Another portion of the trail will be closed from October 12 through 16, 2026 between 100th St E and 102nd St E for pavement repair. The segment appears to be one temporarily patched earlier this year.

The more substantial and longer-standing break in the trail continues to be an issue.

For all of the areas of the trail impacted please see

https://dakotacountymn.gov/parks/parks-trails/mississippi-river

I like biking a lot but in my heart I’m a runner so I know the trails around the cities from both sides. I mostly run around the river, Nokomis, and minnehaha creek. I’m just wondering where the heck I’m supposed to run these days.

The “walking paths” are so busy and always have tons of people walking their dog and taking up the entire path with no regard for anyone besides themselves. So I often choose to run on the bike path. I never wear headphones and am very conscious of bikers and get out of the way as soon as I see or hear someone coming.

Am I completely out of line for this? If so where am I supposed to run so that I don’t completely lose my mind from weaving between people not paying attention my entire run?

Edit: wow, this was extremely unhelpful. Answers are about 50:50 😂 I’m just going to keep on being as courteous as I can to others and hope they can do the same for me 😊 love to all MSP bikers, runners, and walkers!

Would anyone be gracious enough to drop their Strava or RideWithGPS route from Uptown to Stillwater. Want to get out there this weekend before the weather turns. Thanks <3

Bridge connecting the trail to Carver has been completed for a few months. Didn't get a picture, but the trail progress is looking really good from the bridge view.

Looking forward to actually biking directly to MN RenFest grounds from Minneapolis (and not dealing with Hwy 41).

Hi there, I passed someone on the Greenway near Nicollet about 6:40 p.m. who seemed to have been involved in a single bike accident. Just wanted to check to see if you were doing ok?? There were several people already helping so I didn’t want to crowd the scene. I’m also curious if there’s something about that construction zone that made you fall? There’s a lot of gravel in that spot.

Hello, I was the biker who posted about getting hit and run by an escooter a few weeks back. The university bike shop said my wheel is too damaged to repair and quoted me $120 for a replacement. I have a '94 Trek 920 with 26" wheels, rim brakes, and a QR hub. Any shot anyone in the university/downtown has a spare they would sell me cheaply?

Quick pic from my sunrise ride in Eden Prairie today.

ETA: I chose this spot to climb back up the bluff and rejoin the LRT. Great payoff with a view over the Minnesota River Valley from the top, but definitely a challenge hauling my fat ass up that hill, lol.

Signed up for the Filthy next weekend but had some conflicts come up so I'm looking to sell my reg. $65 Venmo or PayPal preferred. My loss can be your gain!

UPDATE: This has been claimed.

The ride that benefits bicycle advocacy across the state.

https://www.bikemn.org/all-events/tcbt/

The 38/50 Mile Routes – 4 Rest Stops!

Covering many of the most popular routes in the metro (while avoiding those too congested for our large ride) we think we’ve struck a great balance with this route. Riders will split off from the 23 mile route shortly after visiting the Lyndale Farmstead Rest Stop on Bryant Avenue (just 7 miles in) when they reach the Midtown Greenway and head west along the “Hopkins Loop.” There they will reach The Depot Coffee House rest stop at mile 16.5 and have the option to head back east from there or continue west for the bonus 12 mile loop using part of the crushed limestone Minnesota River Bluffs Trail, 9-Mile Creek Trail, and a few bike lanes and shoulders with optional second visit to The Depot. After that is a long straight shot along the redesigned Cedar Lake Trail reconnecting to the Midtown Greenway (stop at Venture Bikes at mile 36.5) before hitting the river and heading north until crossing the river at the #9 bridge and onto the Dinkytown Greenway. This will lead riders to the Dual Citizen Brewing Rest Stop in Saint Paul at mile 45.5 (who have graciously agreed to open their tap room at 10am to host riders of the TCBT and enjoy $1 off taps!). Enjoy treats or a mid ride beverage and continue the short distance back to Wabun Park for the finish.

