Erik Noonan
@eriknoonan.bsky.social
(he/him they/them)
Local Award Winning Bike Nerd
Architecture. Accessible Design. Nature. Food. Building a Better System.
Professional Bicycle Propagandist @bikemn.bsky.social
Co-Chair @streets.mn
Local Award Winning Bike Nerd
Architecture. Accessible Design. Nature. Food. Building a Better System.
Professional Bicycle Propagandist @bikemn.bsky.social
Co-Chair @streets.mn
Honest question, does the Minneapolis Health Department do a lot of pickup truck relevant work?
October 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Honest question, does the Minneapolis Health Department do a lot of pickup truck relevant work?
A common sight at @bikemn.bsky.social HQ. There's a business nearby that has many multiple delivery vendors and almost all of them park in the bus stop instead of using the lot behind the business.
If you can't operate without breaking laws, something needs to give.
#WeekWithoutDriving
If you can't operate without breaking laws, something needs to give.
#WeekWithoutDriving
October 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A common sight at @bikemn.bsky.social HQ. There's a business nearby that has many multiple delivery vendors and almost all of them park in the bus stop instead of using the lot behind the business.
If you can't operate without breaking laws, something needs to give.
#WeekWithoutDriving
If you can't operate without breaking laws, something needs to give.
#WeekWithoutDriving
End of trip facilities matter
For a TINY fraction of the cost of car parking we could be investing in real solutions that unlock the potential of mobility equity.
#WeekWithoutDriving
For a TINY fraction of the cost of car parking we could be investing in real solutions that unlock the potential of mobility equity.
#WeekWithoutDriving
October 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
End of trip facilities matter
For a TINY fraction of the cost of car parking we could be investing in real solutions that unlock the potential of mobility equity.
#WeekWithoutDriving
For a TINY fraction of the cost of car parking we could be investing in real solutions that unlock the potential of mobility equity.
#WeekWithoutDriving
A disproportionate # of people w/a disability depend on non-car mobility. For folks in a wheelchair, temp regulation is especially critical and challenging.
Every bus stop without a shelter in Minnesota is a policy failure.
Shade and warmth are not luxuries.
#WeekWithoutDriving
Every bus stop without a shelter in Minnesota is a policy failure.
Shade and warmth are not luxuries.
#WeekWithoutDriving
September 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A disproportionate # of people w/a disability depend on non-car mobility. For folks in a wheelchair, temp regulation is especially critical and challenging.
Every bus stop without a shelter in Minnesota is a policy failure.
Shade and warmth are not luxuries.
#WeekWithoutDriving
Every bus stop without a shelter in Minnesota is a policy failure.
Shade and warmth are not luxuries.
#WeekWithoutDriving
The one two punch of my car free commute today was running into a closed roadway on the most convenient path across a highway, no detour signage, and the safest detour option being closed as well.
The only other options all directing me further from my destination.
#WeekWithoutDriving
The only other options all directing me further from my destination.
#WeekWithoutDriving
September 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The one two punch of my car free commute today was running into a closed roadway on the most convenient path across a highway, no detour signage, and the safest detour option being closed as well.
The only other options all directing me further from my destination.
#WeekWithoutDriving
The only other options all directing me further from my destination.
#WeekWithoutDriving
Bring it across the Short Line Bridge!
August 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Bring it across the Short Line Bridge!
Minneapolis isn't perfect, but even in one of the most disinvested communities in the city, the parks look like this.
August 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Minneapolis isn't perfect, but even in one of the most disinvested communities in the city, the parks look like this.
Oh one more thing! This had some infamously weird concept art that included a glowing sky orb. Sorry for the small images, these got compressed all to heck where I was storing them.
August 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Oh one more thing! This had some infamously weird concept art that included a glowing sky orb. Sorry for the small images, these got compressed all to heck where I was storing them.
Automated large dataset assessment is hard. I wonder if our energy wouldn't be better spent focusing on comparative analysis on programmatic policy implementation over time.
eg: Mpls dropping speeds citywide -> actual driver speeds -> ridership increase over 5 years.
#P4BCityRankings
eg: Mpls dropping speeds citywide -> actual driver speeds -> ridership increase over 5 years.
