Jacob Vandervest

sitting at msp and i feel like an inch of snow has fallen in the last 20 minutes #mnwx

Minneapolis has been named one of the world’s most bike-friendly cities! A new report covering 100 cities in 44 countries ranked Minneapolis as the #2 biking city in the U.S., #5 in North America and #44 globally. Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2025/november/2025-bike-friendly-city/

This is a small snow plow for sidewalks

If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.

colorful scene on bryant avenue in South Minneapolis

Lake Street at Lyndale Avenue

Colorful Bryant Avenue bikeway and Lake Street at Lyndale Avenue.

South Minneapolis, November 2025

A photo of the new Hennepin Avenue S bikeway.

A photo of the new University Avenue SE bikeway.

A photo of the new 24th Street E bikeway.

A photo of the new 1st Avenue S bikeway.

New bikeways that have opened (or are very close to opening) in Minneapolis this year:

- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S

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Picture it: you live in Minneapolis and are enjoying a postcard-perfect fall day riding on our network of over 100 miles of trails and curb-protected bikeways.

Seems like it might be time for three-car Green Line trains serving the University of Minnesota again.

Heartwarming personal story: These people tubing down Minnehaha Creek shouted out a phone number and asked a man on the bridge to take a photo and text it to them. That man was me.

Group of 20 elementary schoolers bike in the Blaisdell 2 way curb protected bikelane. They wear high viz vests.

If your bikelanes don’t have groups of elementary aged kids going on bike field trips with their class, your infrastructure isn’t safe enough for all ages & abilities (& should be fixed!).

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Taking healthcare from millions to build concentration camps and give the top 1% more money. This is the GOP and Trump. Every GOP elected official in any level of office - this is on them.

The state Kristi Noem is from gets 40x as much representation in the United States Senate as the state Los Angeles is in. They take billions of dollars of tax money from our state every year. And yet it's not enough. They won't stop until they occupy our territory and destroy our freedom.

Image shows hundreds of cars slowed/stopped on a highway with signage saying “air quality alert consider reducing trips.” Heavy wildfire smoke is in the air.

Our approach to climate change summed up in one photo from @mprnews.org .

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photo of a tree lined street in tokyo.

Hot take: Most of the aesthetic criticism of 5 over 1s could be mitigated with ground level building ornamentation, small retail spaces, and sufficient sidewalk adjacent foliage.

Most major global cities are primarily made of boring concrete buildings, it just isn't evident at ground level.

Photo shows a Bunch bike parked next to a two way elevated bikeway, next to a sidewalk, next to several small businesses, with apartments in the background.

The U.S. needs more of this: density, mixed use (residential and businesses in close proximity), bike/ped/transit infrastructure.

It was a bad idea to do sprawl & forced car dependency almost everywhere in the U.S.

Let’s fix that!

highland park wasn’t in the warning, that’s why.

A red electric-assist cargo bike stopped next to a concrete protected bikeway in front of La Bodega in Minneapolis. The shop’s façade is painted with a large blue and orange floral mural and black circular “La Bodega” signs. To the right, a bright blue storefront displays beaded jewelry, and to the left, sidewalk seating and adjacent small businesses stretch under a clear blue sky.

This is human-scale infrastructure: a protected bikeway, sidewalk seating, and La Bodega serving up flavor in Minneapolis — no parking lot required. It’s not just cute, it’s smart policy. Streets like this boost foot traffic and small business revenue. More, please.

Tulip Season.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Laura’s wife rides a Bunch bike w the kids on a not yet done bikeway on 1st Ave S in Mpls. It is sunny and birds are flying overhead.

The new sidewalk level 2 way bikeway on 1st Ave S isn’t done yet, but it’s already SO nice!

I cannot wait for this project to be finished.

I’m so grateful to live in a city that keeps adding more bike infrastructure AND improving bike infrastructure we already have (which is the case here).

Photo of someone riding a bike in shorts. There is snow on the ground and the sun is shining.

Minneapolitans when it’s 42°F/5°C: “It’s SO warm! Time to ride a bike in shorts.” ☀️

I walk in protected bikelanes every time I’m faced with a similar choice.

We should take what we already know works for our protected bikelanes and #PlowMPLSsidewalks, too. ❄️

If you aren’t looking out your window to catch the moment rain turns to snow, are you even a Minnesotan?

Meteorological spring is here! Old Man Winter: hold my beer.

Rain changes to snow this evening, with 4-8" possible before snow tapers midday Wednesday; maybe 10" of snow in a few spots.

Winter Storm Warnings with Blizzard Warnings south of MSP. Wednesday travel will be a mess

I’m gonna be honest with you: I miss going to Target. But they made their choice and I’m choosing not to go to their stores until they roll this back.

how depressing

It's a winter wonderland in Minneapolis.

Black and white night photo of Nicollet street with many shoppers, storefronts and Christmas decorations. The triangular Calder sculpture "the spinner" is in the center

The apex of the tree-lined street showing white columns of the Northwestern National Life Insurance building.

On this day in 1967 the nation's first pedestrian/transit corridor "Nicollet Mall" opens in Minneapolis. Designed by Lawrence Halperin and decorated with public art from famous names such as Alexander Calder, it was a masterpiece of modernism.