This is so cool, I WISH Duluth would get a couple of these. . . Having to wait for the bus at Superior to get up to 6th Ave & 9th is such a pain in the neck. I am so glad the racks are on all year though, that's a start.

Why don't you just pedal your fat ass up the hills?

This is awesome. I don't care where they put it. But we need one. 

I mean, yeah, Swan, peddling our fat asses up the hill is a great idea. But the fact is that getting up that hill is a daunting barrier to using bikes at all for many many people. I have to be in a certain state of mind to do it myself. If I'm already feeling wiped out, or it's very hot, it means I go for the bus. And hitting a bike rack that has space isn't a guarantee.

I like this idea for an old guy like me. Kinda reminds me of when we dug the canal.

PIEDMONT AVE!!

Adam, am I reading this right:  

It takes ~ 10 minutes to walk from Lake & Superior Street to 6th Avenue East and 9th Street; 20 in the middle of winter.

From Lake Ave and Superior Street to 6th Ave E and 9th Street is 15 blocks, with a not insignificant incline.  You can seriously walk 15 blocks (nine of them uphill) in 10 minutes?

I do agree that 6th Ave E needs to be safer and more pedestrian/bicycle friendly.

The only thing the twin ports needs are proper bike lock-ups that are screwed/nailed to the concrete.  

Well, that, and the occasional bike trail/route/room on the side of major traffic areas.

Given that we can't seem to convince the city to expend the paint required to stripe off bike lanes on Woodland and Glenwood, the likelihood of this thing happening around here strikes me as a bit remote.

Jude, that's so cool! In Paris, they have the same thing, stands for renting bikes all over the city, except you have to pay.

Thank you for the video. I saw this in Trondheim as well.  It was a great benefit to a hilly city and a city much like Duluth.  We need this on our steep sections of hills.

Ahhh.. I meant to address my comment to Jude & Claire.  

And I just want to point out that no, Minneapolis is NOT Duluth, but I'm going to continue to compare what's going on in the two cities to provide some sort of perspective, even if people in both places seem annoyed to be compared to one another.

Hi Everyone,
The Hillsider published a story relating to the city's unanimously approved Complete Streets resolution. 

The story, written by by Codie Leseman is on page 6 of the April Hillsider. The city is looking for public input about bicycle routes. There will be six public meetings and if you cant' attend the one in your neighborhood you are more than welcome to attend another meeting. Pick up the April issue to see what he wrote.  Visit the Fit City Duluth site under "bike" to learn more

Yeah, but that doesn't start until 8th Street. So it would be one good spot.

When my husband rides his bike to work in the summer the trip to work is fine. When he comes home from Canal Park he takes the Lakewalk and then goes up 12 Avenue from London Road to 3rd or 4th Street, he comes back drenched in sweat from the effort to pedal uphill. I am worried he is going to give himself a heart attack.

It's funnier to just bludgeon your way up the Tischer Creek trail.

A couple of people gathering nodes, top and bottom.  Stretch it out a bit, enough time to have a pint...doesn't appear to reach spilling speed.

Anybody have a clue what something like this might cost? Couldn't we just do a fund-drive (anybody remember "pennies for Hartley"?) Why wait for government to give us something we could make for ourselves? If we raise the money, all we need is city permission (well, okay, that might take a little work, but it's do-able.) How about a funding campaign, "A Tenner for a Trampe"!)