• Moving up at MnDOT: An engineer takes the No. 2 spot; news brief here.
• A 3-minute limit on vehicle idling? Minneapolis is considering an ordinance, and there’s a committee meeting on the topic Thursday morning; a news release is here.
• Should a man give up his bus seat to a woman? This MNspeak post asked the question and got more than 100 comments.
• Street furniture: Minneapolis is looking at its benches, bus shelters and more; a Strib story from Tuesday is here.
• Bike celebrations: The new Freewheel Midtown Bike Center on the Midtown Greenway has a grand opening this Friday morning from 7-9 a.m. (and, for late risers, an open house from 4-7 p.m.); click here for the city news release on the event, here for more details on the bike center, here for a Greenway Coalition announcement. And on Sunday, there’s a naming ceremony for the Sabo bike and pedestrian bridge over Hiawatha Avenue. The celebration is from 3-5 p.m., with a program at 4 p.m; more info here.
• Speaking of bikes: Steve Brandt’s Wednesday column looks at bicycling in Minneapolis.

And speaking of MNspeak, if you have any insights as to why a post on that site referred to me as “the ironically named John Foti,” I hope you’ll share. (Is it ironic that my name isn’t John?)

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