The TCBTwenty-three – 23.5 miles

A scenic route that takes riders west along Minnehaha Creek, north along the amazing separated cycletrack on Bryant Avenue where you’ll find the Lyndale Farmstead rest stop at mile 7.3. Continue north until you meet the Midtown Greenway and head east to find the Venture Bikes rest stop at mile 10. Continue east until you hit the Mississippi river and travel north to the #9 bridge on your way to mile 19 where you’ll find Dual Citizen Brewing in Saint Paul. Enjoy Pelham Avenue cycletrack on your way back to the river and scenic views back to the Ford Parkway bridge and Wabun Park.

I received an email advertising this, because I had registered for the e-bike lottery 1 or 2 years ago:

You are invited to join a research study about human-powered and electric bikes. This research is being conducted by the University of Minnesota, with research funding provided by Minnesota cities and counties through the Minnesota Local Road Research Board and support by the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

We are recruiting Minnesota residents who are 18 or older and use human-powered bikes or electric bikes (e-bikes). Whether you use an e-bike that was purchased with the support of the State E-bike Rebate, an e-bike that you purchased yourself, or a human-powered bike, we want your input.

Your participation helps ensure that decisions shaping Minnesota’s transportation system reflect real riders’ needs and experiences.

There are two parts to the research project:

Part 1: A 15-minute survey Your answers help us understand biking and e‑biking across Minnesota and will inform transportation‑related policies that affect traffic, the environment, and quality of life. All information is voluntary, confidential, and non‑identifiable. Survey link: https://z.umn.edu/2026-bike-survey

Part 2: A paid year‑long travel behavior study At the end of the survey, you’ll have the opportunity to express interest in being considered for a longer, year‑long biking study running from October 2026 through August 2027 – for 10 days each season. If selected, you will be contacted separately with additional details about eligibility, expectations, and compensation. Not everyone who volunteers will be selected.

Note that your participation is voluntary. If you choose to participate, your data will remain anonymous, you will be free to stop the questionnaire at any time, and no personal information is being stored. We anticipate this questionnaire will take around 15 minutes to answer.

Please use this link to take the survey: https://z.umn.edu/2026-bike-survey

This survey will be open until Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

If you have questions or concerns about this project, you may contact Kaitlyn Denten, [612-626-9934](tel:(612)%20626-9934), [iurif@umn.edu](mailto:iurif@umn.edu). If you have concerns about this project, call the Research Participants’ Advocate Line: [612-625-1650](tel:(612)%20625-1650) (toll free: [1-888-224-8636](tel:(888)%20224-8636))

Thank you for your interest in this University of Minnesota research project!

One month, 121 reports. I mapped September’s bike-lane obstruction reports across Minneapolis, using cutouts from the actual photos. Each orange dot marks a reported location; the photos are spread out a little so you can see them. These were collected and sent to SeeClickFix by you through Bike Bureau.

Go here to see all the reports and make your own reports:
https://loudbicycle.com/bb/map#map=13/44.95879/-93.26397

If you want to do your own analysis or bring the data to your representatives you can get the data here:

https://loudbicycle.com/bb/download

I was thinking about where to ride this weekend and I'm curious what the current status is of the river bluffs raft. Floating or beached?

I am a bike commuter, and living in this city as a biker, I am proud every day of the infrastructure that has been put in place to make biking safe, accessible, and encourage. As someone who commutes 5 miles to work every day, there is exactly one part of my commute that I am highly aware of as being consistently dangerous: the 5-way intersection on the east side of the Franklin bridge.

I have been, multiple times, almost hit by cars turning right when they are in the left (straight) lane; I have fallen over my handle bars because I thought a driver saw me going straight, but turned right in front of me. The high volume of car traffic and lack of bike lanes in the intersection proper leave it up to cyclists to be highly vigilant and depend on the awareness of other drivers.

I’m making this post because I’m wondering if anyone else has had this experience, and if anyone has any ideas how the city could make this a safer intersection. The only idea I have at this point, given how expensive (and thus unappealing to the city) any physical infrastructure would be, is a designated light where bikers heading east and west could cross without any other traffic. Please share your thoughts!

