A while ago, I was numbly scrolling through Facebook when I came across a comment that annoyed me. Someone had written this in my local Frogtown Facebook group:

“When you’re sitting in that long line of traffic on Dale Street just remember it used to be two lanes. It’s almost like the city planners have no common sense but at least there’s a bike lane. [clown emoji][poop emoji]”

This, to me, is a red cape to a bull. The Dale Street road diet that provoked the commenter’s rant had been enacted earlier this year, changing the arterial road from four to three lanes. The change was a long time coming, one I’d been following closely having lived near Dale Street for almost 20 years. A decade ago, a single Ramsey County Board member had repeatedly killed traffic calming measures on Dale. It wa

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