http://www.thingelstad.com/make-minnetonka-bicycle-friendly/ Jamie Thingelstad's Personal Website Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:19:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thingelstad.com/make-minnetonka-bicycle-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-7582 Make Minneapolis Bicycle Friendly | thingelstad.com Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:49:02 +0000 http://www2.thingelstad.com/index.php/2005/03/20/make-minnetonka-bicycle-friendly/#comment-7582 [...] Minneapolis Bicycle Friendly Posted by Jamie August 10, 2005 A few months ago I sent a suggestion to the mayor of Minnetonka to request that they work with the League of American Bicyclists to get Minnetonka the designation [...] [...] Minneapolis Bicycle Friendly Posted by Jamie August 10, 2005 A few months ago I sent a suggestion to the mayor of Minnetonka to request that they work with the League of American Bicyclists to get Minnetonka the designation [...] ]]> http://www.thingelstad.com/make-minnetonka-bicycle-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-725 John Murphy Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:54:00 +0000 http://www2.thingelstad.com/index.php/2005/03/20/make-minnetonka-bicycle-friendly/#comment-725 Very Cool! One thing I have noticed is that local advocacy of cyclists' interests is surprisingly effective. Local constituents writing letters, and / or showing up at city councial meetings has a lot to do with the regional trail system in the Twin Cities metro. Of course, it's likely that none of the trails would have happened without federal money but without local advocacy, I think that most local governments would have left the federal money on the table. The result would be that we wouldn't have the excellent trails that we enjoy today. Very Cool! One thing I have noticed is that local advocacy of cyclists’ interests is surprisingly effective. Local constituents writing letters, and / or showing up at city councial meetings has a lot to do with the regional trail system in the Twin Cities metro. Of course, it’s likely that none of the trails would have happened without federal money but without local advocacy, I think that most local governments would have left the federal money on the table. The result would be that we wouldn’t have the excellent trails that we enjoy today. ]]>