Webster MO creates new bike lanes, improve bicycle & pedestrian safety, slow traffic | Webster-Kirkwood Times

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Residents who for decades have been advocating for a bike lane along that stretch of West Lockwood Avenue are glad to see the project finally come to fruition.

Cyclists on the new Lockwood Ave bicycle lane in Webster (credit: Webster-Kirkwood Times)

“We love it,” said longtime Webster Groves resident and avid cyclist Peter Vishion, whose family lives on West Lockwood Avenue. 

Vishion said the addition of the bike lanes has already made the street safer for cyclists, walkers and those who live on West Lockwood.

“People absolutely fly on Lockwood, and it has dramatically slowed down traffic and keeps people from buzzing by you on the sidewalk at 45 mph,” he said. “The posted speed limit is 30, but I know I have seen people do 60 in front of our house. It’s also nice to have a buffer when blowing off the sidewalk or taking out the trash cans. I know the walkers are much happier.”

 

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MoBikeFed comment: It is great to see St Louis County communities developing bicycle routes and infrastructure.  St. Louis County is the most populous county in Missouri and bicycling is very common - moreso than just about any other region of Missouri, as you can clearly see in the Strava Cycling heatmap of the area:

 

https://www.strava.com/heatmap#7.88/-90.95291/38.73544/bluered/ride

 

Yet the County, communities, and agencies like MoDOT in the county have been relatively slow to create truly safe, complete, and connected bicycle networks. 

 

Kudos to communities like Webster who are moving forward, and to the citizens and local advocacy groups who have supported this work.