Bike St. Louis

rustedhinge · PostNov 24, 2007#262007-11-24T05:56+00:00

I'd rather see bike lanes. Even though the cars are supposed to share the streets with bikes, I believe that the painted bike lanes add a sense of security. Drivers are aware of the painted bike lane and are likely to avoid crossing over into it - in my opinion.

Grover wrote:^ Yep.

For the record, I hate bike lanes. What they tell drivers is that bikes should be no where on the street other than in special little lanes. They're also rarely cleaned - generally in the debris edge of the road. IMO - bicycles belong on the road with cars - though I always cringe when I some somebody riding their freakin' bike down FPP between Kingshighway and Union - WFT!

kustramo · PostNov 24, 2007#272007-11-24T07:42+00:00

I have seen a ton of new markings... on Gustine, Meramec and a few others...

jcity · PostNov 26, 2007#282007-11-26T05:24+00:00

I just LOVE how they added the suicide lane to Delmar so now it makes biking down through the Loop quite dangerous, whereas there used to be wide lines, essentially creating a bike lane on either side. Am I supposed to bike down the suicide lane? probably not. Way to go. why do people think the SL's are so great?

westendresident · PostJan 11, 2008#292008-01-11T16:15+00:00

Join us for Eagle Days at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge

Trailnet, the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the City of Madison, Illinois are hosting Eagle Days at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge on January 19-20, 2008 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.

Activities Include:

Eagle education program repeated every 20 minutes, 10:00 am - 2:40 pm

Educational exhibits at the Illinois entrance including replica of boat used by Lewis & Clark

Spotting scopes on the Bridge for close-up views

Lewis & Clark re-enactors and their encampment

www.trailnet.org

Alex Ihnen · PostJan 11, 2008#302008-01-11T16:32+00:00

JCity wrote:I just LOVE how they added the suicide lane to Delmar so now it makes biking down through the Loop quite dangerous, whereas there used to be wide lines, essentially creating a bike lane on either side. Am I supposed to bike down the suicide lane? probably not. Way to go. why do people think the SL's are so great?

Well said. Especially in the Loop, where traffic often creeps along, no bike lanes are needed.

jakektu · PostMay 08, 2008#312008-05-08T18:58+00:00

New Bike St. Louis Routes Open

St. Louisans who like to bike can take advantage of 57 additional miles to the Bike St. Louis system. Officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony in Maplewood, Clayton and St. Louis City for the new section of the bike system on Thursday. The new routes provide on-street connections to the North Riverfront Trail, the McKinley Bridge Bikeway along the Mississippi River in North St. Louis, as well as the River des Peres Greenway and Christy Greenway in South St. Louis. This is the first major expansion of the Bike St. Louis network since 2005, when the first 20 miles of on-street bike routes opened.

framer · PostMay 11, 2008#322008-05-11T04:23+00:00

Was this a ribbon cutting or a ground breaking? The River Des Peres extension isn't open yet; I don't know about the others.

MattnSTL · PostMay 12, 2008#332008-05-12T04:20+00:00

Ribbon cutting for the new on street sections.

jcity · PostMay 12, 2008#342008-05-12T04:38+00:00

McKinley Bridge Bikeway along the Mississippi River in North St. Louis

I rode my bike over this a few weeks ago, but the approach ramps for the pedestrian path aren't exactly completed yet..

malone · PostMay 13, 2008#352008-05-13T02:48+00:00

I think I posted on this in the North St. Louis threads, but the approach ramp has a grand opening on June 7th i believe.

addxb2 · PostMar 31, 2016#362016-03-31T05:17+00:00

Does anyone know of a way to rent a bike for extended amounts of time? I have a friend moving from DC just for May-August. Potentially wanting to bike from TGS to CWE but can't bring his bike and doesn't want to buy one.

pattimagee · PostMar 31, 2016#372016-03-31T05:39+00:00

you could try the spinlister app?

addxb2 · PostJan 07, 2020#382020-01-07T16:38+00:00

I’d recommend anyone interested in bicycle advocacy and rights in STL attend this. Trailnet’s CEO, Cindy Mense, is a near daily bike commuter. Accompanied with Scott Ogilvie, Mike Weiss, and Ann Falker it should be a very enlightening conversation.

PostAug 21, 2020#392020-08-21T20:01+00:00

Between Tower Grove/Sarah, Compton, Jefferson/20th, Tucker, Riverfront Greenway... crossing the tracks/64 is going to be a much better experience in a few years.

Add in Brickline, Stl is really starting to get a strong network put together.

