Luke Hanson
@lukehanson.bsky.social
Co-chair of @sustainstpaul.bsky.social. Interested in urbanism, housing, and streets in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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I’m at the launch of Oregon’s design competition for sunlight suite buildings - neighborhood-scale mulifamily buildings designed around one central staircase.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
October 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I’m at the launch of Oregon’s design competition for sunlight suite buildings - neighborhood-scale mulifamily buildings designed around one central staircase.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
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Building codes and zoning codes are where cost benefit analysis goes to not just die, but be killed. In a very real way zoning codes have been written as if the real world is full of thresholds beyond which extraordinary costs are incurred for no benefit.
Real talk about tradeoffs is badly needed in the building code development process.
October 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Building codes and zoning codes are where cost benefit analysis goes to not just die, but be killed. In a very real way zoning codes have been written as if the real world is full of thresholds beyond which extraordinary costs are incurred for no benefit.
#stpaul: vote YES for admin citations this fall.
Today on the Wedge LIVE podcast: St Paul Election 2025 w/ Matt Privratsky. Too few realize that St Paul has a question on the ballot that will decide whether they remain a Mad Max-style libertarian free for all - or adopt a civilized way to enforce society's rules (administrative citations).
October 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#stpaul: vote YES for admin citations this fall.
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🗼 I arrived in Tokyo recently excited to try their legendarily efficient train system.
I left wowed by another mode of transit: its surprisingly safe streets.
Can Minnesota learn lessons from Japan’s war on traffic deaths? My reflection for @axios.com >> www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
I left wowed by another mode of transit: its surprisingly safe streets.
Can Minnesota learn lessons from Japan’s war on traffic deaths? My reflection for @axios.com >> www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
What Minnesota can learn from Japan about street safety
Most major U.S. cities, including Minneapolis, have struggled to reduce traffic deaths. Japan has all but eliminated them.
www.axios.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🗼 I arrived in Tokyo recently excited to try their legendarily efficient train system.
I left wowed by another mode of transit: its surprisingly safe streets.
Can Minnesota learn lessons from Japan’s war on traffic deaths? My reflection for @axios.com >> www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
I left wowed by another mode of transit: its surprisingly safe streets.
Can Minnesota learn lessons from Japan’s war on traffic deaths? My reflection for @axios.com >> www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
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Carve em all back in. They were always a mistake but now more than ever.
FYI the head of MVTA oversees about 40 people, 1.6M annual rides, and makes 33% more in salary than the head of Metro Transit, which oversees 3,200 people (!) and provides 46.8M annual rides. tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2025/10/opt-...
Opt-out Transit Agencies' High Overhead
High floor buses I can understand. High overhead unnecessary transit agencies are a bridge too far for me. A few months ago I wrote about ...
tcsidewalks.blogspot.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Carve em all back in. They were always a mistake but now more than ever.
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Sustain Saint Paul is also proud to endorse YES on City Question 1.
Yes on Question 1 will allow the Saint Paul to issue Administrative Citations that will enable the city to enforce its ordinances and change the behavior of bad actors without escalation to criminal courts.
Yes on Question 1 will allow the Saint Paul to issue Administrative Citations that will enable the city to enforce its ordinances and change the behavior of bad actors without escalation to criminal courts.
September 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Sustain Saint Paul is also proud to endorse YES on City Question 1.
Yes on Question 1 will allow the Saint Paul to issue Administrative Citations that will enable the city to enforce its ordinances and change the behavior of bad actors without escalation to criminal courts.
Yes on Question 1 will allow the Saint Paul to issue Administrative Citations that will enable the city to enforce its ordinances and change the behavior of bad actors without escalation to criminal courts.
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📣SUSTAIN SAINT PAUL CITY ENDORSMENTS 🧵:
Sustain Saint Paul proudly endorses Mayor Melvin Carter III for Re-Election!
Sustain Saint Paul proudly endorses Mayor Melvin Carter III for Re-Election!
September 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
📣SUSTAIN SAINT PAUL CITY ENDORSMENTS 🧵:
Sustain Saint Paul proudly endorses Mayor Melvin Carter III for Re-Election!
Sustain Saint Paul proudly endorses Mayor Melvin Carter III for Re-Election!
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St Paul DSI is in proceedings to force the demolition of the blighted CVS building at Uni/Snelling. If you are cool and you live in St Paul you will email legislativehearings@ci.stpaul.mn.us and tell them that you support requiring the demo of that building
September 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
St Paul DSI is in proceedings to force the demolition of the blighted CVS building at Uni/Snelling. If you are cool and you live in St Paul you will email legislativehearings@ci.stpaul.mn.us and tell them that you support requiring the demo of that building
I am still glowing from the Sibling Rivalry event last night at @blackhartstp.com. Thanks to everyone who came and donated to @sustainstpaul.bsky.social!! It's humbling to witness this groundswell of enthusiastic support for our work. The future is bright!
THANK YOU FOR LAST NIGHT! 🎉
We were completely blown away by the incredible response this event has had. Not only did we PACK THE ROOM by selling out of 180 tickets, we surpassed our biggest stretch fundraising goals.
TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED: $22,653
We were completely blown away by the incredible response this event has had. Not only did we PACK THE ROOM by selling out of 180 tickets, we surpassed our biggest stretch fundraising goals.
TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED: $22,653
September 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I am still glowing from the Sibling Rivalry event last night at @blackhartstp.com. Thanks to everyone who came and donated to @sustainstpaul.bsky.social!! It's humbling to witness this groundswell of enthusiastic support for our work. The future is bright!
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Still can’t believe it. Great time last night. Too bad i had to cut my material short. I had a whole bit on the Winter Carnival vs the Aquatennial. Thanks to everyone for coming out!
Last night’s fundraiser for @moreneighbors.org and @sustainstpaul.bsky.social was great - love to be in a room full of people who will lose their absolute shit for @blindeke.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Still can’t believe it. Great time last night. Too bad i had to cut my material short. I had a whole bit on the Winter Carnival vs the Aquatennial. Thanks to everyone for coming out!
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I love our cities 🫶 @sustainstpaul.bsky.social @moreneighbors.org @blackhartstp.com @hoopermn.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I love our cities 🫶 @sustainstpaul.bsky.social @moreneighbors.org @blackhartstp.com @hoopermn.bsky.social
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I’ve never before been in a gay neighborhood soccer bar where everybody was chanting for an urban geographer, but I must say it’s a good time here at the @sustainstpaul.bsky.social fundraiser.
September 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I’ve never before been in a gay neighborhood soccer bar where everybody was chanting for an urban geographer, but I must say it’s a good time here at the @sustainstpaul.bsky.social fundraiser.
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TONIGHT AT 6PM: It happens here, and it finishes here! Twin Cities enter, one City leaves.
Welcome to the THUNDERDOME!⚔️
Buy a your ticket now!
Welcome to the THUNDERDOME!⚔️
Buy a your ticket now!
September 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
TONIGHT AT 6PM: It happens here, and it finishes here! Twin Cities enter, one City leaves.
Welcome to the THUNDERDOME!⚔️
Buy a your ticket now!
Welcome to the THUNDERDOME!⚔️
Buy a your ticket now!
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Black Hart Owner Wes Burdine says he is really excited for this meeting between Saint Paul and its absolute mess of a younger sibling, Minneapolis, who probably needs to sleep on our couch while they 'get things together.' @wesburdine.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Black Hart Owner Wes Burdine says he is really excited for this meeting between Saint Paul and its absolute mess of a younger sibling, Minneapolis, who probably needs to sleep on our couch while they 'get things together.' @wesburdine.bsky.social
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To help us BURY Minneapolis🏗️, we are so excited that four anonymous donors are sponsoring a $4k Matching Challenge. They've agreed to match one-time gifts of $200 or more AND recurring gifts of $10/month or more ($120/year), dollar for dollar, up to $4k! The match is active now!
We are thrilled to announce the speaker lineup for THIS THURSDAY's "Saint Paul VS Minneapolis" Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser. 💥
Saint Paul has a deep bench of champions prepared to defend our honor as the true First City of Minnesota.⚔️
Check them out! Tickets available for $25
Saint Paul has a deep bench of champions prepared to defend our honor as the true First City of Minnesota.⚔️
Check them out! Tickets available for $25
September 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
To help us BURY Minneapolis🏗️, we are so excited that four anonymous donors are sponsoring a $4k Matching Challenge. They've agreed to match one-time gifts of $200 or more AND recurring gifts of $10/month or more ($120/year), dollar for dollar, up to $4k! The match is active now!
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The culmination of more than 150 years of bitter rivalry is only a week away! 💥
Come to make fun of the younger delusional sibling who thinks she's New York City🏙️, stay for the delicious food from Black Sea Restaurant 🥙and drinks from Black Hart🍻
www.sustainstpaul.org/events/sibli...
Come to make fun of the younger delusional sibling who thinks she's New York City🏙️, stay for the delicious food from Black Sea Restaurant 🥙and drinks from Black Hart🍻
www.sustainstpaul.org/events/sibli...
Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser — Sustain Saint Paul
This month we're teaming up with our friends (and friendly rivals!) Neighbors for More Neighbors for a joint fundraiser at the Black Hart of Saint Paul . Join your neighbors, housing advocates, tr...
www.sustainstpaul.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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tysm for the shoutout! what's interesting about the midway is that it's arguably never been built at a pedestrian scale
in the days of yore (here, an aerial photo from ~1950) much of it was scaled to accomodate rail traffic for the streetcar barn (left) and the montgomery ward warehouse (center)
in the days of yore (here, an aerial photo from ~1950) much of it was scaled to accomodate rail traffic for the streetcar barn (left) and the montgomery ward warehouse (center)
September 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
tysm for the shoutout! what's interesting about the midway is that it's arguably never been built at a pedestrian scale
in the days of yore (here, an aerial photo from ~1950) much of it was scaled to accomodate rail traffic for the streetcar barn (left) and the montgomery ward warehouse (center)
in the days of yore (here, an aerial photo from ~1950) much of it was scaled to accomodate rail traffic for the streetcar barn (left) and the montgomery ward warehouse (center)
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PAULIE has arrived! Mayor Carter celebrates the launch of Saint Paul’s new permitting and licensing system — designed to make it easier for residents, homeowners, and contractors to get things done. PAULIE is a cornerstone of our modernization and recovery efforts. Get started at stpaul.gov/paulie.
