose not to come inside. No police officer on duty.
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  19. Apr 26

    If this is important for you, thank an immigrant or a refugee.

    Minnesota will NOT LOSE A SEAT
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  20. Apr 26

    "The serial failures of police reform efforts in Minneapolis are indicative of larger failures within contemporary liberalism, and of progressives to articulate a comprehensive vision of how cities could still be safe—indeed, safer—without militarized policing."

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