[Mpls] 2005 Mpls. Bike/Walk Event Tomorrow--May 5th

[Jim McGuire]

I plan to join this ride tomorrow, but I have a couple of  minor annoyances 
with the website.  First they list information regarding proposed rail 
transit corridors, but they have no information on the Dan Patch 
corridor.  Granted, state law prevents any state agency from mentioning 
that corridor.  (Afterall, no rich person in Edina who buys a house near 
train track should EVER have to see or hear a train).  I don't care if TMO 
is prevented from menitioning the corridor by state law. I personally 
refuse to pretend the corridor doesn't exit.  (If TMO is not specifically 
prohibited, then the information should be there).

More importantly, but still a minor annoyance.  If you're a Minneapolis 
organization get yoru neighborhoods right.  According to the website people 
from Southeast Minneapolis are supposed to meet at Minnehaha Park.  I live 
in SE Minneapolis. (which, of course, is North and east of downtown).  It 
would be silly for me to bicycle 5 miles to Minnehaha Park just to join a 
bikeride to downtown.  Instead I'll join the NE Minneapolis ride.  (NE 
Minneapolis is, of course, North of downtown).

Still, despite my posting worthy of any good curmudgeon, I look forward to 
a pleasant bike ride downtown tomorrow.  I doubt I'll make it to 
the  Quarry by 7 AM, but I do plan to meet up with the NE contingent at 
Hennepin and Stinson soon after they get underway.

Jim McGuire
Como (SE Minneapolis)




At 09:40 AM 5/4/05, you wrote:

>Join fellow commuters and elected officials for the Commuter Challenge 
>Bike/Walk on
>Thursday, May 5, 2005. This year's event has six organized bike routes and 
>three organized
>walk routes to Downtown Minneapolis. Elected officials will be 
>accompanying some routes.
>All routes will commence at 7:00 am and will converge at the Hennepin 
>County Government
>Center Plaza (on 5th Street) at about 7:30 am. Refreshments and prizes 
>will be given away.
>
>FFI contact:
>Teresa Wernecke, Executive Director
>Downtown Mpls. Traffic Management Organization
>US Bank Plaza, 220 S. 6th St., Suite 230
>Minneapolis, MN  55402
>Phone: 612-370-3987 x.206 Fax: 612-339-1412
>teresa at mplstmo.org
>http://www.mplstmo.org/pages/bike_walk.htm
>
>My apologies for the lateness of this announcement. I just learned of this 
>event this
>morning. It has received little publicity. Please share this information 
>with other
>e-lists to which you belong.
>
>Jenny Heiser
>Whittier
>www.votedeanzimmermann.org
>
>
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