{"id":817,"date":"2014-09-30T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=817"},"modified":"2014-10-01T14:52:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T19:52:20","slug":"safetga-meeting-discuss-tower-grove-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=817","title":{"rendered":"SafeTGA Meeting Oct 9: Bicycling TGA when Kingshighway closes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What will happen to cycling on Tower Grove Avenue when Kingshighway closes for a year and a half this winter to rebuild a bridge? \u00a0Tower Grove Avenue is the busiest bicycling route in St. Louis, but the upcoming closure of Kingshighway threatens to send a lot of traffic down its narrow lanes. \u00a0The City&#8217;s <a title=\"Streets Announcement Regarding Tower Grove Avenue\" href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=781\" target=\"_blank\">current plan<\/a> poses real problems for cyclists, but viable alternative solutions exist. (Details <a title=\"What Will Happen to Cyclists when Kingshighway Closes?\" href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=691\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>On the evening of\u00a0Thursday, October 9 we will host a meeting for bicyclists, as well as\u00a0supporters of city cycling, to discuss and get feedback on the upcoming closure, the City&#8217;s proposal, safety concerns for riders, and possible solutions. \u00a0Join us at <a href=\"http:\/\/uicstl.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">UIC<\/a>\u00a0(1607 Tower Grove Avenue) Thursday, October 9, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. \u00a0(Note the updated location.) \u00a0Register\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/meeting-for-cyclists-and-supporters-of-cycling-on-tower-grove-avenue-tickets-13229322259\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to get updates and additional info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What will happen to cycling on Tower Grove Avenue when Kingshighway closes for a year and a half this winter to rebuild a bridge? \u00a0Tower Grove Avenue is the busiest bicycling route in St. Louis, but the upcoming closure of<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safetga.org\/?p=817\">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":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy-opinion","category-tower-grove-ave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817","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=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":825,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions\/825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safetga.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}