Chris Meyer
@chrisjohnmeyer.bsky.social
Minneapolis Planning Commissioner & Legislative Assistant to Senator Omar Fateh
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Water is wet. www.startribune.com/speeding-dow...
Speeding down 30% in Minneapolis where cameras were installed
The city will begin ticketing drivers starting Friday after giving out warnings during the first month speed cameras were active.
www.startribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Water is wet. www.startribune.com/speeding-dow...
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Current board reopened what everyone thought was a settled issue, so let's do it again! We still have an adopted long range plan in place that supports doing the fiscally responsible thing.
This is @wedge.live area of expertise but iirc the current board only put the Uptown plan on ice, they didn’t kill it, but the delay maaaaybe killed the Met Council money?
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Current board reopened what everyone thought was a settled issue, so let's do it again! We still have an adopted long range plan in place that supports doing the fiscally responsible thing.
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Woah! This is great news.
Welcome back Robin! She was a good PW Director for Minneapolis. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Walz appoints new chair of Metropolitan Council
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday that he's appointing Robin Hutcheson to chair the Metropolitan Council, starting in December.
www.mprnews.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Woah! This is great news.
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advocates are still reeling in this moment that the transit bill that passed is *very good*, and includes policy reform like setting parking minimums to zero in areas around transit across the state
In bits of good news, the legislature passed parking reform in Illinois! I think the governor still has to sign it but this is cool
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Illinois legislature adopts People Over Parking Act to right-size parking requirements in transit-served areas - Streetsblog Chicago
At about 4:22 AM this morning the Illinois Senate concurred with the Illinois House on bill SB 2111, approving a revenues and reform package that will avert the Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff, struc...
chi.streetsblog.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
advocates are still reeling in this moment that the transit bill that passed is *very good*, and includes policy reform like setting parking minimums to zero in areas around transit across the state
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You may not believe that new supply pushes down rents, but your landlord does.
New housing stops landlords from raising rents—take it from the CEO of AvalonBay, one of NYC's largest landlords:
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You may not believe that new supply pushes down rents, but your landlord does.
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This is awesome! Love to see this great program take root and grow.
Thanks to a generous grant from the @mplsfoundation.bsky.social we're excited to announce that we will be DOUBLING the number of @mplscargobikelibrary.com locations in 2026!
www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/clim...
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12 Local Groups Receive Grants for Climate Action
Twelve local organizations will receive a total of $370,000 from the Minneapolis Climate Action and Racial Equity Fund.
www.minneapolisfoundation.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This is awesome! Love to see this great program take root and grow.
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I’m so proud to have the support of former MPRB commissioner Chris Meyer, who continues to be a leader in climate resilience! It is refreshing for public servants to be grounded in values and earnestly show up for all the right reasons.
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I’m so proud to have the support of former MPRB commissioner Chris Meyer, who continues to be a leader in climate resilience! It is refreshing for public servants to be grounded in values and earnestly show up for all the right reasons.
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Fab idea! his is the closest we'll get to a European plaza!
1. The street is VASTLY underused, inconveniencing few
2. It's WIDE, not a narrow shadowy north-south canyon a la Nicollet.
3. It borders a PARK, perfect ancillary use
4. Buildings are cute, would accommodate re-use
5. Cool skyline view!
1. The street is VASTLY underused, inconveniencing few
2. It's WIDE, not a narrow shadowy north-south canyon a la Nicollet.
3. It borders a PARK, perfect ancillary use
4. Buildings are cute, would accommodate re-use
5. Cool skyline view!
i want to pedestrianize harmon place in loring park
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Fab idea! his is the closest we'll get to a European plaza!
1. The street is VASTLY underused, inconveniencing few
2. It's WIDE, not a narrow shadowy north-south canyon a la Nicollet.
3. It borders a PARK, perfect ancillary use
4. Buildings are cute, would accommodate re-use
5. Cool skyline view!
1. The street is VASTLY underused, inconveniencing few
2. It's WIDE, not a narrow shadowy north-south canyon a la Nicollet.
3. It borders a PARK, perfect ancillary use
4. Buildings are cute, would accommodate re-use
5. Cool skyline view!
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i want to pedestrianize harmon place in loring park
October 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i want to pedestrianize harmon place in loring park
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I don't think @gavinnewsom.bsky.social understands he'll be writing his legacy with how he decides on SB 79. He entered office promising millions of new homes and he's close to leaving without having gotten anywhere near that goal. Signing SB 79 is the one serious step he can take.
October 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I don't think @gavinnewsom.bsky.social understands he'll be writing his legacy with how he decides on SB 79. He entered office promising millions of new homes and he's close to leaving without having gotten anywhere near that goal. Signing SB 79 is the one serious step he can take.
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if your response to this - a basic statement of sympathy about an attack on a synagogue - is to bring up Israel, please delete your account
I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.
October 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
if your response to this - a basic statement of sympathy about an attack on a synagogue - is to bring up Israel, please delete your account
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This.
