Category: Drive
Delmar Blvd and the Purpose of Arterial Roads
As reported by University City Patch back in January, St. Louis County would like to remove a section of Delmar Blvd from its arterial road system and turn control over to another government entity, most likely University City. Specifically, the...
Less Congestion, More Sprawl, a Lot More Time in the Car in St. Louis
Good news for St. Louis commuters. According to the 2010 Urban Mobility Report published last week by the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University, St. Louis is one of the least congested cities in the US. Amongst the 31...
Speeding Through Downtown at 35 MPH
4th St. at Spruce St. The speed limit on the majority of streets in the St. Louis CBD is 25 mph. Outside the CBD, but still within downtown, speed limits are commonly set at 30 mph. Some of the arterial...
MoDOT Trying to Squeeze More Capacity Onto I-64, Too
MoDOT has ambitions to add capacity to I-64 between I-270 and MO-141, if its recent failed TIGER grant application is anything to go by. Much like its planned project on I-270 between I-44 and Manchester Rd, MoDOT plans to add...
MoDOT to Squeeze Additional Capacity Onto I-270
Come 2012, commuting on I-270 between I-44 and Manchester Rd will become a little easier and faster. MoDOT is planning on adding an additional lane in each direction to portions of the route, reducing travel times by up to two...
Does Laclede’s Landing or the Arch Need Washington Avenue?
MVVA, the winning design team in the Arch grounds competition, proposes closing Washington Avenue from Memorial Drive to the Mississippi River. The competition jury, on the other hand, had very strong feelings towards keeping the road in place. Washington Ave...
Memorial Drive Parking Garage
Parking was a major concern of many of the design teams in the Arch grounds design competition. For example, from the narrative of the MVVA team’s winning proposal: Our proposal instead harnesses the power of parking, and spreads it over...
The Arch Parking Puzzle
Parking at the Arch grounds is, today, singularly focused on the existing parking garage at the north side of the Arch grounds which has 1224 parkings spaces. By 2015, the garage will almost certainly have fewer spaces as every single...
Should Memorial Drive Be Closed to Vehicles?
The Arch grounds design competition currently underway could potentially bring about major changes to Memorial Drive and the western border of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. Every design team proposes a cap over I-70 between Chestnut and Market which would...
On the Eads Bridge, Another Chance to Reclaim Space for Pedestrians and Bicyclists
The Eads Bridge closed on December 15, 1991 to facilitate construction of stations for the soon to be MetroLink light rail line. Unfortunately, construction uncovered severe corrosion on many of the trestles supporting the road deck resulting in the road...
The Missouri South Interchange
The Missouri South Interchange, a reconfiguration of the Missouri approach to the Poplar Street Bridge, is one of the many deferred components of the Mississippi River Bridge project currently under construction. With the rerouting of I-70 across the new bridge,...
Missing: Fourth Crosswalk at Signalized Intersections
MoDOT recently completed a set of projects on Lindbergh Blvd and New Halls Ferry to upgrade the pedestrian facilities. These projects included improving and adding sidewalks and curb ramps, pedestrian crossings, and upgraded access to bus stops. [These projects] also...