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sc4mayor · PostAug 21, 2020#402020-08-21T20:25+00:00

^ I had not realized they had already acquired funding for the buildout from Olive to St. Louis Avenue. That is wonderful news.

Great to hear about Tucker getting closer. Hope they can add some planted medians too. Would love to see any future Gravois improvements incorporate an extension of this.

eee123 · PostAug 22, 2020#412020-08-22T17:22+00:00

Good improvements, especially crossing the I-64/RR gap. I rarely even consider biking/walking south from downtown west because it's pretty unpleasant to bike/walk through there anywhere west of Busch and east of Cortex.

I question the need for a cycle track on North 20th, though. I use that a couple times a week to get from downtown west to the Riverfront Trail or the McKinley Bridge.

There's not much traffic on it and it's already a good biking street. I wish our limited bike infrastructure money would go first to projects that'd make a bigger difference than that one.

dbInSouthCity · PostAug 25, 2020#422020-08-25T22:49+00:00

For the Tucker project- East West Gateway won’t select winners until Jan 2021 (this one is probably 55-45% chance at getting it) and the EWG board won’t approve until March 31, 2021 and the funding is probably in federal fiscal year 2022.

quincunx · PostSep 14, 2020#432020-09-14T17:34+00:00

BLUNT-BACKED PROJECTS IN ST. LOUIS AREA RECEIVE NEARLY $29 MILLION IN BUILD GRANT FUNDING

A $7.95 million grant is being awarded to the City of St. Louis for the Jefferson Avenue and 20th Street Revitalization Corridors Project. The funding will be used to provide for a multi-modal approach to manage access, congestion, and mobility in a corridor that is a vital connection to downtown St. Louis and the Next NGA West headquarters. Blunt’s letter of support for the project is available HERE and further details on the project are available HERE.

https://www.blunt.senate.gov/news/press ... nt-funding

PostSep 15, 2020#442020-09-15T00:47+00:00

Will there be any crosswalk on Jefferson between MLK and Cass (0.5 miles) or Cass and St. Louis (0.55 miles)?

eee123 · PostSep 15, 2020#452020-09-15T01:24+00:00

The fourth picture, Jefferson from Market to Cass basically is the same as now. They turned an outer lane into parking. But it won't be used anytime soon, so it'll remain a defacto driving lane, won't it?

For such a ballyhooed project, that portion is disappointing.

I know, they're adding trees, but that'll be mostly gone five years after it opens.

framer · PostOct 10, 2020#462020-10-10T03:53+00:00

"St. Louis County will be temporarily installing bike lanes and a pedestrian crossing on a short stretch of Midland Boulevard in University City from Friday, October 16 to Wednesday, October 21 to demonstrate proposed enhancements for the corridor".

https://stlcountywalkbike.com/midlandblvd/

https://stlcountywalkbike.com/wp-conten ... g-V1.2.pdf

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L2TN3RL

eee123 · PostNov 10, 2020#472020-11-10T18:02+00:00

Why are we still building bike lanes like this? Half the lane is unusable door zone. The other half probably puts you less than three feet from passing cars.

It was defensible when we had a non-cyclist making decisions out of ignorance. But now the same garbage bike infrastructure continues with a cyclist overseeing it.

LithiumAneurysm · PostNov 10, 2020#482020-11-10T20:59+00:00

eee123 wrote: ↑
Nov 10, 2020
Why are we still building bike lanes like this? Half the lane is unusable door zone. The other half probably puts you less than three feet from passing cars.

It was defensible when we had a non-cyclist making decisions out of ignorance. But now the same garbage bike infrastructure continues with a cyclist overseeing it.

I agree, but is Scott the one overseeing it? It's my understanding that repaving and restriping projects like this are under the purview of the Street Department, which has less progressive and transparent leadership. Scott's in Planning so he may not have a say. Regardless, something needs to change within the city, because these bike lanes are simply unacceptable.

STLinCHI · PostNov 11, 2020#492020-11-11T00:52+00:00

eee123 wrote: ↑
Nov 10, 2020
Why are we still building bike lanes like this? Half the lane is unusable door zone. The other half probably puts you less than three feet from passing cars.

It was defensible when we had a non-cyclist making decisions out of ignorance. But now the same garbage bike infrastructure continues with a cyclist overseeing it.

How could it be striped differently? You'd have to eliminate parking. Don't think that works with the businesses on this block relying on the street parking to deliver customers.

MarkGroth2020 · PostNov 11, 2020#502020-11-11T02:51+00:00

This is an improvement. Now will Spire and other utilities tear it up?

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