Events calendar
Here's a sampling from our online events calendar!
June 5-11
Bike Walk Week
June 8
Beyond the Motor City Film Screening
June 8
Solar Panels and Electric Car Backyard Talk
June 27
Last day to take the Commuter Challenge!
July 10
Tour de Fat
October 6
International Walk to School Day
Send us your events! events@smart-trips.org
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Be in the Grand Old Day parade!
Join St. Paul Smart Trips for the best seats in the house this Sunday. We're looking for kids and their parents and everyone else to bike and walk with us in the parade (starts at 10 am).
Contact Damian at 651-224-8555 x24 or damian@smart-trips.org.
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Win 2 tickets to see David Byrne speak!
Photo by Fred von Lohmann
See the former front man for the Talking Heads discuss his passion for bicycling on June 17.
Send an e-mail to events@smart-trips.org with "David Byrne" as the subject to be entered into our random drawing.
One entry per person. You must be a St. Paul Smart Trips newsletter subscriber to win.
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Why we drive the way we do
Author Tom Vanderbilt discusses his book Traffic and
what happens inside people's heads once they're inside an automobile. Watch...
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Quick links
Loveseats on buses in Denmark. more...
How much can you save biking to work? more...
7 ways a clunker Is smarter than a hybrid. more...
Five minutes in the green can boost self esteem. more...
What would L.A. look like with no traffic? more...
Mini-documentary on the Oakland Scraper Bike phenomenon. more...
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New St. Paul Bike advocacy group
The newly minted Saint Paul Bicycle Coalition is having its third meeting next week.
Tuesday June 8
7:00 - 8:30
pm
Jimmy Lee / Oxford
Rec Center (map)
270
Lexington Pkwy N
The group will be advocating for bicyclists in St. Paul through building a coalition with local business and neighborhood groups, tracking the city's Comprehensive Plan and working towards a city-wide bike plan.
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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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Minnesota adopts Complete Streets Law
Photos by Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Adapted from the National Complete Streets Coalition:
On May 15, Governor Tim
Pawlenty signed the Omnibus Transportation Bill (SF-2540), which
includes
complete streets language requiring future planning,
implementation and operation of roads to consider all
users:
"Complete streets considers the needs of motorists, pedestrians, transit users and vehicles, bicyclists, and commercial and emergency vehicles moving along and across roads, intersections, and crossings in a manner that is sensitive to the local context..." From Bill SF-2540
Minnesotans have been
rallying around complete streets for over a year and actions over the
last month reinforced that support. On April 26, a Complete Streets
Rally and Parade outside the Capitol Building delivered 5,000 postcards to Governor Pawlenty asking him to sign complete
streets legislation.
Read more: Download the full language of the bill (PDF)
View: Photos from the delivery of 5,000 postcards to the Capitol
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Smart Trips Neighborhoods coming to Highland Park
Our Smart Trips Neighborhoods program kicks off this month in the Highland Park Neighborhood of St. Paul.
This highly individualized program targets one St. Paul neighborhood each year and gives residents (12,000 in Highland!) the opportunity to order a customized "Smart Trips Kit."
 Our Smart Trips Kits are specially
tailored to encourage people to make short trips by foot, bike or bus instead of by car. The free kit is delivered by bike, brimming with resources and tools like a custom transit trip plan, a pedometer and a neighborhood coupon book and illustrated map.
The program lasts through the fall and participants receive helpful newsletters and are invited to attend free bike rides, walks and workshops in their neighborhood. The neighborhood has set a goal to try to get 12% of households to participate.
This year marks our third year of running this program. In our first year we increased biking and walking by
33% in the Summit-U neighborhood!
Learn more: Check out our Smart Trips Neighborhoods site
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Metropass for employers just got more flexible!
More than 200 organizations across the Twin Cities provide access to deeply discounted, unlimited-ride transit passes to their employees and members with the Metropass transit pass program from Metro Transit. Metropass is available to organizations with 10+ participants, and is now more flexible than ever!
 Thanks to feedback from Metropass companies, Metro Transit has tightened up their billing to be reflect monthly actual use. To manage the transition, Metropass companies will be converted to the new billing plan on their anniversary date on their contracts.
As part of the conversion, participating employers will be able to set
up an administrator account allowing them to:- Enroll and remove employees from Metropass
- Order a replacement Metropass cards
- Add stored value for Metropass users
- Download an active rider report (basis for monthly billing)
Learn more about Metropass: To sign up or transition your organization
to the new program contact Damian Goebel at 651-224-8555 x24 or damian@smart-trips.org.
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Update: Jefferson Bikeway Approved
Thanks for making your voices heard!
After months of public meetings and discussions, on May 5 the city council approved the Jefferson Ave Bikeway project by a 6-1 vote. At the public hearing prior to the vote the vast majority of speakers spoke in favor of the project.
Starting this summer, Jefferson Ave will undergo a variety of changes to make it safer and more pleasant for cyclists and pedestrians. Some key elements include: - Trial of a traffic diverter at Cleveland
- Destination and directional signs throughout the corridor
- Share the road pavement markings in several locations
- Dynamic speed signs (between Snelling & Lexington Pkwy)
- Bike lanes from Lexington to West 7th Street
- Sidewalk installation between Lexington & Victoria (south side)
- Reduced speed from 40 to 30 between Lexington & Victoria
Read more: Star Tribune article
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