Format
Brief
City
Minneapolis
State/Province
MN
Country
USA
Metro Area
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Project Type
District/Corridor/Community
Location Type
Other Central City
Land Uses
Open space
Rail Trail
Keywords
Active transportation
Bicycle commute
Bike-friendly
Car-free commute
Connecting neighborhoods
Healthy place features
Public-private partnership
Date Opened
2000
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The Midtown Greenway is a commuter trail in Minneapolis that was built in stages between 2000 and 2007, with future extensions still to come. The Greenway provides healthy and safe automobile traffic–free connections between key destinations in south Minneapolis and facilitates access to the heart of downtown due to its links with other bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.
The Midtown Greenway has come to be known as a “bicycle freeway” because it includes separate one-way paths for each direction of bicycle travel and a parallel two-way pedestrian path. The creation of the Greenway has led to an explosion of residential and commercial development along the surrounding corridor.
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Format
Brief
City
Minneapolis
State/Province
MN
Country
USA
Metro Area
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Project Type
District/Corridor/Community
Location Type
Other Central City
Land Uses
Open space
Rail Trail
Keywords
Active transportation
Bicycle commute
Bike-friendly
Car-free commute
Connecting neighborhoods
Healthy place features
Public-private partnership
Date Opened
2000
Organizational Leads
City of Minneapolis
Midtown Greenway Coalition
Hennepin County
Funding
Federal, state, county, and city governments
Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority
Maintenance and Upkeep
City of Minneapolis
Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority
Principal Author(s)
Rachel MacCleery, Ed McMahon, Matthew Norris
Source
Active Transportation and Real Estate: The Next Frontier
http://uli.org/report/active-transportation-real-estate-next-frontier/