Pedestrian safety

A pedestrian bridge near Forest Park was struck by a tractor trailor, damaging the structure to the point that it must be demolished and rebuilt.

News Briefs

St. Louis water division truck damaged Forest Park pedestrian bridge

Rachel Lippmann

The June 19 crash caused enough damage that the bridge will have to be demolished.

News Briefs

St. Louis to demolish bridge into Forest Park after vehicle hit it

Rachel Lippmann

The bridge allows for pedestrian access from West Pine Avenue across Forest Park Parkway. It crosses the road at 14½ feet.

St. Louisans look at the plan for the Tucker Bike-Walk-Bus project. The .94 mile long plan will connect Washington and Chouteau avenues and add bike lanes to the street and improve accessibility.

Economy & Business

Tucker Boulevard bike lanes will improve pedestrian safety, St. Louis leaders say

Chad Davis

Biking advocate group Trailnet and city leaders celebrated the groundbreaking of bike lanes to improve pedestrian safety along Tucker Boulevard.

The City of St. Louis has installed safety improvements in front of Ted Drewes Frozen Custard on Chippewa Street in south St. Louis.

News Briefs

Deadly crossing by Ted Drewes gets safety improvements — 3 years later

Jessica Rogen

St. Louis added a crosswalk with a traffic signal and made other safety improvements to a stretch of Chippewa Street near Ted Drewes that’s been the site of several pedestrian fatalities.

St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church in the Shaw neighborhood photographed on May 8, 2025. A Catholic church built of gray stone sits at the southeast corner of an intersection with a three-way stop sign. A stop sign is visible in the foreground.

Education

St. Louis’ Shaw neighborhood enlists its kids to get drivers to slow down

Rachel Lippmann

The initiative followed the deadliest year for pedestrians on St. Louis-area streets.

Balloons are placed at the intersection of South Grand Boulevard and Forest Park Avenue, where four people were killed and four others injured after a vehicle ran a red light, crashed into the SUV they were in and sent it hurtling over an overpass.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis region sees its deadliest year for pedestrians, report shows

Marissanne Lewis-Thompson

A new crash report found that pedestrian deaths are on the rise in St. Louis and St. Louis County.

Cars drive through an intersection along Paris Road. The intersection forces those walking to cross the street three times before making it to the other side.

MoDOT reports record pedestrian deaths in 2024

Finnegan Belleau

While pedestrian deaths increased, overall roadway fatalities went down in 2024.

Cars drive east on Interstate 64 on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Law & Order

It’s already illegal to text while driving in Missouri. Starting in January, it’ll cost you, too

Jeremy D. Goodwin

Financial penalties go into effect in January for drivers holding their phones and touching a screen while operating a vehicle.

Cars speed by Ted Drewes Frozen Custard on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in the city’s St. Louis Hills neighborhood. A 19-year-old man hit 6 people in the locale’s parking lot and initially left the scene on Sunday evening.

News Briefs

Off-duty police officer in critical condition after crash at Ted Drewes

Staff Reports

The popular south St. Louis business has a history of traffic incidents. The spot has been slated for improvements since drivers struck and killed two pedestrians in 2022.

Sunrise over rush hour traffic on Interstate 64 in St. Louis County.

Economy & Business

St. Louis is a car town. But city leaders are pushing plans that could change that

Eric Schmid

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