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Minneapolis kicks off bike safety campaign

Posted by: Tim Harlow Updated: May 22, 2013 - 1:39 PM

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With bicycling season in high gear, Minneapolis is launching a new campaign to remind motorists and bicyclists alike to share the road and ride and drive safely.
Posters in four languages - English, Spanish, Somali and Hmong - will carry messages such as "Safety Starts With All of Us," "Ride Predictably"  "Look for Bikes," and  "More Bikes, Safer Streets." The will be put up at 27 transit shelter throughout the city, primarily in areas where bike traffic is high and crashes involving bicyclists are frequent.
More than 3,000 crashes involving vehicles and bicycles have been reported in Minneapolis between 2000 and 2010, according to a report called Understanding Bicyclist-Motorist Crashes in Minneapolis.
You can see the report at www.minneapolismn.gov/bicycles.
The four messages to drivers and cyclists are: 
  • Safety starts with all of us – Data show that bicyclists and drivers are equally responsible for bicycle-vehicle crashes in Minneapolis.
  • Bicyclists need to follow traffic laws and ride predictably – One in three bicycle-vehicle crashes in Minneapolis involves a bicyclist running a red light, riding against traffic, or failing to yield the right of way. 
  • Drivers need to slow down and look for bicyclists, especially when turning – 40 percent of bicycle-vehicle crashes in Minneapolis involve a driver not seeing or yielding to a bicyclist.
  • Bicycling in Minneapolis is actually getting safer – As more people use bicycles for transportation, bicycle-vehicle crashes have not increased.
 
 

 

9 a.m. update: Debris removed from 94 in Minneapolis

Posted by: Tim Harlow Updated: May 22, 2013 - 9:01 AM

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The highways are a tad cleaner now that a MnDOT crew member has picked up the debris that had been blocking the center lane on eastbound 94 at Hiawatha Avenue.

Westbound 94 is starting to shake loose between Snelling Avenue and the Lowry Hill Tunnel, but look for congestion in the Park and Portland Avenue area.

The wreck involving a Minnesota Valley Transit bus on northbound 35W at Cliff Road is gone. Things are starting to recover in the area.

The westbound Crosstown also is moving a bit better, but the crash at 35W is still blocking the right lane. Plan on a few extra minutes past the scene. Eastbound is still tight from 28th Avenue to 35W.

On northbound 35W, it's still an 18 minute push from Crosstown to downtown.

 

8:50 a.m. update: Crash tangling traffic on 35W in Burnsville

Posted by: Tim Harlow Updated: May 22, 2013 - 8:49 AM

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The State Patrol and tow trucks are on the scene of a wreck in the left lane of northbound 35W at Cliff Road. Things come to a stop at County Road 42.

Ahead, the wreck at Crosstown and 35W is still in place. It's 20 minutes from Crosstown to downtown Minneapolis.

Westbound 94 is 20 minutes from Dale Street to the Lowry Hill Tunnel.

8:35 a.m. update: Slow moving on 35W, Crosstown

Posted by: Tim Harlow Updated: May 22, 2013 - 8:35 AM

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A crash on the westbound Crosstown at 35W has traffic tied up coming in from Gleason Road. Eastbound drivers are experiencing misery, too, with traffic creeping along from 34th Avenue.

On northbound 35W, it's 20 minutes from Crosstown to downtown. Speeds are at 20 miles per hour.

Southbound 494 has its issues. A wreck at Bass Lake Road has traffic jammed from 94. Plan on 15 minutes to reach Hwy. 55.

The drive on westbound 494 in Bloomington is 24 minutes from Hwy. 5 to Hwy. 100. Look for a wreck at 12th Avenue.

 

8:20 a.m. update: Extra time needed on 94 in Minneapolis

Posted by: Tim Harlow Updated: May 22, 2013 - 8:24 AM

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Westbound 94 is slower than normal from Hwy. 280 to the Lowry Hill Tunnel. Plan on 20 minutes to make that drive.

There is a crash in the carpool lane on westbound 394 at Louisiana Avenue. Eastbound is tight from France Avenue to downtown Minneapolis.

Look for a new wreck on westbound 494 at 12th Avenue. Alread crammed from Hwy. 5 to Hwy. 100. That is 22 minutes.

Highway 169 southbound from 94 to Hwy. 7 is about 17 minutes. Northbound tightens up from Hwy. 101 to 494. with 12 minutes needed there.

Southbound 35W is sluggish from Hwy. 10 to 694 and again from Johnson Pkwy. to Hennepin Avenue. Plan on 15 minutes from 280 to downtown Minneapolis.

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