St. Louis
Opinion: Banning Scooters is Not a Safety Strategy — It’s Broken Windows Policing
St. Louis banned electric scooters following a wave of recent gun violence and traffic safety concerns. The only problem? There's no data that shows that scooters were involved in anyone getting hurt.
June 22, 2022
St. Louis Lawmakers Refuse to Ban Legislating While Driving … While Driving
St. Louis's controversial decision to vote down a resolution that would have banned legislators from voting over Zoom while driving is sparking a heated conversation about distracted driving, and how little America does to stop it.
March 4, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Optimism on Infrastructure
This week we’re joined by Linda Samuels, associate professor of urban design at Washington University in St. Louis, to talk about her book "Infrastructural Optimism." We chat about how growth for growth’s sake is not the answer, learn from postmodernist urbanism, and why systems should be more connected.
December 2, 2021
STL’s Stratospheric Ped. Death Surge Prompts Demands for Structural Reform
The Gateway City is a pedestrian graveyard. Walking deaths have doubled in the eight years since a safety plan was adopted in 2013.
October 28, 2021
U.S. Has More Car-Free Areas Than You Think
Even the most transit-poor U.S. cities have significant numbers of neighborhoods where almost no one drives — and where they're located often suggests a dire need for more transit to serve the under-resourced residents who need it most.
October 22, 2021
When Highway Overpasses Become Housing
The evection of unhoused people underneath a highway overpass in St. Louis race is serious questions, not only about city policy, but about a national trend of criminalizing people without homes.
July 1, 2020
Meet the McCloskeys: How Private Places Act as a Form of Spatial Anti-Blackness in St. Louis
Two white homeowners threatened the lives of Black Lives Mater protesters in on a private street in St. Louis on Sunday, raising new questions about anti-Black racism in pseudo-public space.
June 29, 2020
‘You Barely Hear Our Stories’: Tiffanie Stanfield Fights Hit-and-Run Driving
As the founder of H.A.R.D., Tiffanie Stanfield fights against a traffic violence epidemic with a uniquely high impact on the Black community — and she wants you to join her.
June 22, 2020
St. Louis’s Tourist Trolley Gets a Lifeline — But Is That Good News?
A tourist line was built with $25 million in federal transit money. Will the feds now make St. Louis pay for its mistake?
November 11, 2019
Feds Keep Cracking Down on Crosswalk Art
The Federal Highway Administration again asked a town to get rid of its non-conforming crosswalk art despite the fact there have been no studies proving they are dangerous.
September 30, 2019
