Recent Streetsblog USA posts about St. Louis

Visit Your Nearest National Park(ing Lot) Today!

By Kea Wilson | Apr 26, 2023 | No Comments

Sick of Shenandoah? Tired of the Tetons? Why not check out all the other land that Americans devote billions of dollars a year to preserving for the benefit of future generations: our planet-leading oversupply of public car storage?

Podcast: Who Gets Hurt When Cities Ban E-Scooters?

By Streetsblog | Nov 29, 2022 | No Comments

On today's special edition of The Brake, we're re-broadcasting an episode of Charles T. Brown's "Arrested Mobility" podcast that centered around what happened when St. Louis forced e-scooters out of its downtown — featuring our own Kea Wilson!

Three Reasons So Many Drivers Leave Pedestrians and Bicyclists to Die

By Kea Wilson | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

A spate of pedestrian and cyclists deaths at the hands of hit-and-run drivers in St. Louis is sparking a national conversation about the unique reasons why so many drivers leave their victims to die — and what it will take to stop them.

Opinion: Banning Scooters is Not a Safety Strategy — It’s Broken Windows Policing

By Kea Wilson | Jun 22, 2022 | No Comments

St. Louis banned electric scooters following a wave of recent gun violence and traffic safety concerns. The only problem? There's no data that shows that scooters were involved in anyone getting hurt.

St. Louis Lawmakers Refuse to Ban Legislating While Driving … While Driving

By Kea Wilson | Mar 4, 2022 | No Comments

St. Louis's controversial decision to vote down a resolution that would have banned legislators from voting over Zoom while driving is sparking a heated conversation about distracted driving, and how little America does to stop it.

Talking Headways Podcast: Optimism on Infrastructure

By Jeff Wood | Dec 2, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Linda Samuels, associate professor of urban design at Washington University in St. Louis, to talk about her book "Infrastructural Optimism." We chat about how growth for growth’s sake is not the answer, learn from postmodernist urbanism, and why systems should be more connected.

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