Recent Streetsblog USA posts about St. Louis

Curtains for St. Louis’ Delmar Loop Trolley Plans?

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 11, 2014 | No Comments

For years, St. Louis and adjacent University City have been planning a 2.2-mile streetcar that would connect the thriving Delmar Loop business district to the museums in nearby Forest Park. In 2010, the plan won a competitive $22 million federal “Urban Circulator” grant. That funding, along with a 1 percent sales tax increase approved by area […]

Parking Madness: St. Louis vs. Kansas City

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 24, 2014 | 37 Comments

It’s an intra-Missouri battle today in the fourth match-up of Parking Madness, Streetsblog’s annual hunt for the worst parking craters in North America. Which rival will advance to the round of eight — and a chance at the coveted “Golden Crater” — Kansas City or St. Louis? First up, the city they call KCMO: The red […]

St. Louis County’s David Wrone Is Our Champion Motor Mouth!

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 16, 2013 | 9 Comments

Sometimes public officials say regrettable things. But few of them display the flagrant disregard for part of their constituency that St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic spokesperson David Wrone has. Wrone was the runaway winner in our recent “Motor Mouths” competition to find the most clueless statement from a transportation official, by demonstrating […]

Why Is St. Louis Using Tax Money to Subsidize Parking Lots and Bars?

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 15, 2013 | 8 Comments

Tax increment financing is a pretty neat tool cities can use to finance quality-of-life amenities, like the Beltline in Atlanta, or the streetcar in Kansas City, by capturing the taxes from the property value increases of the investments. On the other hand, there’s a new model being pioneered by St. Louis, where you use special […]

Highway Revolts Break Out Across the Midwest

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 28, 2013 | 30 Comments

The evolution of state and regional transportation agencies is painfully slow in places like Missouri and Ohio, where officials are plowing ahead with pricey highway projects conceived of decades ago. But plenty of Midwesterners have different ideas for the future of their communities, and they aren’t shy about speaking up. One after another, residents of […]

St. Louis Punts on Highway Teardown, for Now

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 27, 2013 | No Comments

For three years, grassroots advocates in St. Louis have been pressing for the removal of elevated portions of I-70 through downtown. This group of urbanists and architects, with little to no financial support, came together to make the case for highway removal. Calling themselves City to River, the group built a website and a nonprofit […]

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