Tag: saint louis

July 24, 2015

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

So, I’m my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, about to become godfather to my nephew Luke (yes, I will be insufferable with Don Corleone quotes for the next couple days), and I heard that there was a brand new protected bike lane downtown. So of course I had to check it out. The bike lane…
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tagged: ksdk, protected bike lanes, saint louis
January 3, 2011

What I did on my winter vacation

Seattle Bike Blog is officially back from winter vacation. I spent a few weeks in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, riding in friends’ cars most the time and drinking too much Stag beer. Lots of good music and people. Some readers commented on all the depressing stories about people getting hit by cars and…
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tagged: crestwood mall, fenton, saint louis
July 11, 2010

A bike ban near my hometown

OK, it’s not Seattle. But it’s near my hometown, so I feel compelled to get a few words in. St. Charles, Missouri is a 30-minute drive from the house where I grew up outside of St. Louis. I say “drive” because riding a bike in St. Louis County was never encouraged, and cars would be…
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tagged: bike bans, biking bis, home, joe brazil, saint charles, saint louis