#P4BCityRankings
June 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Automated large dataset assessment is hard. I wonder if our energy wouldn't be better spent focusing on comparative analysis on programmatic policy implementation over time.
eg: Mpls dropping speeds citywide -> actual driver speeds -> ridership increase over 5 years.
#P4BCityRankings
eg: Mpls dropping speeds citywide -> actual driver speeds -> ridership increase over 5 years.
#P4BCityRankings
We don't need more lane miles, we need more efficient transportation.
These cars were at a full stop. Each contain only one person. This road is signed slow enough that bikes travel the same speed. 3 bus routes run past here. Lrt stop is 0.2 miles away.
We don't need to give cars this much space.
These cars were at a full stop. Each contain only one person. This road is signed slow enough that bikes travel the same speed. 3 bus routes run past here. Lrt stop is 0.2 miles away.
We don't need to give cars this much space.
May 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We don't need more lane miles, we need more efficient transportation.
These cars were at a full stop. Each contain only one person. This road is signed slow enough that bikes travel the same speed. 3 bus routes run past here. Lrt stop is 0.2 miles away.
We don't need to give cars this much space.
These cars were at a full stop. Each contain only one person. This road is signed slow enough that bikes travel the same speed. 3 bus routes run past here. Lrt stop is 0.2 miles away.
We don't need to give cars this much space.
Hot take: Most of the aesthetic criticism of 5 over 1s could be mitigated with ground level building ornamentation, small retail spaces, and sufficient sidewalk adjacent foliage.
Most major global cities are primarily made of boring concrete buildings, it just isn't evident at ground level.
Most major global cities are primarily made of boring concrete buildings, it just isn't evident at ground level.
May 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Hot take: Most of the aesthetic criticism of 5 over 1s could be mitigated with ground level building ornamentation, small retail spaces, and sufficient sidewalk adjacent foliage.
Most major global cities are primarily made of boring concrete buildings, it just isn't evident at ground level.
Most major global cities are primarily made of boring concrete buildings, it just isn't evident at ground level.
You know that alley with the adorable small businesses? A coffee shop, bakery, etc. Maybe you even have one in your community.
That is a reaction against car-oriented streets. That is a natural human desire for coziness. It was an intentional choice. Lean into it.
That is a reaction against car-oriented streets. That is a natural human desire for coziness. It was an intentional choice. Lean into it.
May 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
You know that alley with the adorable small businesses? A coffee shop, bakery, etc. Maybe you even have one in your community.
That is a reaction against car-oriented streets. That is a natural human desire for coziness. It was an intentional choice. Lean into it.
That is a reaction against car-oriented streets. That is a natural human desire for coziness. It was an intentional choice. Lean into it.
If Indie Bookshop Day showed me anything it was that the death of Uptown is just a failure of imagination for those unable or unwilling to see a live-able future.
Market correctly to the people who live here and near here. The city doesn't need the burbs but the burbs DO need the city.
Market correctly to the people who live here and near here. The city doesn't need the burbs but the burbs DO need the city.
April 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If Indie Bookshop Day showed me anything it was that the death of Uptown is just a failure of imagination for those unable or unwilling to see a live-able future.
Market correctly to the people who live here and near here. The city doesn't need the burbs but the burbs DO need the city.
Market correctly to the people who live here and near here. The city doesn't need the burbs but the burbs DO need the city.
A defacto modal filter taken by hundreds every day. Rusted metal and haphazard concrete make it undesirable.
There is no near term need to reopen to cars.
This can and should be improved by making the access points for bikes +peds wider, central, and with clearer sightlines.
There is no near term need to reopen to cars.
This can and should be improved by making the access points for bikes +peds wider, central, and with clearer sightlines.
April 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A defacto modal filter taken by hundreds every day. Rusted metal and haphazard concrete make it undesirable.
There is no near term need to reopen to cars.
This can and should be improved by making the access points for bikes +peds wider, central, and with clearer sightlines.
There is no near term need to reopen to cars.
This can and should be improved by making the access points for bikes +peds wider, central, and with clearer sightlines.
No emphasis is placed on drivers to do the bare minimum to help achieve roadways safety while they continue to make every other road user less safe by sheer incompetence.
March 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
No emphasis is placed on drivers to do the bare minimum to help achieve roadways safety while they continue to make every other road user less safe by sheer incompetence.
These really should just come as a bundle.
