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Tag: Transportation

This or That

If bicycles sounded more like cars

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2017, 9:24 AM May 26, 2017
27 Comments

Bicycle bells don’t scare anybody into paying attention. You know what does? A big air horn. Read more →

This or That

Roundabouts spread on the Iron Range

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 28, 2017, 7:43 AM Apr 28, 2017
92 Comments

The Iron Range is about to learn what metro drivers have finally figured out. Roundabouts aren’t so bad. Read more →

This or That

Sidewalks get no love in Mankato

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 28, 2017, 11:14 AM Mar 28, 2017
18 Comments

Sidewalks hearken back to a day in America where people walked to places, maybe even stopped to talk to neighbors. But that romanticized view has no place in America, judging from the reaction of people at a meeting Monday night.

Homeowners in Mankato hate sidewalks. Read more →

Politics

Former transportation commissioner: No reason for rural resentment

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 23, 2017, 8:47 AM Mar 23, 2017
10 Comments

Former Minnesota transportation commissioner Elwyn Tinklenberg is blowing up one of the most widely-held assertions in Minnesota today: that the transportation issue pits the Twin Cities metro against people in rural Minnesota. Read more →

This or That

Anti-terrorism officers heighten nervousness on light rail

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 22, 2017, 12:31 PM Mar 22, 2017
69 Comments

Why would anyone think it was a raid? Because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has Minneapolis and Hennepin County in its sights. Read more →

This or That

Airlines’ performance is best in decades

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2017, 2:13 PM Feb 14, 2017
6 Comments

It’s still not a lot of fun flying from Point A to Point B in the United States, but the airlines’ performance is the best in 22 years, a report from the Department of Transportation says today. U.S. airlines canceled just 1.17 percent of scheduled flights for the year 2016, the lowest in decades. Read more →

Regional history

In road reconstruction, trees honoring veterans need to be cut down

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 1, 2017, 9:16 AM Feb 1, 2017
8 Comments

After World War II, area residents planted more than 1,000 trees to honor service members in a living tribute on Minnesota Highway 22 between Mankato and Mapleton. But road needs change and now the trees must go. Read more →

Airbus joins the flying car club

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2017, 7:05 AM Jan 17, 2017
8 Comments

As we’ve noted many times in this space over the years, flying cars are a fairly impractical solution to a problem. Most every flying car project that’s underway continues to take investors’ money and delay the rollout. Read more →

The end of the gas-powered car isn’t far off

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2017, 2:09 PM Jan 3, 2017
42 Comments

Lost in all the back-patting and credit-grabbing in today’s announcement that Ford will not ship some car production to Mexico is this nugget: Gasoline-powered cars are not far from being eclipsed by electric ones. Read more →

Politics

Tolls for I-94 and I-90? Why not?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 30, 2016, 6:48 AM Dec 30, 2016
50 Comments

Assuming I-94 and I-90 are the obvious choices for tolls in Wisconsin, why not extend the practice right into Minnesota too, shifting more of the burden for highway upkeep to those who use them the most? Read more →

Crime and Justice

When planning a flight, add a little extra time for the disruptive passenger

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 29, 2016, 11:10 AM Dec 29, 2016
43 Comments

If there’s a worse form of transportation than an airline flight these days, what is it?

There might be some that are slower, but the chances are it doesn’t come with the disruptive passenger, which has suddenly become as common on flights as the person who tries to shove a cello in the overhead bin.
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Weather

Pickup driver picks an inopportune time to lose control on icy highway

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 19, 2016, 3:12 PM Dec 19, 2016
11 Comments

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety this afternoon released this video, shot from the dash of a State Patrol cruiser, to remind people to slow down in icy conditions. Read more →

Politics

St. Paul, 4:53 p.m.

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 11, 2016, 4:57 PM Oct 11, 2016
14 Comments

The next time we have a discussion of transportation issues in Minnesota, let’s keep this picture in mind. Read more →

Politics

Is this any way to build a transportation system?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 1, 2016, 7:09 AM Sep 1, 2016
60 Comments

There’s a reason Minnesota is a transportation backwater and the duct-tape approach filling the vacuum of a failed government is a primary one.
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This or That

Wanted: More protection for cyclists at intersections

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 29, 2016, 8:51 AM Aug 29, 2016
8 Comments

Maybe being a bicyclist in our cities doesn’t have to be a life-or-death challenge at intersections. Read more →

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