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A research project by the UMN’s Human Factors Safety Laboratory (HFSL) evaluated the effectiveness of both temporary (i.e., ...

Names are important. What do these locally named places and streets tell us about who we are, where we come from, and what we ...

This article is adapted from a version published July 17, 2026, by the Minnesota Women’s Press. Public art was unveiled at a ...

Mapping Prejudice, at the University of Minnesota, helps us to understand the history of housing discrimination in the Twin Cities—and to participate in mapping it.

Mapping Prejudice, at the University of Minnesota, helps us to understand the history of housing discrimination in the Twin Cities—and to participate in mapping it.

Against all odds, futuristic delusions of national construction in South Korea transformed a pitiful backwater into a prosperous country. As Minnesota today faces its own hostile intermeddling, is ...

Editor’s note: This is part one of a series covering at-grade options for MnDOT’s Rethinking I-94 project. Part two may be found here, considering designs for the interstate beyond MnDOT’s study ...

Streets.mn is a volunteer-run organization, with one quarter-time employee, our Managing Editor, Cirien Saadeh. The rest of our work comes from volunteers: writing, editing, fact-checking, event ...

From the first expression of interest to the actual hauling of passengers, the gestation period for light rail transit in Minneapolis/Saint Paul turned out to be 44 years. When the Twin Cities ...

When I moved to Minneapolis from upstate New York last year, I found myself puzzled by the layout of the streets and avenues across the city. Why, for example, did every street and avenue in my ...

In 2016, after the first election of Donald Trump, Streets.mn cofounder and longtime contributor Bill Lindeke wrote a “Map Monday” short piece, commenting on the apparent stark urban/rural divide on ...