March 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
These really should just come as a bundle.
These really should just come as a bundle.
March 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
These really should just come as a bundle.
The progression of self centric and fragile individualism in one image.
December 30, 2024 at 6:01 PM
The progression of self centric and fragile individualism in one image.
The limitations of cars preventing the enabling of bikes & pedestrians.
This road over a bridge doesn't have funding 4 repairs. Instead of a convenient & snowblowable opening for bikes they had to barricade to prevent heavy cars.
Those able to dismount & walk do, but what about the rest?
#mspsky
This road over a bridge doesn't have funding 4 repairs. Instead of a convenient & snowblowable opening for bikes they had to barricade to prevent heavy cars.
Those able to dismount & walk do, but what about the rest?
#mspsky
December 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM
The limitations of cars preventing the enabling of bikes & pedestrians.
This road over a bridge doesn't have funding 4 repairs. Instead of a convenient & snowblowable opening for bikes they had to barricade to prevent heavy cars.
Those able to dismount & walk do, but what about the rest?
#mspsky
This road over a bridge doesn't have funding 4 repairs. Instead of a convenient & snowblowable opening for bikes they had to barricade to prevent heavy cars.
Those able to dismount & walk do, but what about the rest?
#mspsky
If I'm being honest, I do enjoy spending a few days a year pretending I'm about to pilot a starfighter.
#WinterBikeSky
#WinterBikeSky
December 13, 2024 at 1:00 AM
If I'm being honest, I do enjoy spending a few days a year pretending I'm about to pilot a starfighter.
#WinterBikeSky
#WinterBikeSky
My brother has had the same office for >2 yrs. He doesnt bike there in part because the end of trip facilities were an unsecure bad quality bike rack.
Turns out the utility boxes next to the rack are in-fact covered bike parking.
Employers please actively promote what you already have.
#BikeSky
Turns out the utility boxes next to the rack are in-fact covered bike parking.
Employers please actively promote what you already have.
#BikeSky
November 21, 2024 at 5:09 PM
My brother has had the same office for >2 yrs. He doesnt bike there in part because the end of trip facilities were an unsecure bad quality bike rack.
Turns out the utility boxes next to the rack are in-fact covered bike parking.
Employers please actively promote what you already have.
#BikeSky
Turns out the utility boxes next to the rack are in-fact covered bike parking.
Employers please actively promote what you already have.
#BikeSky
Simply put, without streets.mn these stories would not be told or heard.
If you care about having a space for high quality volunteer journalism on transportation, urbanism, and the kinds of people centered culture that makes Minnesota exceptional:
Please donate: givemn.org/streets-mn
#BikeSky
If you care about having a space for high quality volunteer journalism on transportation, urbanism, and the kinds of people centered culture that makes Minnesota exceptional:
Please donate: givemn.org/streets-mn
#BikeSky
November 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Simply put, without streets.mn these stories would not be told or heard.
If you care about having a space for high quality volunteer journalism on transportation, urbanism, and the kinds of people centered culture that makes Minnesota exceptional:
Please donate: givemn.org/streets-mn
#BikeSky
If you care about having a space for high quality volunteer journalism on transportation, urbanism, and the kinds of people centered culture that makes Minnesota exceptional:
Please donate: givemn.org/streets-mn
#BikeSky
Hey Twin Cities Bike and Urbanist Friends. This is something we cooked up with a bunch of partner orgs. Should be a really good time.
Register here:
Register here:
March 28, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Hey Twin Cities Bike and Urbanist Friends. This is something we cooked up with a bunch of partner orgs. Should be a really good time.
Register here:
Register here:
I recently got to discuss the bike-ped-bus life here in #rochmn The history, present realities, and forthcoming changes as we try to keep transportation equity and sustainability centered in the $5.6B Mayo Unbound plan. Thanks for having me on Car Free Midwest!
open.spotify.com/episode/1Zdq...
open.spotify.com/episode/1Zdq...
January 10, 2024 at 8:46 PM
I recently got to discuss the bike-ped-bus life here in #rochmn The history, present realities, and forthcoming changes as we try to keep transportation equity and sustainability centered in the $5.6B Mayo Unbound plan. Thanks for having me on Car Free Midwest!
open.spotify.com/episode/1Zdq...
open.spotify.com/episode/1Zdq...