What Are Municipal/County State Aid Roadway Standards — and Why Should You Care?
By Erik Noonan If you’ve ever stood at the edge of a busy road in your own town — waiting for a break in traffic that never seems to come […]
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Minnesota DOT Is Rethinking How Streets Get Built — And It Matters for Everyone Moving Car-Free
By Erik Noonan If you’ve ever tried to cross a state highway on foot or by bike and thought, “this feels like it was not designed with me in mind” […]
Expanding Auto-Enforcement Cameras Statewide
By Erik Noonan BikeMN has been working to make automated traffic enforcement cameras legal in Minnesota for years. Not because cameras are our favorite tool — they’re not, and we’ll […]
BAM Featured in Issue of Silent Sports Magazine (April 2025)
Bicycling Around Minnesota (BAM) was first conceived in 2006 by members of the Minnesota State Bike Advisory Committee. The inaugural invitation-only event with 30 riders was so successful that the tour continued every year with much larger participation except during the pandemic years.
Vibrants Streets Duluth Addresses 26th Ave. East Roundabout and London Road design issues.
Hello All, Vibrant Streets Duluth (formerly We Walk Duluth) met with MNDOT staff in 2023-24 about the inadequate multimodal infrastructure in the 26th Ave East roundabout design and in general […]
Introducing the Kato Bike Fall Fest
Dear Greater Mankato Bike and Walk Advocates Supporters: We are proud to announce the first annual Kato Bike Fall Fest, which will be based at Mount Kato from September 26-28, […]
Riding the Rosewood Gramble 100k Gravel Ride
A hidden gem in an overwhelming catalog of Minnesota gravel ride offerings Easy on paper – challenging when the rubber meets the gravel Anyone who rides gravel events enough knows […]
GMBWA and BikeMN Invite the Greater Mankato Community to Ride and Walk at the Best Dam Pie Thank You Ride, October 6, 2024
Greater Mankato Bike and Walk Advocates (GMBWA) and the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota (BikeMN) is proud to continue hosting Mankato’s fall destination bike ride this Sunday, October 6th. We are […]
Apply Today for Minnesota Green Corps – Due June 13th 2024
There will be THREE Minnesota Green Corps member positions supporting Safe Routes to School work in Rochester, Minneapolis, and Fergus Falls area in addition to the 55 other positions they have open. […]
Walk!BIke!Fun! 2023 Round-up
As we end our 2023 season, we’re celebrating another fun and successful year of Walk!Bike!Fun!. Join us as we recap our highlights from 2023! The Walk!Bike!Fun! program encompasses a wide […]
Recap: Culture Shift: Making Bike Shops More Gender-Inclusive in the Twin Ports!
By Andrea Crouse (they/them or she/her) of Zeigeist andrea@zeitgeistarts.com Thank you to everyone who attended Culture Shift: Making Bike Shops More Gender-Inclusive in the Twin Ports! We’re super grateful for the […]
La Crescent Earns Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community Award & Hutchinson, Hennepin County, Woodbury, and Greater Grand Forks Renew
The League of American Bicyclists is honoring the efforts of the five Minnesota communities to build better places for people to bike with Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) awards.
Promoting A Bicycle-Friendly Minnesota in the Upper Minnesota River Valley!
BikeMN Staff Dorian and Maya recently presented to planners, and city and county staff across the Upper Minnesota River Valley. The opportunity to connect with people across the region came about thanks to the work of the Upper Minnesota River Valley Regional Development Commission (UMVRDC), which enable the region to thrive by assisting local units of government.