Reposted by Adam SmithSeattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 9hHalloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle! You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free! Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets 534183
Reposted by Adam SmithKatie Cashman @katiecashman.bsky.social · 16hLove to see the New Nicollet nearing completion. (Former K Mart site). Best part is definitely going to be how the 18 bus route will speed up without having to detour. 1331
Reposted by Adam SmithCity of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 28/09/2026Calling downtown commuters! We’re celebrating Transit to Work Day this Wednesday, Sept. 30 from 7-9 a.m. Enjoy free coffee and donuts, weigh in on local transit, and grab a selfie with Metro Transit’s mascot, Skip Traffic. See you near the giant wind turbine blade at Nicollet Mall & S 5th St. 22511
Reposted by Adam SmithJake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Did you know: cities used to have balloons that would just follow children to school, until General Motors bought all the balloons and scrapped them 1532438
Reposted by Adam SmithMetro Transit (Official) @metrotransitmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We are excited to welcome you onboard the extension of the METRO Green Line beginning June 12, 2027! To learn more visit www.metrotransit.org/green-line 27219
Reposted by Adam SmithSierk @sierkulator.monster · 26/09/2026It's Saturday's #BlueSkyArtShow and the theme is #Lights. Presidio Trolleybus Depot (San Francisco, California, December 2016) 0313
Reposted by Adam SmithMPR News @mprnews.org · 26/09/2026The new route extension will include 16 stations from Target Field in Minneapolis to Eden Prairie, including stops in St. Louis Park, Hopkins and Minnetonka.mprnews.orgGreen Line Extension to Eden Prairie, southwest Twin Cities begins operation June 2027The new route extension will include 16 stations from Target Field in Minneapolis to Eden Prairie, including stops in St. Louis Park, Hopkins and Minnetonka. 2758
Reposted by Adam SmithYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 25/09/2026I didn’t attend climate week but: 1—US is falling way behind on electrification 2—even if US electrified, electricity generation isn’t decarbonizing fast enough 3—public incentives & land use policy are still vastly weighted toward inefficient cars & trucks 4—transit ridership remains in crisis 426844
Reposted by Adam SmithMinnPost @minnpost.com · 24/09/2026"Even by the lax standards of the United States, where automobile companies go for decades with minimum government guardrails, the automated vehicle industry has been a brazen example of the dangers of libertarian capitalism," writes Bill Lindeke in this week's Cityscape column.minnpost.comWhat should Minneapolis do about Waymo?A human in the driver’s seat of a driverless taxi won’t solve some of the bigger headaches brought on by Waymo’s arrival. 0155
Reposted by Adam SmithAlex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 23/09/2026NEXT WEDNESDAY: @minneapolismn.gov, @metrotransitmn.bsky.social, and MVTA are celebrating Transit to Work Day in downtown Minneapolis! Stop by 5th and Nicollet between 7-9 am for coffee, donuts, stickers, and more! 1206
Reposted by Adam SmithZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026As the climate scientist Wally Broecker memorably put it, "the climate is an angry beast and we are poking it with sticks". The more we push the climate system past where its been for the past few million years, the bigger the risks of larger changes becomes. 14410
Reposted by Adam SmithAlex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Seriously don’t forget your free Metro Transit pass today - no better way to explore the Taco Tour than via B Line! www.surveymonkey.com/r/2026LakeSt...surveymonkey.comEvent Transit Pass Survey -Lake Street Taco Tour - September 19, 2026Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free. 082
Reposted by Adam SmithMetro Transit (Official) @metrotransitmn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This has been a big summer for our BRT lines, with record-setting monthly ridership on the Gold Line, Orange Line, and E Line. The B Line and D Line also had their second-busiest months ever this summer. Thank you for riding with us! 03911
Reposted by Adam SmithDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/09/2026I love this slide. I really don't think the geopolitical implications of the clean energy transition have sunk in for most people. 9301138
Reposted by Adam SmithDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 13/09/2026Pretty cool-sounding bakery will fill the former Sun Street Breads space later this fall. Former Rustica head baker. mspmag.com/eat-and-drin...mspmag.comComing Soon: Evergreen Café from Pastry Chef Shawn McKenzieMcKenzie is taking over the old Sun Street Breads space and opening an Oregon-informed, Pacific Northwest-accented café that promises to be the biggest baking news of our year. 6623
Reposted by Adam Smithbcmcdowell @bcmcdowell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Do that 3 more times, Tomas. #MNUFC 172
Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’m not sure I’ve ever been on a bus with 6 other active @transit.app users. A whole group of sad MNUFC fans making sure that the location of this 94 is well-established. 1110
Reposted by Adam SmithAvocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 08/09/2026We should be electrifying school bus fleets as fast as possible 3122
Reposted by Adam SmithDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026We're just hurtling toward immense destruction & suffering & the entire US political class has agreed it's better not to talk about it. "Insanity" barely covers it.nytimes.comU.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate TargetCarbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns. 481808579
Reposted by Adam SmithAlex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We have lost one of the 20th century's most important voices for ecological sanity. Wendell Berry, RIP. 120044
Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 30/08/2026During the State Fair, everybody bikes in St. Paul 020
Reposted by Adam SmithCyclingnews @cyclingnews.com · 29/08/2026Tadej Pogačar abandons the Vuelta a España after crash on stage 8 www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/... 0263
Reposted by Adam SmithBill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I rode along with some TRIPs agents, and wrote about the light rail fare checking/vibe shift efforts. Check it out: www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...minnpost.comFare compliance is real, but the bigger goal is to change the transit vibeUsing a variety of staffing strategies, Metro Transit is making progress with safety initiatives on light rail trains. 3386
