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Envisioning
a St. Paul Greenway
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Attendees get
involved at the recent St. Paul Greenway meeting
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 On July 28th, St. Paul Smart Trips
and the St. Paul Greenway Committee co-hosted an event entitled
"Envisioning a St. Paul Greenway" at the Linwood Recreation
Center. The event advocated for a proposed off-road trail connecting
the Midtown Greenway to downtown St. Paul.
There was a contagious air of energy and excitement for the project,
with over 120 people packed into the gymnasium. After presentations by
Smart Trips representative Laura Baum, Greenway Committee member Paul
Nelson and Councilman Russ Stark the attendees broke off into smaller
groups to share their own ideas. Missed the event? View
photos or read this account to see what you missed.
Moving forward
Despite some legal setbacks, the St. Paul Greenway
Committee plans to continue meeting monthly (the 2nd Wednesday of each
month) to advocate for a biking and walking facility through St. Paul.
In the coming months, the committee will share comments and petition
signatures with elected officials, the public and partner
organizations. To join the committee, e-mail laura@smart-trips.org.
Support the Greenway! Sign-on to the Greenway Vision
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Meet
Becky and James, bike delivery dynamos!
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Becky Harnik
and James Ford at Smart Trips HQ building custom kits to order
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In the six weeks since we started delivering customized transportation
information to Highland Park residents, Becky Harnik and James Ford
have delivered a whopping 650 Smart Trips Kits by bicycle. Say hello if
you see them on your street!
 Originally from the Washington D.C.
area, the most surprising thing Becky has discovered while doing deliveries
for our Smart Trips Highland Park program is that hills actually DO
exist in the Twin Cities! She just graduated from Macalester College
with a double major in Environmental Studies and Geography.
James is a Minneapolis native and enjoys the hills in Highland and
seeing the excitement on people's faces when they receive their Smart
Trips Kit. When not busy delivering for us he studies Spanish,
Portuguese, Business Education and Psychology at the University of
Minnesota.
Learn more: See what goes into a Smart Trips Kit and consider
attending one of our popular neighborhood events!
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 How
much do we really spend on our cars and why do we keep buying newer
versions of the same thing? Carjacked, the new book by the
Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz Fernandez, chronicles our national
obsession with the automobile. It is exciting, informative and
"should be required reading for anyone with a driver's license."
Learn more: Read our full review
Win a copy: e-mail luke@smart-trips.org
with the subject "carjacked" by August 20
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St.
Paul's Commuter Challenge winners
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St. Paul Heart
Clinic employee Amanda Menk with her new Amazon Kindle.
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Congratulations to
everyone who was among the nearly 15,000 people who participated in
this year's Commuter Challenge. Together we saved 53,000 gallons of
fuel and prevented an estimated 500 tons of C02 from being released
into the air we breathe.
Special congratulations also go to our St. Paul grand prize winners:
Amanda Cantu (iPod Touch) with Admission Possible, Peter Grasse ($50
REI gift card) at 3M, Kay Kwang ($50 GoTo card) with Ramsey County and
Amanda Menk (Amazon Kindle) from the St. Paul Heart Clinic.
 Extend your Challenge! The
main promotion has ended for the year but you can still win a $50 gift
card in the weekly drawings. Just use the Commuter Challenge Trip Tracker for each week you
make trips without your car!
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