Density, transit, and trails

A person cycles across a pedestrian bridge above multiple train tracks, leading toward a large building under construction where a red crane operates, with a water tower standing in the distance under a clear blue sky.

On a bike ride to Hopkins with a friend, we stopped to take in this view. The cycle path has been seriously upgraded, separated in this case from the new LRT line, a freight line, and, just beyond, a busy road that crosses the tracks. A dense development is going in, including a commuter parking ramp, commercial space, and a mix of market-rate and affordable apartments. It may not be pretty, but we need more of these dense, brownfield developments near transit.

A person cycles across a pedestrian bridge above multiple train tracks, leading toward a large building under construction where a red crane operates, with a water tower standing in the distance under a clear blue sky.

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