St. Louis has more miles of downtown protected bike lanes than Seattle | Seattle Bike Blog

Headlines are quick hits from media outlets from Missouri and around the world. Follow the headline link for the full story. The source of this headline says:

“Seattle is known as a bike friendly city, and as of today St. Louis has more miles of protected bike lanes downtown than Seattle does,” Fucoloro said.

It’s true! Granted they only have 1.2 miles, but that’s double Seattle’s 0.6 miles on 2nd Ave (though I guess we’re tied if you count each way on 2nd as its own lane).

The new lane is part of a recent rollout of bike improvements through a partnership between the city, some nearby cities and suburbs and the Great Rivers Greenway organization (see their joint press release). But the Chestnut bike lane is one bold move that comes after a series of terrible traffic deaths in and around downtown this year.

So way to go St. Louis. Let this be the start of a downtown safe streets revolution. Keep ’em coming.

MoBikefefd comment: True as of Summer 2015, at least! Both St. Louis & Seattle have been actively adding to their systems since then, and are planning more upgrades.

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St. Louis has more miles of downtown protected bike lanes than Seattle | Seattle Bike Blog