Notes from the saddle, the kitchen, and Bozeman.
Trip reports and Bozeman politics.
The Bozeman Brief: a city government news podcast
For a town that cares as much about itself as Bozeman does, it’s surprisingly difficult for a normal person to keep tabs on what city government is doing. Local news is in structural decline more or less everywhere, and Bozeman…
Read the report →More recent
All posts →
If widening Kagy ever made sense, it certainly doesn’t now
The City of Bozeman’s Capital Improvement Plan item SIF009 allocates nearly a year’s worth of transportation budget to widening Kagy, justified by doomsday forecasts of…
Yes In My Backyard Act
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) introduced the Yes In My Backyard (YIMBY) Act to shed light on discriminatory land use…
New Bicycle Crossing at Peach and Rouse Completely Unacceptable
The Montana Department of Transportation has recently reconstructed the Rouse Avenue corridor. At the intersection of Peach Street and Rouse, MDT has taken away…
Is Bozeman serious about affordability and sustainability—or not?
Bozeman will never achieve its climate or affordability goals without updating its zoning code to allow small lots, small floor plans, and more shared…