{"id":1055,"date":"2016-05-03T23:39:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T04:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2016-05-03T23:39:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T04:39:32","slug":"i-crashed-on-tower-grove-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=1055","title":{"rendered":"I Crashed on Tower Grove Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I crashed my bike Friday evening (4\/29\/16) on Tower Grove Avenue &#8211; a rock and pothole in the bike lane launched me over my handlebars, landed me in the ER, and caused hundreds of dollars in damage to my bike and a parked car. I am OK &#8211; bruises and abrasions are the worst of it, and I&#8217;ll recover fully &#8211; but it could have been much worse.<\/p>\n<p>The road surface on some of the bike lanes on Tower Grove Avenue is badly deteriorated and full of potholes and rocks; Center Cross Drive in Tower Grove Park is a nightmare best avoided. While potholes aren&#8217;t unique to bike lanes, they pose a particular hazard to cyclists. The City&#8217;s commitment to improved bike infrastructure cannot stop at painting lines &#8211; ongoing maintenance is critical to make cycling safe and attractive in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"_1dwg\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1056\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1056\" class=\"wp-image-1056 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_3637.jpg\" alt=\"Caption\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_3637.jpg 800w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_3637-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_3637-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_3637-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_3637-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_3637-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_3637-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_3637-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocks and potholes in the bike lanes on Tower Grove Avenue. \u00a0Debris in the roadway here\u00a0led to\u00a0a painful and expensive crash.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I crashed my bike Friday evening (4\/29\/16) on Tower Grove Avenue &#8211; a rock and pothole in the bike lane launched me over my handlebars, landed me in the ER, and caused hundreds of dollars in damage to my bike<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=1055\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy-opinion","category-infrastructure-review","category-tower-grove-ave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}