Pedestrian safety

Aldermen will go on break on Friday for the campaign season. The 2022-23 legislative session ends April 17.

A group of cyclists hope a recent satirical installation on South Grand brings attention to the issue of pedestrian safety in St. Louis.

The East-West Gateway Council of Governments will apply for federal funds to develop a regional action plan to reduce serious injuries and deaths of pedestrians. Having that plan will make the region eligible for additional funding.

The citizen-led Community Mobility Committee wants the city to slow down on its plans to repave $84 million of streets until it can add elements to make them safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

Missouri lacks basic traffic safety laws and proper infrastructure to protect people who walk, wheel and bike.

Ten pedestrians recently lost their lives on city streets over the course of just 11 weeks. Tiffanie Stanfield and Xandi Barrett offer ideas for putting an end to such traffic violence.

Jacque Knight, chair of St. Louis' Community Mobility Committee, joined the talk show to share how the group is focusing its efforts and what local residents can do to amplify its work to improve road conditions for all users.

Angie Schmitt’s new book, “Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths,” examines why more American pedestrians are dying, who makes up these deaths and what simple yet concrete things we could do to save people like them. She discusses her book on St. Louis on the Air, and we hear from a victim's sister and a local transportation policy planner, too.

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