Category: Walk

Clayton Looks to Narrow Its Downtown Streets, Improve Pedestrian Realm

Sasaki Associates has been working with the City of Clayton, recently, to update and revise their central business district master plan. Among the many recommendations made in the draft report released last month are improvements to pedestrian space in downtown...

/ 12 April 2010

Gate Locked, Pedestrian Needs Ignored

How do you make a dangerous intersection safer for pedestrians? By getting rid of the pedestrians, of course! Gate locked, pedestrians can no longer access the shoulder of Forest Park Pkwy. Such is the message the City of St. Louis...

/ 27 August 2009

Mall Inaccessible, Part 2: West County Center

West County Center, located in Des Peres, MO at the corner of I-270 and Manchester Rd, is among the more successful malls in the St. Louis area. First opened in 1969, the mall closed January 2001 for major renovations. The...

/ 24 August 2009

Forest Park’s Missing Sidewalks

A desire path in Forest Park between BJC Hospital and Steinberg Rink. Everyday, hundreds, perhaps thousands of people walk, run, bike, and skate through Forest Park. The excellent path system and the multitude of destinations make the park a great...

/ 19 August 2009

Don’t Walk!

Often times, it seems traffic engineers pay no attention to the needs of pedestrians at intersections. For example, earlier today, Urban Review STL wrote about the inadequacy of pedestrian signals downtown where pedestrian signals are either missing, inoperable, or just...

/ 14 August 2009

Mall Inaccessible, Part 1: Saint Louis Galleria

The Saint Louis Galleria: the St. Louis area’s premier mall. Conveniently located next to I-64 and I-170 near the heart of St. Louis County. A MetroLink station is located not 500 meters away to the east. If you’re arriving via...

/ 12 August 2009

Des Peres Corners Fails to Accommodate Pedestrians

Des Peres Corners final site plan (cropped). // Des Peres, Missouri. This week, parts of the new Des Peres Corners commercial development, located at the southeast corner of Manchester and Ballas roads, began to open. Built and marketed by Summit...

/ 21 July 2009

Dangerous Sidewalk at Forest Park & De Baliviere

Sometime after the construction of MetroLink to Shrewsbury, an ADA issue cropped up at the intersection of Forest Park Pkwy & De Baliviere Ave: the curb ramps at the northwest and northeast corners were excessively steep. Last December, the Board...

/ 9 July 2009

Should Raised Shoulders Be Considered Sidewalks?

Are raised shoulders considered sidewalks? A simple question with, apparently, a simple answer. No. Naturally, this answer begs a follow-up question. Should raised shoulders be considered sidewalks? What is a raised shoulder? An example of a raised shoulder along Olive...

/ 7 July 2009