Mill City Explorer

With the conversion of Hennepin and 1st Avenues downtown to two-way traffic, the beloved two-way bicycle lanes on Hennepin will be no more. Instead, lanes on either side of the street will serve cyclists that flow in the same direction as traffic (with the bicycle lanes on the outside of the parking lanes - this should be interesting). As a fun little public relations move, a funeral for the bike lanes was held last week. For some it was a joyous celebration, for others there was a sense of loss that you will no longer be able to pass fellow commuters in opposite directions on this heavily travelled street - a sort of social interaction unavailable anywhere else in the city. Sealcoating started this past weekend for the project, hence the timing of the funeral. See below for a lovely photographic account of the events, complete with scripture readings and a playing of Taps.