After decades and decades of steady increases, the total amount of car travel in Minnesota has not increased for six consecutive years (see MnDOT 2010 VMT Report- pdf). Over that period, the state’s population increased by more than 300,000 people, but total driving did not increase. Minnesotans are increasingly choosing a healthy combination of transit, biking, walking and fewer and, most likely, shorter car trips.
Author archive for: Dave Van Hattum
03.052012April 2, 2015
Marrying Bus and Rail on the Central Corridor
By Dave Van HattumIn Projects & Corridors, TransitTags Bus, Funding, Green Line, Light Rail, Planning
Metro Transit estimates that 40% of Central Corridor riders will access the train via a bus trip. At Transit for Livable Communities, we support much more extensive implementation of new connecting bus service than will be possible with available dollars.
02.062012April 7, 2015
New Starts Faster!
By Dave Van HattumIn Transit, Transportation Policy & FundingTags Equity, Federal Transportation, Funding
From Dave Van Hattum, Policy and Advocacy Program Manager President Obama, in his State of the Union address (1/31/12), put forward two initiatives that would...
12.012011April 8, 2015
What will the Southwest LRT look like? Met Council proposes new guidelines for transitways
By Dave Van HattumIn Projects & Corridors, Transit, Transportation Policy & FundingTags Land Use & Development, Light Rail, Parking, Peer Regions, Southwest
From Dave Van Hattum, TLC As the region makes visible progress in building new transitways—Hiawatha, Central Corridor, beginning preliminary engineering on Southwest, plus Bus Rapid...
10.202011April 17, 2015
A child of the burbs contemplates their future: Learning from ULI-Minnesota’s workshop Compact Development in the Suburbs.
By Dave Van HattumIn Community, Transportation Policy & FundingTags Land Use & Development, Light Rail, Peer Regions, Street Design, Streetcar
From Dave Van Hattum, TLC I recently attended Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) workshop on Compact Development in the Suburbs with hope but also some cynicism....
10.062011April 17, 2015
Transportation Advisory Board –Looking for Members
By Dave Van HattumIn Transit, Transportation Policy & FundingTags Federal Transportation, Funding, Policy
By Dave Van Hattum, TLC The TAB or Transportation Advisory Board was once called by a MPR reporter, the most powerful board you have never...
09.222011April 8, 2015
The New Normal for Transportation Planning
By Dave Van HattumIn Transit, Transportation Policy & FundingTags Bus Rapid Transit, Complete Streets, Funding, Land Use & Development, Parking, Peer Regions, Planning
From Dave Van Hattum, Policy & Advocacy Program Manager New housing and commercial developments are increasing inside the I-494/694 beltway. According to John Kari, a...
09.132011April 8, 2015
Federal Transportation Funding in the Balance
From Dave Van Hattum, Policy and Advocacy Program Manager As with most federal programs, future funding of transportation faces great uncertainty. The latest indications are...
08.102011April 8, 2015
Leveraging Cedar Avenue BRT for the Southeast Metro
From Dave Van Hattum, Policy & Advocacy Program Manager The City of Apple Valley recently received an American Institute of Architects (AIA) award that brought...
07.282011April 8, 2015
Anchoring Equity to Achieve Sustainable Regional Development Outcomes: A Corridors of Opportunity June 28th Mtg
By Dave Van HattumIn Transit, Transportation Policy & FundingTags Blue Line, Bottineau, Bus Rapid Transit, Economy, Equity, Funding, Green Line, Light Rail, Northstar, Red Line
From Dave Van Hattum, Policy & Advocacy Program Manager A snapshot: People of color in the Twin Cities, on average, have less than half the...