{"id":150,"date":"2013-07-06T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=150"},"modified":"2013-12-14T21:50:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T02:50:03","slug":"tower-grove-ave-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"Tower Grove Ave 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>To facilitate the discussion about bicycle safety along Tower Grove Avenue, we&#8217;ve put together some facts and figures about the road as it currently exists.<\/p>\n<p>Tower Grove Avenue begins at Tower Grove Park and runs north for 1.7 miles to the Central West end. \u00a0It can be divided into four distinct sections, each of which is described below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"text-align: center;\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=206667272388562315036.0004e0549b95b63329e2a&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=38.62076,-90.256033&amp;spn=0.030177,0.025663&amp;z=14&amp;output=embed\" height=\"450\" width=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<small>View <a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=206667272388562315036.0004e0549b95b63329e2a&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=38.62076,-90.256033&amp;spn=0.030177,0.025663&amp;z=14&amp;source=embed\" target=\"_blank\">Tower Grove Avenue 101<\/a> in a larger map<\/small><\/p>\n<h3>Section A: Magnolia to Shaw<\/h3>\n<p>This section is 0.55 mi long and runs along the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouribotanicalgarden.org\/\">Missouri Botanical Gardens<\/a>. \u00a0Roadway is 50&#8242; wide with parallel parking on east side. \u00a0West side (next to Gardens) also has parallel parking, although on occasion (weekends and special events) pull-in diagonal parking is used. \u00a0Sharrows are painted in the right-most lane.<\/p>\n<p>This stretch is unusual in that there are no cross-streets or intersections (other than very low traffic alleys), making it very well suited for cycling.<\/p>\n<p>Currently (through Fall 2013)\u00a0<a title=\"New Sharrows near the Botanical Gardens construction\" href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=72\">the right southbound lane is blocked with concrete construction barriers<\/a>\u00a0along a significant stretch of this segment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_200\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/b2OR3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200\" alt=\"Map of Tower Grove Avenue from Magnolia to Shaw.\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionA-Map.png\" width=\"120\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of Tower Grove Avenue from Magnolia to Shaw.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_176\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?attachment_id=176 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-176 \" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"Tower Grove Avenue lanes between Magnolia and Shaw.\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionA-286x300.png\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionA-286x300.png 286w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionA.png 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lanes along Tower Grove Avenue \u00a0between Magnolia and Shaw.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_73\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chulka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73\" alt=\"Tower Grove Ave near the Botanical Gardens.  Photo by Chulka.\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chulka-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chulka-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chulka.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-73\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tower Grove Ave near the Botanical Gardens. Photo by Bruce Chulka.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Section B: Shaw to Vandeventer<\/h3>\n<p>The next section heading north is 0.35 mi long, passing under I-44 to the Vandeventer. \u00a0Here the roadway 50&#8242; wide, with 5&#8242; bicycle lanes as illustrated below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_199\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/iNU9C\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-199\" alt=\"Map of Tower Grove Avenue from Shaw to Vandeventer.\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionB-Map-210x300.png\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionB-Map-210x300.png 210w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionB-Map.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of Tower Grove Avenue from Shaw to Vandeventer.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_177\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionB.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-177\" alt=\"Lanes along Tower Grove Avenue  between Shaw and Vandeventer.\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionB-286x300.png\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionB-286x300.png 286w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionB.png 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lanes along Tower Grove Avenue between Shaw and Vandeventer.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_186\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/St.-Louis-20130628-00114.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186\" alt=\"Tower Grove Avenue near the I-44 underpass, showing bicycle lanes.\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/St.-Louis-20130628-00114-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/St.-Louis-20130628-00114-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/St.-Louis-20130628-00114.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tower Grove Avenue near the I-44 underpass, showing bicycle lanes.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Section C: Vandeventer to Chouteau<\/h3>\n<p>The next section, 0.50 mi long, \u00a0passes through the Grove neighborhood and Manchester Avenue. \u00a0Here the roadway narrows to 36&#8242;, and has sharrows painted intermittently.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_198\" style=\"width: 171px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/5O0o9\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198\" alt=\"Map of Tower Grove Avenue from Vandeventer to Chouteau\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionC-Map-161x300.png\" width=\"161\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionC-Map-161x300.png 161w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionC-Map.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of Tower Grove Avenue from Vandeventer to Chouteau<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_178\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionCD.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" alt=\"Tower Grove Avenue lanes, Vandeventer to Clayton.\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionCD-219x300.png\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionCD-219x300.png 219w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionCD.png 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lanes on Tower Grove Avenue, Vandeventer to Chouteau.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_25\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_1090-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25\" alt=\"Tower Grove Avenue (running left\/right) at Manchester in the Grove.\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_1090-Edit-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_1090-Edit-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_1090-Edit.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tower Grove Avenue (running left\/right) at Manchester in the Grove. Pictured is <a href=\"http:\/\/sweetiepieskitchen.com\/\">Sweetie Pie&#8217;s restaurant<\/a>, the location of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/own-sweetie-pies\/Welcome-to-Sweetie-Pies\">television show<\/a> on the Oprah network.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Section D: Chouteau to Clayton<\/h3>\n<p>The final section is 0.25mi long, with the same width (36&#8242;) and lane layout as Vandeventer to Chouteau. The bridge over I-64 will be torn down \u00a0starting in November 2013, with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modot.org\/stlouis\/major_projects\/TowerGroveInterchange.htm.\">highway interchanges and a round-about built together with the new bridge<\/a>.\u00a0 In addition, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cortexstl.com\/\">CORTEX Bioscience District<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0immediately north of the Tower Grove Ave terminus, is undergoing significant re-development.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; margin-right: 5px;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/8orJ5\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-197\" alt=\"Map of Tower Grove Avenue from Chouteau to Clayton\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionD-Map.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_178\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionCD.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" alt=\"Tower Grove Avenue lanes, Vandeventer to Clayton.\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionCD-219x300.png\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionCD-219x300.png 219w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SectionCD.png 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lanes on Tower Grove Avenue, Chouteau to Clayton.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_24\" style=\"width: 208px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_1116-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24\" title=\"Section D\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_1116-Edit-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_1116-Edit-198x300.jpg 198w, http:\/\/safetga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_1116-Edit.jpg 529w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tower Grove Avenue immediately north \u00a0of Chouteau, with I-64 construction equipment visible.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction To facilitate the discussion about bicycle safety along Tower Grove Avenue, we&#8217;ve put together some facts and figures about the road as it currently exists. Tower Grove Avenue begins at Tower Grove Park and runs north for 1.7 miles<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=150\">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":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infrastructure-review","category-tower-grove-ave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150","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=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}