Policy & Funding
Discover why better policy and investments in transit, walking, biking, and rolling are the best move for Minnesota.
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June 11, 2025
What the 2025 Transportation Bill Means for Transit and Climate Progress in Minnesota
Minnesota lawmakers finally passed the 2025 transportation bill in a special session vote at the State Capitol. Advocates and elected champions didn't get everything we worked for this session, but overall the bill is an essential defensive win for our transit and climate priorities.
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May 23, 2025
Minnesota’s Legislative Session Ends with a Win for Affordable Transit Access and Many Major Transit and Climate Decisions Unresolved
State leaders are currently continuing critical bill negotiations in the lead-up to a special session. Where we stand now and what to expect in the coming weeks.
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May 4, 2025
Transit Advocates Push Minnesota Lawmakers to Vote Against Bad Transportation Bill
To create a transportation system that works for everyone we know we have to do more than pass policies and secure resources. We have to show up, year after year, to protect our progress and defend our wins. The 2025 state legislative session has illustrated that cycle—and this week we saw on the House and Senate floors how advocacy makes a difference.
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April 25, 2025
We Can’t Delay in Driving Down Emissions: Defending Essential Climate Solutions at the State Capitol
Just two years ago, Minnesota made national headlines, passing a groundbreaking transportation bill that included transformative investments in public transit and urgently needed policies to protect our climate from transportation pollution. Now, some lawmakers are trying to destroy this hard-won progress with a bad transportation bill that would delay our Driving Down Emissions law, prioritizing highway expansion over the health of our climate and communities.
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March 25, 2025
New Policy Analysis Shows State Transportation Departments are Key to Climate Progress and Consumer Savings
With Move Minnesota and our local and national allies, an unprecedented network emerges from behind the scenes to keep momentum going on transportation reform in Minnesota.
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March 4, 2025
Advocates and Elected Champions Celebrate Progress, Commit to Defend Essential State Investments in Public Transit
More than 75 transit riders and elected champions came together in community to celebrate our nation-leading state funding and policy wins for public transit—and to gear up to defend those investments during the 2025 legislative session.
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February 19, 2025
As New Legislative Session Begins, So Do Bipartisan Attacks on Transit Funding
As Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session gets underway, state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing unacceptable anti-transit proposals. It’s frustrating to watch. But as long-time advocates who have seen this playbook before, we are ready for defense.
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January 24, 2025
2025 Legislative Priorities: Continuing the fight for a transportation system that puts people first
In 2025, protecting and expanding the critical transit and climate progress we've made for Minnesota families is more important than ever. This legislative session, we're fighting for new resources and policies to improve transit access, make our communities more affordable and connected, and create a better future for all.
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August 21, 2024
USDOT to America: We Need to Drive Less
This summer, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) explicitly named the need to meaningfully reduce driving to meet the nation’s climate goals. Move Minnesota joined hundreds of advocates, policy experts, and DOT leadership in Washington D.C. last month to coordinate strategies on how to shift transportation and land use policies to meet this moment.