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Eight Townhomes Proposed for Holy Corners Parking Lot in Central West End

By Alex Ihnen | Feb 23, 2017 | No Comments

A development featuring eight three-story townhomes is being proposed for the surface parking lot of St. John’s Methodist Church, one of the landmarks of the Holy Corners Historic District. The project is proposing no new curb cuts, with access via an existing alley.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Feb 23, 2017 | No Comments

Majority of St. Louis City Mayoral Candidates Support Improving/Expanding Transit (St. Louis American)
Trailnet Unveils Its St. Charles Bike/Ped Plan
Love Found on Metro (NextStop)
Cliff Cave Park Improvements Moving Forward Despite Clashes Within County Government (Post-Dispatch)
America Walks Forms Transit-Walkability Collaborative (Planetizen)
It’s a Trend: Tennessee Legislators Introduce Bills to Legalize Hitting Protesters With Cars (Like the Dew)
ICYMI, T4America Posts Contents of Recent Webinar on How Metro Areas Are Prioritizing Bike/Ped Projects

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New Renderings Unveiled for SSM/SLU Hospital Project

By Alex Ihnen | Feb 22, 2017 | No Comments

Previous renderings have shown a parking garage with street-level retail built up to Grand. Now, instead of two parking garages, the western garage has grown, and a grass lot occupies what will be the corner of Grand and the future Lasalle Street.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Feb 22, 2017 | No Comments

Old North St. Louis Improvements Continue Thanks to Devoted Residents and Planners (The Field)
Read This If You Use the Civic Center MetroLink Stop (NextStop)
Missouri Senator to Propose Bill to Spend General Revenue on I-70 (The Missouri Times)
Hold On, Cliff Cave Trail Project Not in the Clear Yet (Call Newspapers)
Joplin Adding Bike Lanes, Sidewalks to St. Louis Street (KOAM)
Bridge Improvements in Carthage Include Bike/Ped Access (Four States Homepage)
Missouri Not the Only State With Crumbling Bridges (Planetizen)

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Nine-Story, $16M Mixed-Used Project Announced on Forsyth in Clayton

By Alex Ihnen | Feb 21, 2017 | No Comments

The new development, on the 8000 block of Forsyth Boulevard will include 51,000 sf of Class A office space, 7,500 sf of ground floor retail, and 160 tenant parking spaces.

America Builds Too Many Schools By Highways

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 21, 2017 | No Comments

One in 11 U.S. public schools are within 500 feet of a highway, exposing 4.4 million children to elevated levels of pollution, putting kids at elevated risk of developing asthma. But cheap land remains alluring to school districts, and America's system of school siting is not getting better.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Feb 21, 2017 | No Comments

Removing the “North Loop” in Kansas City Would Reconnect Neighborhoods, Save Money (Fox4KC)
Why Sidewalks Are Often So Few and Far Between in St. Louis County (St. Louis Public Radio)
Trucker Adam Shaw Sentenced to 4 Years for Death of Catherine Nienaber in Platte City (Hays Post)
Strong Towns Wants to Know How Urban Highways Have Affected Your City
Cheaper Gas Means More Congestion (KSDK)

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New Arch-to-Riverfront Ramps Are a Great Improvement

By Steve Patterson | Feb 21, 2017 | No Comments

This weekend I visited the Arch grounds twice. Both days I did all four of the new ramps connecting the upper Arch grounds to Lenore K Sullivan Blvd on the riverfront. These four ramps, plus the connection next to the Eads Bridge, make getting to/from the riverfront a pleasure.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Feb 20, 2017 | No Comments

Cost to Reconstruct I-70 Is $2 Billion (Ozarks First)
St. Louis Transpo Leaders Try to Make Sense of Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (Post-Dispatch)
Reed Refers to His Involvement With Bike St. Louis in His Mayoral Bid (Post-Dispatch)
BikeWalkKC Working With City Planners Toward a More Bike/Ped-Friendly Kansas City (KCTV)
Driver Strikes, Kills Pedestrian on Hwy 71 in Kansas City Sunday Night (KSHB)
William Goad’s 7-Year Sentence for Killing Cyclist Duane Johnson Reduced to 120 Days (Post-Dispatch)
Father, Son Both Arrested for Crash That Killed Phillip Manning in Stoddard County Friday (KFVS)

Kansas City Will Take a Serious Look at Removing Downtown Highway

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 17, 2017 | No Comments

Rochester just converted part of its Inner Loop highway into a surface street, a similar project is underway in New Haven, and freeway teardowns are in play in many other American cities. Now you can add Kansas City to the list of places getting serious about removing a highway to save money, improve walkability, and open downtown land for development.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Feb 17, 2017 | No Comments

Kansas City May Remove Part of I-70 Downtown (BikeWalkKC)
Motorist Garey Faries Strikes, Kills Phillip Manning in Puxico Early Friday (KAIT8)
Dreaming of a Pedestrian-Friendly Business Loop in Columbia (Columbia Business Times)
Someone Wants Missouri to Raise the Gas Tax to Pay for Transportation (EMissourian)
Motorists Less Likely to Yield to People of Color Crossing the Street (NPR)

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America’s Traffic Death Toll Is a National Disgrace

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 16, 2017 | No Comments

More than 40,000 Americans were killed in traffic last year, according to new estimates from the National Safety Council, the worst toll in a decade. The U.S. transportation system claims far more lives each year than peer countries. If America achieved the same fatality rate as the UK, more than 30,000 lives would be saved each year.

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