Reposted by Adam SmithStinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026ATTN my fellow Route 38 and 46 riders/potential riders: Service improvements & route changes are proposed! Please comment! I am personally so excited that every 38 trip would go to Highland, and that there's more frequency planned: www.metrotransit.org/network-now/...metrotransit.orgMetro Transit - Network Now 073
Reposted by Adam SmithJack Barton @jackkbarton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Thank you, Dolly. You made an impact on this spinning ball. I shall deal with your passing with humour as I am British and that's what we do. #Dolly #RIPDolly 031
Reposted by Adam SmithKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 24/08/2026Underappreciated: US farmland *already substantially produces energy, not food*, and does so very inefficiently. Corn ethanol (~40% of all US corn) requires about 100 times more land per vehicle-mile driven than solar photovoltaics -> electric vehicles. Shifting corn to solar *would free up land*. 4935121020
Reposted by Adam SmithMinnesota United FC @mnufc.com · 23/08/2026IT'S FLASHY. IT'S CHEEKY. IT'S JOAQUÍN WITH THE RABONA. 0423
Reposted by Adam SmithJon Marthaler @jonmarthaler.com · 20/08/2026update: hype train on a siding and waiting for a freight train to pass, curse these freight train priority rules 291
Reposted by Adam SmithJohn Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 19/08/2026www.bbc.com/news/article... Another reason to embrace electrification - healthier children.bbc.comChildren's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zoneChildren's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows. 051
Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 16/08/20266-year-olds are fun because they ask you questions like “What was the most recent disaster?” 070
Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026That’s 3 assists in ~25 minutes for Caldeira all to Pereyra… seems like that combination is working at least. 040
Reposted by Adam SmithMatthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026MLS needs to shift the league schedule to "alternate timeline where we jail big oil execs and get serious about addressing global warming in the 1990s." 27678103
Reposted by Adam SmithMetro Transit (Official) @metrotransitmn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Notice something different? METRO station displays on bus rapid transit lines now show predicted departure times and the locations of approaching buses. The “Show My Bus” feature launched systemwide this week after a successful State Fair pilot last year. 0529
Reposted by Adam Smithryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 13/08/2026superb work from @nerd4cities.bsky.social youtu.be/J1qNbIbD4ro?...youtu.beIs Minneapolis Too Nice for Its Own Good?YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd 111810
Reposted by Adam Smithdrewbkerr.bsky.social @drewbkerr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Neat little improvement to these real-time displays from @metrotransitmn.bsky.social 0283
Reposted by Adam SmithYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 05/08/2026In the US, zero emissions buses accounted for only 5.6% of total new bus registrations in recent data theicct.org/publication/... US is absolutely falling behind on this metric, and things seem to be getting worse in recent months. 47015
Reposted by Adam SmithPedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I love living in an accessible place. Walked to the end of the block, caught a rapid bus that comes every 10 minutes. Rode it less than 2 miles to a library branch, grabbed my hold items (shout out to public libraries!), and hopped on the next bus back that came in a couple minutes. The dream. 1353
Reposted by Adam Smithryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/07/2026about half of centrists and the center-left for some reason concluded that climate change was passe hippie bullshit that doesn't matter, and we're about to learn how wrong that was, the hard way prospect.org/2026/07/28/c...prospect.orgThe Strongest El Niño in History Is Coming. Get Ready. - The American ProspectDonald Trump has no ideas, but America is ready for a U-turn on climate change. 20580167
Reposted by Adam SmithNPR @npr.org · 26/07/2026When summer rolls around, many parents scramble to sign up their young kids for outdoor activities. But what do you do when extreme heat and wildfire smoke increasingly make the outdoors dangerous? n.pr/4bd0MnVn.prClimate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer breakWhen summer rolls around, many parents scramble to sign up their young kids for outdoor activities. But what do you do when extreme heat and wildfire smoke increasingly make the outdoors dangerous? 1317850
Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Thought from Allianz Field at the half: has anyone ever invaded a pitch solely to run through the sprinklers? 270
Reposted by Adam SmithSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...climatecoloredgoggles.comResearchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health. 16175192809
Reposted by Adam SmithConrad Lange Zbikowski @czbi.org · 19/07/2026Current air quality at I-35W and 35th Street South in Minneapolis, Minnesota is AQI 162, “unhealthy.” Carbon dioxide emissions caused by human combustion of hydrocarbons is a primary driver of climate change and increased wildfires. 0124
Reposted by Adam SmithGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 17/07/2026My four year old was asking me today about what I did with Grandma on days when it was too hot or too smoky to play outside, and. Oof 161356269
Reposted by Adam SmithWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 16/07/2026The fire and smoke making it unsafe to be outside is "a direct product of the greenhouse gases humans keep emitting. In Minnesota, transportation is the single largest source of those emissions, and personal automobiles are the biggest slice." www.bikemn.org/moving-under...bikemn.orgMoving Under Smokey Skies - Bicycle Alliance of MinnesotaThe smoke is back, here are some tips and recommendations for keeping active while also keeping your lungs healthy. 011640
Reposted by Adam SmithMPR News @mprnews.org · 11/07/2026Serviceberries, or juneberries, are a native fruit beloved by wildlife. But now they’re moving from backyards to farms, and some hope they’ll soon be on your plate.mprnews.orgServiceberries are a sweet native fruit — and these Midwesterners want you to try themServiceberries, or juneberries, are a native fruit beloved by wildlife. But now they’re moving from backyards to farms, and some hope they’ll soon be on your plate. 04112
Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2026@stutheeditor.bsky.social I think I spotted your crew! 260
Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It looks like a new bakery is planning to open at Nicollet & 46th Street. 👀 The new dark green paint job convinced me to do some sleuthing on the City’s permitting website… 1211