Nicollet should not be reopened to car traffic. I am still so mad about this and probably always will be.
This is making my neighborhood less safe. Nicollet is already part of the city’s highest injury streets & opening it at Lake will make it worse.
Nicollet should not be reopened to car traffic. I am still so mad about this and probably always will be.
This is making my neighborhood less safe. Nicollet is already part of the city’s highest injury streets & opening it at Lake will make it worse.
i iust think it’s antisocial to be eager to drive here, honestly. more vroom vroom streets going in and out of downtown where people don’t have to take the highway is really bad for people and street life
September 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This.
Nicollet should not be reopened to car traffic. I am still so mad about this and probably always will be.
This is making my neighborhood less safe. Nicollet is already part of the city’s highest injury streets & opening it at Lake will make it worse.
Nicollet should not be reopened to car traffic. I am still so mad about this and probably always will be.
This is making my neighborhood less safe. Nicollet is already part of the city’s highest injury streets & opening it at Lake will make it worse.
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Hello Lyndale Ave South community. Opponents of a safer design for Lyndale are generating a ton of emails (via action network), many from outside Minneapolis, to city council members in support of the no bike lane option. You may want to get busy contacting your council members.
September 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hello Lyndale Ave South community. Opponents of a safer design for Lyndale are generating a ton of emails (via action network), many from outside Minneapolis, to city council members in support of the no bike lane option. You may want to get busy contacting your council members.
I walked 26 miles around New York today, starting in Yonkers and ending at the Brooklyn Bridge. I’m really sore but had a great time!
September 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I walked 26 miles around New York today, starting in Yonkers and ending at the Brooklyn Bridge. I’m really sore but had a great time!
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14 states passed housing reforms in 2025, led by Texas, Washington, Montana.
Key wins: apartments allowed in commercial zones, reduced parking requirements, easier ADU permits.
Bipartisan support shows housing supply has broad appeal!
www.pew.org/en/research-...
Key wins: apartments allowed in commercial zones, reduced parking requirements, easier ADU permits.
Bipartisan support shows housing supply has broad appeal!
www.pew.org/en/research-...
State Legislatures Make Bipartisan Breakthroughs on Policies That Promote Housing
In 2025, state legislatures enacted unprecedented reforms to improve the availability and affordability of housing, with lawmakers in Texas, Washington, and Montana leading the way with major successe...
www.pew.org
September 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
14 states passed housing reforms in 2025, led by Texas, Washington, Montana.
Key wins: apartments allowed in commercial zones, reduced parking requirements, easier ADU permits.
Bipartisan support shows housing supply has broad appeal!
www.pew.org/en/research-...
Key wins: apartments allowed in commercial zones, reduced parking requirements, easier ADU permits.
Bipartisan support shows housing supply has broad appeal!
www.pew.org/en/research-...
We had a great keynote speech from North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong. He told me he would sign a bill to eliminate minimum parking requirements if that came to his desk. #yimbytown
September 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We had a great keynote speech from North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong. He told me he would sign a bill to eliminate minimum parking requirements if that came to his desk. #yimbytown
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Pretty straight forward, y’all.
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Pretty straight forward, y’all.
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Tonight at 6: We're entering the Cedar Lake encroachment zone. It'll be the most transgressive experience you can have while just taking a walk in a park.
Cedar Lake Encroachment Tour (w/ special guest Jake)
Mansion dwellers have encroached on park land and we're encroaching back!
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August 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Tonight at 6: We're entering the Cedar Lake encroachment zone. It'll be the most transgressive experience you can have while just taking a walk in a park.
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What the hell? We got it backwards. I want EU standards, damn it.
This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads
By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…
etsc.eu
August 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
What the hell? We got it backwards. I want EU standards, damn it.
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ah yes, vital that we have housing for cars and not people
Here’s the clip of CM Padilla bragging about reducing the size of a 100% affordable housing project in her district and increasing the amount of parking while arguing against the transit oriented upzoning bill SB 79.
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
August 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
ah yes, vital that we have housing for cars and not people
If there's a pro-housing challenger to Padilla, I want to donate to them
Here’s the clip of CM Padilla bragging about reducing the size of a 100% affordable housing project in her district and increasing the amount of parking while arguing against the transit oriented upzoning bill SB 79.
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
August 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If there's a pro-housing challenger to Padilla, I want to donate to them
Donated blood today. Just a few days ago they declared an emergency shortage of blood donations in the Twin Cities area, so donate if you can. It’s a small thing we can do on horrible days like today.
August 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Donated blood today. Just a few days ago they declared an emergency shortage of blood donations in the Twin Cities area, so donate if you can. It’s a small thing we can do on horrible days like today.
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I'm calling it.
It's Bike To Everywhere Week
It's Bike To Everywhere Week
August 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I'm calling it.
It's Bike To Everywhere Week
It's Bike To Everywhere Week
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It’s fascism Friday
August 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It’s fascism Friday