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Sidewalk and Street Travel

The sidewalks and streets we use
are an important
form of transportation.

Having up-to-date information about the sidewalks and streets we travel can save time and enable us to travel with confidence. The first set of links will help you access information that may alert you to changes in the roads and streets you take due to construction or weather. The second set of links will help you find sidewalk and other routes to help you get where you need to go.

Street and Road Resources

Mn/DOT's 511 Traffic and Road Conditions A map that gives you up-to-date information regarding accidents, road conditions, roadwork, weather and traffic.

St. Paul Road Closures The City of St. Paul's web page listing current street closures.

Minneapolis Traffic Alerts and Street Closures The City of Minneapolis' web page listing traffic issues and lane and street closures. There are also links to report traffic signal issues and potholes on this site.

Central Cooridor Light Rail Construction Updates Metropolitan Council updates regarding streets that are effected by the Central Cooridor Light Rail construction project.

Northstar Commuter Rail Road ClosuresThis site lists street closures occurring in downtown Minneapolis due to the construction of the North Star Commuter Rail.

Sidewalk and Other Pedestrian Route Resources

Mn/DOT's Accessible Pedestrian Signals This web page explains what verbal, audible and vibrating pedestrian signals are and how they work.

Bike Walk Twin Cities Walking Maps This web page gives you access to walking maps for the City of Minneapolis, a community map of downtown Minneapolis which contains skyway access information. (The City of Minneapolis maps are in PDF format.)

Map My Walk Map My Walk is a free website that allows you to plan a pedestrian route or to search other routes that other people have used and added to the site. Some of the predesigned routes that people have contributed to this site contain sidewalk conditions and information.