On June 12, join us to celebrate Bike Walk Week in the Twin Cities for a free breakfast along the Midtown Greenway!

The effort to pass a new metro-area sales tax to fund critical investments in transit and biking and walking connections has officially failed for this year. The story of transit in 2013 showcases the highs and lows of trying to pass transformative public investments.

The effort to pass a new metro-area sales tax to fund critical investments in transit, biking, and walking has officially failed for this legislative session.

On May 10, the Minnesota Senate passed a slightly modified version of an earlier comprehensive transportation funding bill 35-27. Fresh Energy supports this bill, which will provide transformative funding for transit, walking, and biking, and needed road funding.

Show your support for increased funding for transit and bicycling, pedestrian, and accessibility improvements at the Minnesota State Capitol on May 15!

This legislative session, policy makers have a unique opportunity to pass a comprehensive transportation bill that funds a transit and transportation system that expands options for the growing number of workers, families, seniors, students who do not drive. As we enter the final weeks of the session, a narrow and winding path remains for the passage of this broad transportation funding package—but it can definitely still happen with your help.

After a bumpy couple of weeks, transit and transportation funding got a big lift yesterday in the Minnesota Senate.

Passing a historic funding package to build out the Twin Cities transit system and develop local biking and walking connections is a real possibility this year. However, we cannot take any legislator for granted. Yours needs to hear from you.

After a roller-coaster couple of days (read the week’s recap below), a transportation funding package that includes critical investments in transit, biking, and walking (as well as roads) still has an uncertain future. But we’re urging policy makers to find a way—there are urgent needs for transit and transportation funding in Minnesota.

At a press conference on his bonding proposal yesterday, Governor Dayton offered his strongest-yet opposition to an increase in the gas tax to fund needed road and bridge maintenance and improvements, jeopardizing the entire transportation funding bill.