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Transportation

Minnesota drivers can soon take permit exam at home

Minnesota drivers can soon take permit exam at home

Starting this week, would-be Minnesota drivers hoping to get a learner’s permit will be able to take the knowledge test online. The move is aimed at relieving the long lines and six- to eight-week wait times people are experiencing at exam stations across the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
by Kirsti Marohn

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United Airlines says it will offer travelers coronavirus tests at the airport

United Airlines says it will offer travelers coronavirus tests at the airport

A pilot program on flights from San Francisco to Hawaii would give on-the-spot tests for the virus that causes COVID-19. Travelers who test negative would not be required to quarantine upon arrival.
by David Schaper

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Once unwanted, historic bridge now pursued by suitors

Once unwanted, historic bridge now pursued by suitors

For roughly 30 years, the Kern Bridge sat unused, unstable and unwanted. But fans of the bowstring-arch bridge never stopped trying to save it from collapse. Last year, funding was obtained to dismantle it and put it in storage in the hopes that someone somewhere might want to reassemble it as a pedestrian bridge. Turns out there was.

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Blue Line LRT extension derailed

Blue Line LRT extension derailed

Railroad’s refusal to share right of way forces officials to look for new route for Bottineau corridor.
by Tim Nelson

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Pandemic bike boom gives cities permission to green their streets

Pandemic bike boom gives cities permission to green their streets

A survey of residents in six European countries found 75 percent of respondents supported maintaining changes to streets that have allowed for more biking and socially-distant walking during the pandemic.
by Paul Huttner and Megan Burks

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