Archive for September, 2011

Great Rivers Greenway holding open house on Sept. 29 for new River des Peres Greenway Connector

By
0
September 26, 2011

Great Rivers Greenway is hosting an open house on Thursday, Sept. 29, to showcase conceptual plans for the Carondelet Connector, a proposed trail that will connect Carondelet Park to the River des Peres Greenway along Germania St. Residents are invited to attend the open house anytime between 5 and 7:30 p.m. to provide input on...
Read More »

I, E and E: Inform, Educate and Enforce

By
7
September 19, 2011

Everyone keeps talking about “new” bicycle laws.  The way I look at it, we don’t need a lot of new laws – we need to Inform and Educate the general public.  And we need the police to Enforce the existing laws.  The only additional law I see as necessary would be the “3 Feet...
Read More »

Tattoo offers clear message with every pedal stroke

0
September 18, 2011
sharrows, st louis, bicycling, tattoos

Rick Segrue wants to send an unmistakable message with every stroke of his pedal. “I commute quite a bit by bicycle and I wanted to make a statement that bikes belong on the road,” he said yesterday at the South City Ride organized in response to the attack on cyclists near the Missouri Botanical Garden...
Read More »

Wiped out? …or merely rained out?

0
September 5, 2011
door zone sharrow, south grand blvd., st. louis

Riding on the “new” South Grand today, I about flipped. As I rode along I could see no evidence of the markings for the proposed door zone sharrows! Upon closer examination, the markings are still on the roadway, but fading fast. My husband thinks that Saturday’s rains may have something to do with this. I’m...
Read More »

Door Zone Sharrows on the “New” South Grand? No!

7
September 2, 2011
door zone, sharrows, south grand, st louis

As one gets closer to the intersection, even on this brand-new stretch of infrastructure, one can already see evidence of the perennial problem with curbside or gutter bike lanes. I wondered: How in the world does the City intend to deal with the convergence of auto and bicycle traffic as everyone moves south on...
Read More »




Social Widgets powered by AB-WebLog.com.