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Minnesota Department of Transportation

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Plans progressing for high-speed rail to Chicago

    ​Imagine hopping on a train in downtown Minneapolis and getting off less than six hours later in the heart of Chicago, with a stop in Milwaukee in between. Sound farfetched? Right now, it might, but the Minnesota Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans for a 400-mile, high-speed ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Torrential storms cause road closures, flooding in metro area

    In a matter of hours, NE Minneapolis was under water.​A wicked storm that dumped on the metro area for about an hour left several major roads underwater, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.The latest report from MnDot has closures at Highway 280, going southbound at the Broadw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Stillwater Lift Bridge will close in a government shutdown

    ​A government shutdown will create a major transportation headache for anyone who relies on the Stillwater Lift Bridge to get back and forth to Wisconsin. If legislators cannot reach a budget agreement before July 1, the bridge will be raised and closed to traffic on what also happens to be the d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Betty McCollum promises to fight Michele Bachmann's bridge

    McCollum promises to stymie Bachmann.​We have a congressional border spat. DFL Rep. Betty McCollum wants to know why, if Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the federal government are all broke, GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann wants to build a $700 million bridge over the St. Croix River. Bachmann, who complain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Michele Bachmann says federal law doesn't apply to pet bridge project

    Bachmann's porking for a bridge to Wisconsin.​Rep. Michele Bachmann insists America is headed for socialism and bankruptcy because "porking" has gotten way out of control--unless, of course, you're talking about her pet bridge project to Wisconsin. She's about to submit a bill that does an end ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Personal Rapid Transit back on Department of Transportation's plate

    Crazy space-age boondoggle, enviro-friendly solution to clogged highways and dirty air or potential drain on limited public funds for more proven modes of public transport?

  • News

    November 25, 2009

    Hecker, Petters, and Pawlenty: Turkeys of the Year 2009

    The Twin Cities dirty dozen we're thankful to see go away

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Hecker, Petters, and Pawlenty: Turkeys of the Year 2009

    The dirty dozen we're thankful to see go away.

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    MnDOT tweets, wears out Twin Cities with every accident report

    Don't drive on 94! Or 35W! Or 494! Accidents everywhere, lanes closed, misery ahead!

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Vandals chop down Minn. 'honking tree'; what will we honk at now?

    Two Harbors is mourning the loss of one of their most historic residents: the Honking Tree. Late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, someone with a chainsaw took down the 75-foot-tall white pine in the median of the Two Harbors expressway.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Owner of Duluth's orphaned stuffed gorilla found, doesn't want it

    A nearly 6-foot tall stuffed gorilla came spinning out of a truck Thursday and no owner could be found. Until today when the owner came forward and said he doesn't even want the lame Valley Fair prize.

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Living under Crosstown isn't all it's cracked up to be

    There are people living under bridges all over Minneapolis, but this woman's story has people pretty worked up. It's probably because her home now sits under one of the new Crosstown bridges going up in Minneapolis and she wants a buyout ASAP.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Sonia Pitt: Bridge collapse "wasn't my catastrophe", she was the scapegoat

    There are people living under bridges all over Minneapolis, but this woman's story has people pretty worked up. It's probably because her home now sits under one of the new Crosstown bridges going up in Minneapolis and she wants a buyout ASAP.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2008

    Bachmann's anti-Tinklenberg site omits her connection to contracts

    There are people living under bridges all over Minneapolis, but this woman's story has people pretty worked up. It's probably because her home now sits under one of the new Crosstown bridges going up in Minneapolis and she wants a buyout ASAP.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Who's to Blame: Cheap fiscal policies led to 35W bridge collapse

    There are people living under bridges all over Minneapolis, but this woman's story has people pretty worked up. It's probably because her home now sits under one of the new Crosstown bridges going up in Minneapolis and she wants a buyout ASAP.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    Tom Sorel new transportation chief

    There are people living under bridges all over Minneapolis, but this woman's story has people pretty worked up. It's probably because her home now sits under one of the new Crosstown bridges going up in Minneapolis and she wants a buyout ASAP.

  • Feature

    February 6, 2008

    St. Paul's High Bridge: Suicide Hot Spot

    Ever since the original High Bridge was built in 1889, it's been a magnet for people seeking to end their lives

  • News

    October 10, 2007

    The MnDOT Motto

    A day late, a dollar short, and the wrong address

  • News

    August 8, 2007

    Falling Down

    The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2007

    MNDot report: 71 other bridges in metro area deemed structurally deficient

    The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.

