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Jay Walljasper

Jay Walljasper, author of "The Great Neighborhood Book," is editor of OnTheCommons.org and senior Fellow at Project for Public Spaces. He writes frequently about cities for National Geographic Traveler and other publications. He lives and bikes in the Kingfield neighborhood of Minneapolis.

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blake road resident photo
Politics & Policy

Hopkins' Blake Road shows the changing face of Twin Cities suburbs

By Jay Walljasper | 03/25/13

The blend of Somali, East Asian, Latino, African-American and white families, all living within this small section of Hopkins, recalibrates stereotypical images of the West suburbs.

advisory bike lane
The Line

Change comes to car country: Biking, walking on the rise in the suburbs

By Jay Walljasper | 03/01/13

From "road diets" to "advisory bike lanes," the Twin Cities' suburbs are creating infrastructure and policy to turn their auto-only paradigm into a new vision of walkable, bikeable streets.

Heritage Park exterior
by Region

Heritage Park: better care for low-income seniors

By Jay Walljasper | 02/01/13

Feeney Manor is the first public housing facility in the country offering memory care and enhanced assisted living, according to Katie Stadther, program manager.

Charles Landry
The Line

Urbanist Charles Landry on the Twin Cities: Reknit the urban fabric, learn to brag

By Jay Walljasper | 01/04/13

British urbanist Charles Landry recaps his experience touring the Twin Cities and applies his principles of city vitality to our reality.

Minneapolis cyclist
The Line

Bikes mean better business

By Jay Walljasper | 11/16/12

It's becoming clearer and clearer that cities that are bike-friendly are also attracting the kind of talent that builds the businesses of the future.

Cyclist riding down the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis
The Line

The bike boom by the numbers

By Jay Walljasper | 01/27/12

People here biked and walked 16 percent more in 2011 than in 2010, when Minneapolis was crowned "#1 Bike City" by Bicycling magazine.

Biker dressed for winter riding
The Line

Winter? Schminter! Here's how to keep on biking

By Jay Walljasper | 01/27/12

With the right preparation, anyone can bike in winter.