Bicycling

From Ferguson to Shaw, see how St. Louis marked the nation’s 249th birthday in photos by St. Louis Public Radio’s Lylee Gibbs and Brian Munoz.

The connector's first phase will rework 1.4 miles of road between Vandeventer Avenue and Tower Grove Park, repaving Tower Grove Avenue and installing new protected bike lanes and pedestrian paths.

Plans include new transit lines and redesigning major roads to make them safer and more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists.

When Erika Wolf was young, she loved riding her bike.But when she was 11, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa — a rare genetic disorder that…