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Joshua Houdek

@jhoudek.bsky.social
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Bicycling. Walking. Transit. Electrification. Climate. Clean transportation & housing for all. @sierraclubmn.bsky.social Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#Bike Content of the Day! An honor. Go vote.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
HourCar’s closure in the Twin Cities would be everyone’s loss  www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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HourCar’s closure in the Twin Cities would be everyone’s loss
Losing Minneapolis and St. Paul’s innovative carsharing program for want of $625,000 is another Trump-fueled climate tragedy.
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Sean Lim @seanlimmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Minnesota stands with @ilhanmn.bsky.social 🩵 No president should be able to weaponize the federal government against his political enemies. 📍 New Rally Location 📣 Join us at 4:00pm today at Powderhorn Park Rec Center to stand with @repilhan.bsky.social and all Somali Minnesotans. #IStandWithIlhan
We Stand with Ilhan 🩵
Solidarity Rally - Oct 12th, 4:00pm
Powderhorn Park, near Rec Center (3400 15th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN)
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Amy Klobuchar, your silence is very loud.
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Nevertheless, when a citizen paints a crosswalk or builds a bench, whether as a stopgap as an act of protest, it can also exert a sort of “productive tension” on a city, said Lydon, one that can compel a static government to act much more quickly than it would otherwise” www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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What if making your neighborhood safer means breaking the rules?
Neighborhood vigilantes are making their own crosswalks, bus stop benches, and DIY bike lanes. Not everyone’s happy about it.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I stand with Ilhan
Ilhan Omar and me with my bicycle
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Rally to save clean electric car share Tuesday 6pm. Take action now. 🔌🚗🌎 savecarsharemn.org
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: automated ticketing for bike & bus lane violations expands city-wide in Chicago. Passed today.
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
SAVE CAR SHARE!!! @hourcar.bsky.social A critical, clean transportation option. 🔌🚗 savecarsharemn.org
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Keep carshare in our neighborhoods
HOURCAR's last day is October 15. Call and write your city, county, regional, and state officials about keeping carshare running.
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m at the combination Starbucks Urgent Care
A sign reading URGENT CARE next to a Starbucks sign
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
First Car2Go. Now HOURCAR/Evie. We can’t have nice things.
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BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We recently joined friends from @streets.mn , @ourstreetsmn.org, @sierraclubmn.bsky.social, @sustainstpaul.bsky.social, and @moreneighbors.org to discuss how to get more transportation champions into elected office. Listen to the live recording of the event at: streets.mn/2026/10/05/l...
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Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Happy Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day. 130 events in MN! A clean and healthy way to go 🚶🚴‍♀️🛴🌎 www.walkbiketoschool.org/registration...
Crowd of children waving
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
HAPPPY NATIONAL BIKE & WALK TO SCHOOL DAY!!!!! 130 events just in MN www.walkbiketoschool.org/registration...
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We need a moratorium on Data Centers. Our elected officials should just listen to the people asking for their help. #mnleg #NoDirtyDataCenters www.startribune.com/mn-hyperscal...
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Opinion | Small towns can’t wait. We need Walz’s help now.
"We’re residents of three small towns here who need Walz’s help today. Our communities — Hermantown, Farmington and Pine Island — are on the front lines of proposed hyperscale data centers sweeping th...
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Angry Catfish, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Standing on the bones…”??? So Albert is standing on Ford?
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🤦 paging @metrotransitmn.bsky.social
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Only in America,” my good friend says every time they see one. 🤦
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good’s last words
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All Aboard Minnesota @allaboardmn.org · 29/09/2026
Tomorrow is the last day to buy discounted tickets! Amtrak's Winter Sale offers 25% off Borealis and Hiawatha tickets for travel from October 14th through December 17th. Book your tickets now! allaboardmn.org #passengerrail #AAMN #borealis #amtrak
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Katherine Garcia @katherinejulia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fuel prices are skyrocketing, stretching the budgets of families and businesses alike. The GOP's proposal? Attacking state clean transportation safeguards to deliver a massive handout to their fossil fuel donors. Take action today and urge your Senators to vote NO. ✍️ sc.org/Protect-Clean-Air
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Demand Congress Reject Attacks on Long-Standing Clean Air Protections
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Celebrate Week Without Driving and learn about the mode that asks for very little. act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...
Dog in cargo bike
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As we celebrate the Green Line Extension today, let us not loose sight of the real prize.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@metrotransitmn.bsky.social’s Renew the Blue was needed and well executed, except for this. Please fix before the snow falls and it gets a lot worse. Reported to 311.
Severely cracked multiuse sidewalk/bikeway next to METRO Blue Line tracks and Hiawatha Ave.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The mayor got his start serving on CLIC. I know. I was on CLIC at the time. It was a while ago. This is mayoral overreach. Of an (albeit influential) advisory committee FFS.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Why can’t we have nice things? Like Metro Transit ugly sweaters?
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join General Manager Lesley Kandaras and other Metro Transit leaders for these listening sessions. Tuesday, Sept. 29 | 5 – 6 p.m Eastbound Snelling Ave. METRO Green Line Station. Thursday, Oct. 1 | 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Franklin Ave. METRO Blue Line Station - platform
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’ve been asking this question for years.YEARS. Like, a decade. Rumor has it, @metrotransitmn.bsky.social merch will be available before holiday season. But will it?!?
