1. •  
     CommentAuthorKevin Pfeiffer
   • CommentTimeJun 28th 2007 edited

    
   A customer service rep. for the airport commission wrote:
   "Unfortunately, there is no safe access to the Lindbergh Terminal on bicycle via the roadway system."
   
   I don't know what she means by safe, but looking at the map, it appears that you can approach and depart from Lindbergh Terminal via Glumack Drive which feeds into 55. Can anyone closer to the scene confirm this?
   
   
   
   
   -K (former U of M student from many years ago)
2. • CommentAuthorScot_Gore
   • CommentTimeJun 28th 2007

    
   They are correct !!!!
   
   Have you not been keeping up with this hot bed cycling issue:
   Greencycles Blogspot
   Ride your bike at MSP....get tazed...it's the latest craze sweeping the nation.
   
   Since the above incident ALL the access roads to the airport have been posted "No Bikes".
   
   The only way out prior to this was to jump a couple of curbs and cycle the wrong way on a one way service road for about 200 yards. Highway 5 and Hwy 55 are limited access freeways (around the airport anyway) and have never allowed bikes. You could jump the curb to Northwest Dr and bike out to Post Road.
   
   The light rail is the best way in and out of the terminal with a bicycle. It's easy, it's cheap, and gets you to places it's pleasant to bike.
   
   Scot
3. •  
     CommentAuthorKevin Pfeiffer
   • CommentTimeJun 28th 2007 edited

    
   But 55 is Hiawatha Ave, isn't it? I think I remember riding that many, many moons ago. And the exit road from the Lindbergh terminal seems to be simply an access road and part neither of 5 nor 55. And in other states in places where there is no other access for cyclists riding on such limited access freeways is permitted. I don't see how they can restrict cyclists' access to the airport terminal.
   
   That something like this (no road access to airport) could occur in Minneapolis is rather shocking to me. (The taser part also seems a bit shocking -- no pun intended.) :-(
   
   The light-rail transit looks nice.
4. • CommentAuthorScot_Gore
   • CommentTimeJun 29th 2007 edited

    
   There is technically no exit to Hwy 55 from the terminal. The exit is to Hwy 5 and then a short hop to 55 either northbound to Hiawatha Ave or southbound over the Mendota Bridge (limited access bridge).
   See Wikipedia.....
   Hwy 5
   it's a freeway.
   
   Scot

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