It has been a month since cyclist Rick Beard – a veteran, entrepreneur, and father of three – was killed by a car while riding in St. Louis. The accident prompted debate and demonstrations, and has led to a push by…
Ideas, thoughts, and discussions. Complaints and advocacy.
It has been a month since cyclist Rick Beard – a veteran, entrepreneur, and father of three – was killed by a car while riding in St. Louis. The accident prompted debate and demonstrations, and has led to a push by…
In May 2014 SafeTGA participated in the Tower Grove Better Block Project, where we exhibited a collection of photos illustrating the diversity of cyclists and pedestrians around Tower Grove Avenue. We spoke to a wide range of people to learn about their motivation for alternative…
This event has already occurred. On Saturday May 10 from noon to 4 the Better Block Project transformed a block of Morganford Avenue into a bustling pedestrian and commercial destination with music, art, and food. SafeTGA participated and exhibited a collection of…
The Cortex life sciences district in the heart of St. Louis aims to attract world-class scientists and entrepreneurs by building a vibrant, connected, transit-oriented neighborhood. The recently released Cortex Transit Oriented Development Study (TOD) analyzes the impact of a proposed…
Below is testimony we presented to the St. Louis County Council in support of the Complete Streets legislation. You can read more about Complete Streets in our previous post, a comprehensive MoBikeFed story, and the bill itself. Testimony presented to…
Much has been written in the last few months about the Complete Streets legislation being considered by the St. Louis County Council, whose aim is to encourage the County’s Transportation Department to include more pedestrian and bicycle-friendly elements in road…
Tower Grove Avenue next to the Botanical Gardens is a jewel of a road, with wide right lanes and no intersections. Cars usually drive in the left lane and cyclists on the right, with plenty of clearance from parked cars.…
The concrete construction barriers on Tower Grove Avenue which sparked the SafeTGA project are gone. Yet real hazards for cyclists remain, and upcoming streets projects threaten the very character of this route. Here are some thoughts about current problems and future…
Shortly after I wrote about my experience in the Cycling Savvy class, the instructor (and cycling advocate) Karen Karabell contacted me with her own thoughts. She thought I did not make my participation clear enough — I did attend two…
Last week I attended a Cycling Savvy course taught by Karen Karabell and Gerry Noll (photos 1, 2). While I am an experienced cyclist — I raced in college and have been commuting regularly for over a decade — revisiting the…
