Please Contact Us
Please contact the Midtown Greenway Coalition if you have been victim of a crime on the Midtown Greenway or know of someone who has so that we may post an account of the incident here. Please call 612-879-0106 or email:
trailwatch<at>midtowngreenway.org.
The "Safety" forum on mplsbikelove.com is a great place to check to keep up with events and incidents.
The Coalition is working hard to improve Greenway Safety, including organizing volunteers on Trail Watch rides that started early May 2009. We need your help! If enough people join/donate, we can keep up this work. Also, if you want to be a Trail Watch rider, learn more from our Trail Watch page (from home page, go to Trail Users, then Safety, visit our trail watch site.
For your safety, seek other trail users to buddy up with after dark and call 911 to report anything suspicious. If you must bike alone at night, behave as you would anywhere in the city and avoid loitering/stationary pedestrians because sometimes they have accomplices hiding nearby.
Also visit the safety homepage for more information on safe rider tips and more.
Incidents in the Past Six Months of Which the Coalition is Aware:
Robbery-Monday 1/16/2012 12th Avenue and Greenway
Solo rider attacked by two young men in dark clothing. Another rider came upon the scene and the suspects fled up the stairs with the victim's backpack. Victim sustained injuries to the face.
Robbery-Monday 1/9/2012 Elliot Avenue and Greenway
Around 11:20 pm, two victims walking on the Greenway at Elliot Avenue were robbed at gunpoint by two males. Neither victim was physically injured but they did lose cell phones, cash, and credit cards to the suspects.
Robbery- Monday 11/28/2011 Bryant Avenue and Greenway
Around 9:00 pm, a solo rider was approached by a group of four males and a female. One male had a gun and demanded the bicycle, but the victim rode off quickly and called the police. One person was arrested.
Pumpkins and rocks thrown- Saturday 11/12/2011 Pleasant Avenue and Greenway
Rider had rocks thrown at him around 9:30 pm; cleaned up a pumpkin that had also been dropped onto the trail.
Brick thrown at biker - Friday 11/11/2011 Near Bloomington Avenue entrance
Solo rider passed three young men on the trail around 7:45 pm, one of the young men threw a brick at the rider that hit rear bike tire. Rider is okay and reported the incident to the police.
Rocks thrown- Saturday 11/5/2011 Oakland Avenue and the Greenway
Two riders were hit by rocks around 11:30 pm. A group of four roughly-11-year-old kids threw the rocks from the overlook on the north side of the trail.
Wednesday 11/2/2011 near 13th Avenue entrance to the Greenway
Three youths jumped out in front of solo rider, who swerved to avoid them. Incident reported to the police.
Incidents are posted with the following information (when available):
date, time, location, armed mugging vs assault or other, # of assailants and their description (if we have a clear description), whether it was light or dark out, lone trail user or not, whether victim was physically harmed. |
