{"id":1121,"date":"2019-09-08T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T20:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2019-09-10T11:46:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T16:46:21","slug":"tower-grove-ave-at-vandeventer-to-get-bike-lanes-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=1121","title":{"rendered":"Tower Grove Ave at Vandeventer to get bike lanes soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bike lanes on Tower Grove Ave at Vandeventer are coming back, we recently learned.\u00a0 Though details still remain to be resolved, our understanding is that the short bike slot on SB Tower Grove immediately before the intersection, <a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=1074\">which was removed in May 2018<\/a>, will be returned to something similar to its former arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1060\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1060\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1060\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter-768x474.jpg 768w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter-1024x632.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter-100x62.jpg 100w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter-150x93.jpg 150w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter-200x123.jpg 200w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter-450x278.jpg 450w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter-600x370.jpg 600w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter-900x555.jpg 900w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BeforeAfter.jpg 1522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bike lanes on Tower Grove Avenue at Vandeventer prior to May 2018 (left) and how they look today.\u00a0 We recently learned that the City will reinstall the bike lane more or less as it was before.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As part of this rearrangement, automobile traffic SW-bound on Vandeventer heading to NB Tower Grove Ave will turn right on Hunt rather than Tower Grove.\u00a0 Left turn on SB Tower Grove Ave to NE-bound Vandeventer and Central Industrial Drive will be permitted.\u00a0\u00a0Striping is to take place September 16, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re really pleased with this development.\u00a0 Provided the details are done right, the bike lanes at that intersection will be very helpful for guiding cyclists across a tricky intersection and giving them a place to be on a red light.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Transportation Policy Planner Scott Ogilvie and Trailnet for their work and advocacy, and\u00a0to the folks in St. Louis City Street Department for agreeing on reasonable bike infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bike lanes on Tower Grove Ave at Vandeventer are coming back, we recently learned.\u00a0 Though details still remain to be resolved, our understanding is that the short bike slot on SB Tower Grove immediately before the intersection, which was<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=1121\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more 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