Becoming Bike Travel Friendly: A Minneapolis Case Study

Reader Contribution by Winona Bateman
Published on January 13, 2012
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Today’s post was written by Ginny Sullivan, lead staff at Adventure Cycling Association on the U.S. Bicycle Route System.

I recently came across a couple of articles about Minneapolis, Minnesota, that got me thinking. The first one was about a new vending machine and bike station, called BikeFixtation, which enables cyclists to fix their bikes on the fly. The other story focused on the city’s increasing bike/walk numbers recorded over the past few years (up 52% since 2007). The increases are attributed to the ever-growing infrastructure in which the city is investing — both on- and off-road accommodations and a top-notch bike share program, called Nice-Ride. Additionally, the staff at the Mississippi National River Recreation Area, a 72-mile urban national park that runs through the Twin Cities (pictured above), views alternative transportation options as a priority for both locals and tourists who wish to experience this unique park.

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