  • News

    February 14, 2007

    The Smiling Face of Pain

    The "new" Tim Pawlenty looks a lot like the old one

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    The Road to Perdition

    The governor wants to spend billions on roads without raising your taxes. Think there might be a catch?

  • News

    October 19, 2005

    Extreme Makeover: Lake Street

    Hennepin County and Minneapolis are spending millions to rebuild south Minneapolis's main east-west thoroughfare in a new image. But whose vision is it?

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2005

    In a battle with MnDOT, the governor as mosquito

    Hennepin County and Minneapolis are spending millions to rebuild south Minneapolis's main east-west thoroughfare in a new image. But whose vision is it?

  • News

    August 3, 2005

    Sprawl Of The Wild

    Baxterization, beaten paths, and the great riparian land rush of northern Minnesota

  • News

    May 25, 2005

    Off-Track

    Why did city leaders derail an affordable housing project near the LRT line?

  • News

    March 2, 2005

    A Real Rock 'n' Roll Radio Station... for Your Pledge of Just $10 a Month?

    Paul Demko, Diablo Cody, and Dylan Hicks offer three takes on MPR's new baby

  • News

    July 16, 2003

    Bum-B-Gone™

    For the homeless, sleeping under Twin Cities bridges is no longer an option

  • Arts

    September 11, 2002

    I Can't Drive 55

    A new book uncovers the real story of the aggrieved Indians, earth first!ers, idealists, frauds, anarchists, lost souls, and free spirits who fought against highway 55

  • News

    January 2, 2002

    The Hunted Man Awards

    A Jesse-free review of the headlines that made us wince in 2001

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    The Writing on the Wall

    Divining the future of a city one mural at a time

  • News

    February 14, 2001

    Dr. Gridlock

    Lynn Woodward sold men's clothing, made millions in real estate, and raced Corvettes at 120 mph. Now he dreams of a car-free society.

  • News

    November 1, 2000

    Bjorn To Run

    In ten years, only one man has had the blind faith to try to unseat Anoka Mayor Pete Beberg. Meet Bjorn Skogquist, new kid in town.

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    Off Beat

    In ten years, only one man has had the blind faith to try to unseat Anoka Mayor Pete Beberg. Meet Bjorn Skogquist, new kid in town.

  • Books

    March 29, 2000

    Gravy Train

    City planners want a piece of the light-rail action--and they're not thinking spare change

  • News

    March 15, 2000

    Off Beat

    City planners want a piece of the light-rail action--and they're not thinking spare change

  • Books

    March 15, 2000

    Cyanide Pact

    The Minneapolis river terminal agrees to clean up its poison salt piles

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    Stop That Train!

    Light-rail boosters insist their multimillion-dollar project is finally leaving the station. But first Shoreview legislator Phil Krinkie has a few questions about inflated budgets, bid rigging, and some mysterious memos.

  • Books

    April 7, 1999

    Log Jam at Old Steepy

    Thinking of driving to Uptown this summer? Better think again.Thinking of driving to Uptown this summer? Better think again.

  • News

    February 24, 1999

    Off Beat

    Thinking of driving to Uptown this summer? Better think again.Thinking of driving to Uptown this summer? Better think again.

  • Books

    February 3, 1999

    Not a Pretty Picture

    Police to press: Behave or go to jail

  • Books

    August 19, 1998

    River Wild

    Police to press: Behave or go to jail

  • News

    August 5, 1998

    The Last Block Party

    Pig's Eye Parrant bootlegged here 150 years ago. Then came the robber barons, the great wars, the spaghetti junctions, and the exodus to the suburbs. Its glory days gone, St. Paul's Brewery District tries upscaling--and evicting renters who don't belong.

  • News

    July 8, 1998

    Railroaded

    Will the Twin Cities' light rail megaproject get any cars off the streets? Help the environment? Save any money? Not necessarily, say its supporters--but that's not the point.

  • News

    April 29, 1998

    Tilting at Highways

    War against the planned Hiawatha Avenue extension is being waged on several fronts--but it's an uphill battle.

  • News

    January 28, 1998

    Faster Beer Runs?

    War against the planned Hiawatha Avenue extension is being waged on several fronts--but it's an uphill battle.

  • News

    April 9, 1997

    Trojan Transitway?

    War against the planned Hiawatha Avenue extension is being waged on several fronts--but it's an uphill battle.

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