Bike St. Louis to add 57 more miles

According to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article by Eliza Crouch:
Two years after painting bicycle lanes and directional markers on 20 miles of city streets, St. Louis-area leaders have a bigger project in mind.

They're adding bike routes to 57 miles of road stretching from West Florissant Avenue to Holly Hills Boulevard, and connecting just about every park and MetroLink stop in between. And a route on Wydown Boulevard will extend from Forest Park into Clayton. Another will connect to Maplewood via Southwest Avenue. . . .

Organizers hope the additional on-street bike paths will help transform St. Louisans into people who increasingly use two wheels to get around.

"It promotes healthy living," said Alderman Lewis Reed, 6th Ward. . . .

Bicyclists say the pavement markers make them feel more welcome on the road, even though state law already gives them permission to be there. Signs and pavement markers almost serve as a blessing, they say, reminding motorists that bicycles deserve to be there, too.

It's hard to say how many more bicycle commuters hit the streets after Bike St. Louis signs and markers were laid in 2004. But some downtown employers have added bicycle lockers and showers to accommodate them. . . .

Getting city funds for the project received full aldermanic support, Reed said.

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