Scott Shaffer

Scott Shaffer is a voluntary urbanist and a vehicular cyclist who lives in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis with his fiancée and their cat. Besides good urban design, he likes Vietnamese food, dramatic television, and alternative comedy.

Whose streets? Hennepin County’s streets!

By Scott Shaffer

Jan. 2, 2014

What are Minneapolitans gaining by ceding control of major streets to engineers in Medina?

Minneapolis needs a good hostel

By Scott Shaffer

Oct. 23, 2013

What’s the missing step that might make a mobile coast-dweller reading an article about Minneapolis into a new Minneapolitan? A good hostel experience.

Mortgage lenders should consider transportation costs

By Scott Shaffer

Sept. 25, 2013

The lender knows where the borrower lives. The lender knows where the borrower works. But the lender refuses to infer anything about the financial cost of the borrower’s regular commute between these two places.