St Louis's Greater Gravois Initiative Produces Vision for A Better Gravois, Awaits MoDOT Plan | nextSTL

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This year something amazing happened in a corner of St. Louis City bisected by a state-managed arterial stroad. Residents spoke up about a plan to close segments of 16 city streets. But they didn’t just rant on social media, they organized, planned, and produced an alternative plan incorporating systematic public input.

Organized as the Greater Gravois Initiative, the group focused on the idea that Gravois Avenue is more than Missouri State Route 30 and a way to move traffic through their neighborhoods. The path is also a place, too often an uninviting place for any use other than driving.

A MoDOT plan to remake Gravois focused on removing perceived impediments to the free flow of traffic. This is typically labeled as an “improvement” without anyone pausing to ask “for whom”?

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St Louis's Greater Gravois Initiative Produces Vision for A Better Gravois, Awaits MoDOT Plan | nextSTL