New Noise Cameras Pit Drivers of Fast Cars Against Their Neighbors
Traffic police deploy new technology—and steep fines—to combat roaring mufflers, revving engines and blaring stereos https://archive.ph/q8jIw
Everyday there's a driving sucks or car ownership sucks post on there, but they can't imagine a different way
I like how, in the picture, you can literally see cars turning off of Southwest onto Kingshighway. This person is literally posting on reddit about how upset they are that they are stuck in traffic and that sometimes, other cars get priority over them.
St. Louis County, Webster Groves to redesign Big Bend Road. The $2.5 million plan calls for a lane reduction, more street parking, more cross walks, and sidewalk improvements.
Even without enforcement, lowering speed limits would still blunt average speeds somewhat. Plus we get a better score on that bike city ranking website
It's insane how just upgrading the infrastructure makes me feel about this stretch. Maybe it was hitting crumbling roads every morning on my commute, coupled with the general distress. But, just getting fresh pavement feels like a little new lifeblood for this area and could go a long way Downtown in refreshing street level experience. Even the 'Bud's parking lot' getting cleaned up, Kingswa revamp, just feels like the City investing in it changed how I felt about it even still as a utilitarian auto-centric road.
What a pointless story. Who is crashing into these concrete barriers? Is this an actual thing?
I'm not completely thrilled with the Kingshighway treatment. It could have been so much better. For starters, it needs a good half dozen traffic circles and about the same number fewer signalized intersections. But you know what? It's a whale of a lot better than it was. And almost entirely because we put our feet down and insisted on lane reductions, an island next to the park, and some real, sensible, pedestrian infrastructure. Without that it really would have been a lost cause. Road diets work. Good design makes streets safer for everyone. Speed humps? Traffic circles? Sidewalk level road crossings that require the car to move up and over? Sign me up.
Well, they've done just as much as possible with the disgraceful Russell Gravois I-55 intersection thing. Much green paint, a variety of curbs and medians. Other than turning back the clock and never building an Interstate exchange or a targeted small bomb there is really not much more that can be done to make it not horrible. Many speeding, distracted or just bad drivers will get some popped tires in the future which is totally fine with me. I can see an out control driver hitting one of the median curb things and being projected in the air and landing down on 55 section sometime which will be horrible.
The near South side connectivity to downtown really had the triple whammy of things that makes it difficult - interstates and worse, interstate ramps, a large set of trains tracks, and a large public housing project. Bad choices that must be overcome somehow.
Well, they've done just as much as possible with the disgraceful Russell Gravois I-55 intersection thing. Much green paint, a variety of curbs and medians. Other than turning back the clock and never building an Interstate exchange or a targeted small bomb there is really not much more that can be done to make it not horrible. Many speeding, distracted or just bad drivers will get some popped tires in the future which is totally fine with me. I can see an out control driver hitting one of the median curb things and being projected in the air and landing down on 55 section sometime which will be horrible.
The near South side connectivity to downtown really had the triple whammy of things that makes it difficult - interstates and worse, interstate ramps, a large set of trains tracks, and a large public housing project. Bad choices that must be overcome somehow.
If you don't like all this, why do you support the pro-build more of it party?
Went to an open house last night about redoing Lindell between Vandeventer and Kingshighway.
Not sure about the timeline but the two configurations they're considering are:
1) Redo Lindell w 3 traffic lanes, 2 parking lanes and a 2-way cycle track on the south side of the street with bike lanes 5 feet wide each way
2) Redo Lindell w 3 traffic lanes, 1 parking lane on the north side of the street and 2 6 foot wide bike lanes on both sides of the street
I was in favor of 2, but the majority of people there seemed to favor 1 because they wanted to keep the parking lane on the south side of the street. I was disappointed mid block crosswalks, like an old Nextstl article suggested, were not already in the plan. There was opportunity for additional comments, where I did make the case for mid-block crossings (especially between Vandeventer & Sarah because that block is exceedingly long and Euclid & Taylor where the density really warrants it) but I'm not optimistic they'll be added because of just a few comments. It'd also be good to have the walk signals be automatic rather than having the beg button, and an all-way pedestrian signal (where the signal is red for all cars) at Lindell/Euclid with its high foot traffic.
Would've been nice to see BRT/bus lanes evaluated too but it didn't surprise me considering the sorry state of our bus system.
Excited to hear about the lane reductions. I like the modifications they have made to the east in some locations. Lindell has the potential to be such a great, iconic street.
So more than just the one corner by the Hilton, smh.
After years of drivers speeding down too wide streets wreaking havoc, they finally do something, then they're removef at the first whines of entitled drivers.
StlMag - Bumpout removal in downtown St. Louis has advocates crying foul
Honestly the most infuriating thing about this for me is how putting those traffic calming measures in place requires an eternity of studies, "community engagement" and applying for grants whereas removing them is easy as the Mayor got some bad press, makes unilateral and unpublicized decision to remove them by night. What a terrible mayor Cara has been.
