Bollards for St Louis's Protected Bike Lanes, Removed for Snowplows, Still Haven't Been Replaced | Riverfront Times

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It's been months since the last real snowfall hit St. Louis, but a city traffic engineer says snowplows are to blame for the absence of protective bollards that had previously been installed on several bike lanes in the city.

Erected in 2015 as part of a years-long effort to expand and improve the city's bike lanes, the bollards on Chestnut Street between 20th Street and North Broadway downtown (as well as portions of Oakland Avenue and Union Boulevard) provide an ideal barrier between car traffic and the bodies of pedallers who would prefer not to be sideswiped.

Yet when winter rolls around, the bollards are unscrewed and removed to make room for the city's snowplows. And even though temps have been in the 70s, they have to make a return.

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Bollards for St Louis's Protected Bike Lanes, Removed for Snowplows, Still Haven't Been Replaced | Riverfront Times