Events calendar
Here's a sampling from our online events calendar!
February 8
MN Complete Streets bill press conference
February 12
First Minnesota Safe Routes to School Network Meeting
February 14
2010 Twin Cities Bike Swap
February 25
The NEC's 25th Anniversary Celebration
March 9-11
National Bike Summit
Send us your events! events@smart-trips.org
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Bike Walk to Work
Bike Walk to Work Day is June 10 this year. Volunteers are needed to help with our St. Paul celebration! Contact Damian Goebel: damian@smart-trips.org.
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Quick links
HOURCAR has two new St. Paul car-sharing hubs at Saint Thomas locations. more...
Oprah wants you to pledge not to use your cell while driving. more...
First hand trials and tribulations from a car-free family. more...
Have you heard? Better air quality means fewer ear infections. more...
Are electric bikes the next big thing? more...
When it comes to helmet safety, does more expensive mean safer? more...
Scientists say: exercise grows your brain. more...
Announcing the Nubrella, the umbrella for your bike. more...
Slime-inspired train route planning. more...
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7-year-old raises $300,000+ for Haiti
Watch the video
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Winter Carnival
Together with our local volunteers and partners last month we delivered the message to carnival-goers that St. Paul bikes, walks and buses year round!
View more photos
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Seeking a few good board members
St. Paul Smart Trips is looking for impassioned individuals to serve on our board of directors for two year terms beginning in April 2010.
Are you committed to improving transportation access and mobility in St. Paul? Consider filling one of the openings on our 15 member board as a representative of
business, government or the community.
Find out more: Contact our Executive Director, Jessica Treat, at jessica@smart-trips.org or 651-224-8555 x20
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We're a non-profit that improves access and mobility for those who travel in and around St. Paul.
www.smart-trips.org
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Our winter sidewalks campaign is gaining traction
Linda Mainquist, sidewalk advocate extraordinaire
 Meet Linda Mainquist, a resident of the Seal Hi-Rise in St. Anthony Park. Linda, frustrated by seeing those with disabilities having to use the street because of impassable sidewalks, decided to do something about it.
Video: Watch Linda explain the inspiration for her advocacy work
Last winter we worked with Linda and her councilmember, Russ Stark to create an informational door hanger that can be left at properties that are in violation of the law stating that sidewalks must be cleared of snow and ice within 24 hours of a snowfall.
Since
last year, with the help of many District Councils around the city, we've
chipped away at the problem. But there is more to be done
before we get to the bottom of this!
Help us spread the word! Distribute door hanger in your neighborhood. Check out our pickup location map for one near you.
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Want to get the word on what's in store for 2010?
We
invite you to come get the inside scoop on the projects, programs and
policy changes that will impact commuters in 2010 and beyond.
This
event is a great opportunity
to network with your peers about innovative transportation policy,
programs and promotions! Event highlights will include: Central Corridor updates (including the three new stations) Unveiling of this year's Commuter Challenge promotion Newly available telework resources from E-Workplace Sneak peak at this year's Bike Walk to Work Day festivities
St. Paul Smart Trips Transportation SummitMarch 3, 2010, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm317 on Rice Park, 317 Washington St., St. Paul, MN (map)
RSVP today: This event is free for St. Paul workplaces & employers.
Please click here to register so we can order a lunch for you!
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Marshall Avenue plowing pilot in jeopardy
A car on Marshall Ave. ticketed Tuesday morning for parking during prohibited hours.
Do you drive, bike or bus on Marshall Avenue? If so, you'll want to help make this imperiled plowing pilot program a success.
In November of last year, parking regulations went into effect on a pilot basis on Marshall with the intent to allow snow plows to do a more thorough job of clearing the avenue.
Under the pilot, parking is prohibited year round between 2 am and 7 am on the south side of Marshall on Tuesdays and the north side on Wednesdays.
 Plows are supposed to be clearing to the curb to prevent the accumulation of snow that normally pushes parked cars out into the bike lane and cyclists out into the street.
So far over 200 tickets have been issued, but neighbors and users of the stretch of Marshall between Mississippi River Boulevard and Hamline Avenue have been wondering about the effectiveness of the program.
The Union Park District Council will be holding a community meeting in April to discuss the future of the pilot.
Take action! Tell the city you care about the safety of motorists and cyclists and want this pilot to be a success. Here's how:
Parked cars preventing plowing? Request that they be ticketed: Contact St. Paul Police at 651-291-1111.
Cars gone, but not the snow? Request that Marshall be plowed: Contact Public works (answered 24 hours daily) at 651-292-6600.
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Jefferson Avenue Bikeway resolution up for vote
One of many example traffic calming treatments. See more at Bike Walk Twin Cities.
After being delayed a week, the following resolution will come before City Council this Wednesday, February 17:
Resolution-10-108 Approving construction of a bicycle facility on Jefferson Avenue connecting the Samuel H. Morgan Regional Trail near West 7th Street with the East River Road Trail near Mississippi River Boulevard.
Karmann Peters, who staffs the Macalester Groveland Community Council (MGCC) Transportation Committee, is encouraging people to contact Councilmember Pat Harris' office if they feel strongly about the issue.
Get some background: MGCC Transportation committee minutes.
Take action: Contact Councilmember Harris at 651-266-8630 or ward3@ci.stpaul.mn.us before Wednesday, February 17.
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2010 Governor's Race forum draws hundreds
Based on a photograph from Transit for Livable Communities
St. Paul Smart Trips recently helped sponsor a candidate forum for the 2010 Governor's Race where transportation, land use and environment were on everyone's minds.
Hundreds showed up on a cold, snowy evening on Monday, January 25 to Macalester College. Ten candidates for Governor from all three of the major parties participated with MinnPost columnist Steve Berg moderating the event.
The candidates
were: Margaret
Anderson-Kelliher (DFL), Leslie Davis (Republican), Mark Dayton (DFL), Susan Gaertner (DFL), Rob Hahn (IP), Tom Horner (IP), John Marty (DFL), Tom Rukavina (DFL), R.T.
Rybak (DFL) and John Uldrich (IP).
Questions were posed about access to jobs and destinations, conservation, economic development & job creation and public health & safety.
Key
sponsors of the event were Transit for Livable Communities, ISAIAH, Minnesota Public
Transit Association, Alliance for Metropolitan Stability, 1000 Friends
of Minnesota, Fresh Energy, Sierra Club, MPIRG and the Minnesota Center
for Environmental Advocacy.
Read more: Find out what the candidates had to say on MinnPost.
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