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Tom Olsen @olsenforparks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My argument is simple; our parks are worth it. In the last few years our park levy has been consistently under what we need to fully function. This led to rec center cuts. We are facing cuts again, while the city has been far less fiscally prudent. Gift link: www.startribune.com/mpls-green-s...
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Park Board president: Minneapolis parks are among the best in the nation. Fund them accordingly.
The Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation must vote to fully fund the park board’s levy request of 5.86%, which is far below what the city is asking for itself, Park and Recreation Board presiden...
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
North Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park deserve transit too: 50% of households don’t have access to a car 60% of potential riders are people of color 37% are low-income Care about equity? Fill the Blue Line Extension funding gap @governorwalz.mn.gov @metcouncilmn.bsky.social @hennepin.bsky.social
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
North Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park deserve transit too: 50% of households don’t have access to a car 60% of potential riders are people of color 37% are low-income Care about equity? Fill the Blue Line Extension funding gap @governorwalz.mn.gov @metcouncilmn.bsky.social @hennepin.bsky.social
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
That guy likes tabled intersections.
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Take the bus once a week to work; bike/walk to something that’s not too far away; it doesn’t have to be all or nothing! Small changes at scale have a big impact!
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is along several of our @sierraclub.org staff and volunteers’ bike commute. Safer streets for all. Love to see it.
Sierra Club MN volunteers and staff at a full, indoor bike rack
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@governorwalz.mn.gov: Break the impasse between Met Council & Hennepin County. Fund the Blue Line Extension. Build equity, transportation options, climate solutions. It's about the People, not the Train, North Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park🚆 www.startribune.com/mn-infrastru...
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Opinion | We’ve come too far to let the Blue Line extension fall apart now
Hennepin County and the Met Council need to stop pointing fingers and find a way to close this $224 million funding gap, the authors write.
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Katherine Garcia @katherinejulia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Take Action: Urge Congress to reject attacks on clean air safeguards. Repealing these protections would increase transportation pollution and cause real harm to our health. Tell Congress NOT to give yet another handout to Big Oil. Message your Representative today act.sierraclub.org/actions/nati...
Promotional graphic for an action alert to send a message to Congress urging Representatives to reject attacks on long standing clean air protections.
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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 08/09/2026
Your regular reminder that crashes ≠ accidents. We owe it to the victims of traffic violence to acknowledge that their injuries and deaths are the result of a transportation system that tolerates dozens of serious crashes each day.
Three news headlines describe deadly or serious traffic crashes using the word "accident" in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Plano, Texas; and Mobile, Alabama. Behind them, a gray Families for Safe Streets pattern repeatedly shows the word “CRASH,” with “ACCIDENT” crossed out, emphasizing that preventable crashes are not accidents.
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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 08/09/2026
"A truly safe street should not be measured by what happens after a collision. It should be measured by its ability to prevent the collision from happening." Mic-drop in recent Al Día News op-ed 🫳🎤
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The Problem Isn’t Just the Accident: It’s the Streets
Philadelphia is discovering that reducing traffic violence requires something more complex than asking people to be better drivers
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@governorwalz.mn.gov: Break the impasse. Build equity, transportation options, climate solutions. Build the Blue Line Extension: North Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park🚆 www.startribune.com/blue-line-lr...
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Funding feud could derail Blue Line light-rail extension as key decision nears
Hennepin County is keeping the project alive but says it needs the Met Council to chip in to cover construction costs.
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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ultra-busy schedule of upcoming streets events in Minneapolis: - Sept 12: Open Streets West Broadway - Sept 13: Open Streets Cedarfest - Sept 19: Upper Harbor Park Ribbon Cutting - Sept 26: Open Streets Nicollet - Sept 30: Transit-to-Work Day - Oct 11: Open Streets Hennepin Mark your calendars!
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Been there done that. Happens to the best of us?
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Mark Snyder @snyde043.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
She announced her candidacy TEN MONTHS ago. Why doesn’t she have any plans?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026
how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me
pic of printed out paper Mapquest directions mounted to rearview mirror
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another way the governor could lead? Build the Blue Line Extension 🚊 www.startribune.com/governor-twi...
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Roper: Minnesota’s next governor should make the Twin Cities work better
The governor is technically the boss of the Twin Cities area, which has plenty of problems that need coordinated solutions.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Riding the train is not like it used to be. Vibe is 👍 Tell your friends.
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Coalition for Clean Transportation @cleantranspo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Transportation pollution contributes to 1000s of premature deaths each year. Instead of blocking states from protecting lives and public health, Congress should defend clean air protections. www.sierraclub.org/broad-coalit...
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Broad Coalition of 98 Organizations Urges Congress to Reject Attacks on Long-Standing Clean Air Protections
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
OMG I love her even more now and I didn’t even think this was possible. 🚴‍♀️🎤 Rest in peace Dolly. 💐
vintage photo shows legendary country music icon Dolly Parton posing playfully on a bicycle during the 1970s.
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