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
PAULIE has arrived! Mayor Carter celebrates the launch of Saint Paul’s new permitting and licensing system — designed to make it easier for residents, homeowners, and contractors to get things done. PAULIE is a cornerstone of our modernization and recovery efforts. Get started at stpaul.gov/paulie.
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What we want from transportation systems is access to stuff. Having choices about how to travel is good. Getting around safely is good. And to broaden the tent, we can’t demonize people for driving. (Really important & underdiscussed point.)
September 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What we want from transportation systems is access to stuff. Having choices about how to travel is good. Getting around safely is good. And to broaden the tent, we can’t demonize people for driving. (Really important & underdiscussed point.)
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Had a great time tabling at the 9th Annual Ward 2 Picnic hosted by Rebecca Noecker. Talked to many people about what they want to see in a sustainable city and a thriving downtown Saint Paul. Let's build it together!
September 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Had a great time tabling at the 9th Annual Ward 2 Picnic hosted by Rebecca Noecker. Talked to many people about what they want to see in a sustainable city and a thriving downtown Saint Paul. Let's build it together!
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It’s not exactly fair. Over half of Minneapolis people are constitutionally incapable of coming to St. Paul.
More Neighbors is LOSING the race in ticket sales for our upcoming Sibling Rivalry 😮 We CANNOT let this continue!
Currently @sustainstpaul.bsky.social has 18 RSVPs and N4MN only has 4.
Currently @sustainstpaul.bsky.social has 18 RSVPs and N4MN only has 4.
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Look no further! Come drink beer and make fun of Minneapolis with us. And also make a donation to @sustainstpaul.bsky.social
If you like housing, walkable neighborhoods, multimodal transportation, having beers at Black Hart, and kicking Minneapolis’s ass, look no further.
That's right, Saint Paul has a BIG LEAD in ticket sales so far. You too can share in our IMMINENT VICTORY by RSVPing to our joint fundraiser with @moreneighbors.org below. Time to prove Saint Paul is the true first city of Minnesota!🏙️💪
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September 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Look no further! Come drink beer and make fun of Minneapolis with us. And also make a donation to @sustainstpaul.bsky.social
This event is going to be fun! Register and make a donation to support @sustainstpaul.bsky.social
Sept. 25th join Sustain and our friendly MPLS rivals @moreneighbors.org for a joint fundraiser at Black Hart.
Connect with neighbors for an evening of drinks, food, comedy, and a fundraising face-off. Let's put Saint Paul on top!
Tickets at $25, info below:
www.sustainstpaul.org/events/sibli...
Connect with neighbors for an evening of drinks, food, comedy, and a fundraising face-off. Let's put Saint Paul on top!
Tickets at $25, info below:
www.sustainstpaul.org/events/sibli...
Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser — Sustain Saint Paul
This month we're teaming up with our friends (and friendly rivals!) Neighbors for More Neighbors for a joint fundraiser at the Black Hart of Saint Paul . Join your neighbors, housing advocates, tr...
www.sustainstpaul.org
September 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This event is going to be fun! Register and make a donation to support @sustainstpaul.bsky.social
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Have you melted into the ground yet out of adorable-ness, cuteness, and transit nerd-ness?
No? Only me? Ok cool. But Ward 4 has an actual transit rider/bike user as our councilmember and I couldn’t be happier.
No? Only me? Ok cool. But Ward 4 has an actual transit rider/bike user as our councilmember and I couldn’t be happier.
Today: Green Line. Also, three years ago today, Green Line. We love the Green Line.
August 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Have you melted into the ground yet out of adorable-ness, cuteness, and transit nerd-ness?
No? Only me? Ok cool. But Ward 4 has an actual transit rider/bike user as our councilmember and I couldn’t be happier.
No? Only me? Ok cool. But Ward 4 has an actual transit rider/bike user as our councilmember and I couldn’t be happier.
Really excellent insights from @mattprivratsky.bsky.social. New housing around the U of St. Thomas is a good thing!
Last word from me as I leave my summer as the Ward 4 Councilmember:
Although the anxiety is real and somewhat understandable, these proposed six-unit projects are overwhelmingly beneficial from a citywide perspective. streets.mn/2025/08/26/s...
Although the anxiety is real and somewhat understandable, these proposed six-unit projects are overwhelmingly beneficial from a citywide perspective. streets.mn/2025/08/26/s...
Six-Unit Homes Bring Citywide Benefits, Anxiety Nearby
Two proposed multi-unit buildings near St. Thomas would be a step toward much-needed denser housing but faces pushback from nearby residents.
streets.mn
August 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Really excellent insights from @mattprivratsky.bsky.social. New housing around the U of St. Thomas is a good thing!