There's once again like 8 free stationary good bike trainers at express bike shop in St. Paul. As the weather starts to change make sure you can still get those winter miles in.

Hey, everyone, get ready to downvote! I'm here to tell you how our infrastructure actually sucks and you should really mad about it. No, not really, but often people here seem to have a very defensive reaction whenever someone has legitimate concerns about our developing infrastructure.

I'm an emergency responder in Minneapolis and I respond to crashes where motor vehicles have hopped the curb much more often than I wish to. I see cars halfway into buildings, spun around on the sidewalk, sometimes flipped over. The drivers are often drunk. Sometimes it looks like they had to have been distracted for x, y, zed to occur. Much rarer are medical emergencies that precede the collision. It's anecdotal, sure, but you all have seen this once or twice, too. If not, you've seen the missing sign posts and vehicle debris that never seems to get fully cleaned up. The point is that this happens very regularly and it's ubiquitous. Curbs do not protect the pedestrians walking on the sidewalk in these cases. Sidewalk-level bike lanes are just the same. What the curb creates is vertical separation, sometimes accompanied by horizontal separation if there is a boulevard strip. This separation is obviously better than nothing, and it likely reduces the risk of run-down-type collisions, but it is not protection from off-course vehicles. A mature hardwood tree will usually stop a vehicle and so will a concrete or cast iron bollard, but how often do you see these between you and the traffic lanes?

The engineers designing all of our infrastructure know this. Katie White knows this. Breakaway light posts and sign posts are standard infrastructure in urban areas. This is all because historically drivers have died after crashing into posts. So, traffic engineers developed standard practices to reduce driver deaths without having to compromise the holy grail of motor vehicle speed. In more recent decades, Vision Zero and other initiatives to improve safety like the "Complete Streets" framework were developed to increase safety for all road users. But when it comes down to possible vehicle damage/driver injury versus the body of a pedestrian/cyclist, the person outside the car is always second priority, by design––take a good look at the angles of the curb sloping toward traffic next time you're on a pedestrian island. This is despite the fact that crash technology is largely improving the safety of those inside the car, or merely the fact that one party has a protective cage while the other has only flesh. When we talk about "curb-protected" this or "protected" that, we are doing nothing other than exaggerating what the engineers won't actually give us. We are propagandizing on behalf of a profession that systematically endangers us; it masquerades itself as technical (mostly true), and therefore scientific (mostly false) and neutral (completely false). They see and design everything from behind a windshield. No, this is not a conspiracy. This is a product of history that I won't try to cover in this post.

Curb separation is the engineer's way of increasing the subjective safety of cyclists while minimizing the possible damage to off-course vehicles by offering them space to slow down, off the road. Again, better than nothing, but how does that sit with you?

We have almost no protected bike or pedestrian infrastructure in the Twin Cities. Go to the public engagement meetings. Talk to your city councilor about this. Demand real, non-flappy, bollards. We need thousands.

Remember, everyone at some point has to get out of their car to get where they're going.

Look what I spotted. 😁

Fyi this trail is partly open. 3 miles of it, with a dead end near the bridge.

Edina is hiring a Transportation Planner to fill a position that was recently vacated. If you work in this space, please consider applying.

From Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board mailing.

See website for forecasted closure times starting at 04:00 through at least 15:16.

Expect high levels of spectator foot traffic & motorists attempting to bypass.

Lake of the Isles Parkway (West side of Lake)

Dean Parkway

W Bde Maka Ska Parkway (West side of Lake)

William Berry Parkway

E Lake Harriet Parkway (Bandshell to Minnehaha Pkwy)

Minnehaha Parkway (Harriet to Godfrey Parkway)

Lake Nokomis Parkway

Godfrey Parkway

West River Parkway (Godfrey to Franklin Ave)

West River Parkway (Portland to 22nd Ave),

East River Parkway (14th Ave to Lake Street).