Tag: minneapolis
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‘Safe streets’ must include safety from racist police
Right now, Seattle’s Police Department and Mayor Jenny Durkan are trying to get out of a Federal consent decree in place since 2012 following a pattern of police violence. The current Seattle Police contract is not in compliance with the consent decree, the courts have decided, especially when it pertains to review of police misconduct.…
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Minneapolis takes lessons from Seattle’s bike plan to guide their own
Minneapolis and Hennepin County are reworking their bike plans, and Bikeways for Everyone has been following Seattle’s Bike Master Plan development for ways to “draw lessons from Seattle’s achievements.” Their list of lessons? Get businesses on board: “after they built a protected bike lane in Manhattan, nearby stores saw sales increase by 49%, while the…
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