GETTING AROUND THE TWIN CITIES FROM SEWARD

Whether you are walking, biking, bussing, car-pooling, car-renting, driving, or connecting with others via a computer – there are lots of ways to get around in and out of the Seward neighborhood. Don’t own a car? In need of cheap and quick transportation? Looking to save money by downsizing to one family car? Then try out one or more of the following options, suitable for anyone from ages 9 to 90!

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Seward is bounded by roads -- Interstate 94, West River Parkway, Lake St., Hiawatha Ave. -- that quickly get you to metro locations. But you don’t need your own car, or need to always use your own car. Try these options:

On-demand ride sharing by the minute, using a smart phone, with Uber or Lyft to go anywhere in the Twin Cities just like a taxi service

Taxi cab service by phoning or using a smart phone to reserve a ride Car sharing by the hour by joining Hour Car and reserving the car at Seward Co-op, or other Twin City locations,

and returning the car where you found it. ZipCar.com also an option in the Twin Cities. On-demand car use by the minute. Find any Car2Go on Seward streets (or reserve up to 30 minutes ahead) and

use it within the Twin Cities, for one-way or round-trip travel, for 41 cents per minute. $35 one-time fee required

Pick-up for rental car use by the day by having Enterprise pick you up and take you to their rental car hub, and then after you return the car they drop you at your home or other location. Hourly car-sharing also available.

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Seward and the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area is served by the Blue Line LRT (light-rail transit) along Hiawatha Ave. and by buses all equipped with bike racks. 5 bus routes -- #2 & #67 ( Franklin Ave.), #7 (27th Ave.), #9 (25th St.), #22 (Cedar Ave.) --run through Seward. Express bus #53 runs along Lake St. to downtown St. Paul. From a smart phone use the OMG Transit app to find transportation options near you such as bus stops, bike rentals and on-demand car use.

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Seward has bike trails, bike routes marked on streets, the learn-to-ride bike shop Spokes, and Nice Ride bike sharing stations. Find bike trails along the River, the 28th Street Midtown GreenWay, and along the Hiawatha Ave.

LRT tracks. Use a credit card at one of three Seward Nice Ride stations -- at Pizza Luce, Seward Co-op, Birchwood Café -- and ride in Minneapolis and St. Paul and then drop-off the bike at any station.