From 2016-2018, Trailnet engaged more than 4,000 individuals and 60 partner groups across the community to identify the areas with the greatest need for on-street bike and sidewalk improvements.
The final plan identified priority routes, but Connecting St. Louis transcended those specific projects by transforming the conversation about biking and walking connectivity and safety in St. Louis. Connecting St. Louis was a pivotal moment in Trailnet’s decades-long fight to persuade the public, elected officials, civil servants, corporate leaders, and the philanthropic community to embrace a vision for a mobility network that truly connects St. Louis.
Connecting St. Louis has been an unequivocal success. The City of St. Louis now has several projects underway to build protected bike lanes and calm streets. Some of those projects are straight from the Connecting St. Louis maps. Others have been developed to respond to other emerging community needs. Regardless of their origin, all of them contribute to the network Connecting St. Louis envisioned and benefit from the increased public support for safer biking and walking infrastructure.
Tower Grove Connector
Status: Phase 1 under construction now; Phase 2 construction begins 2026 The Tower Grove Connector is the first Connecting St. Louis route to break ground. This .9 mile protected bike lane, pedestrian…
Chouteau Avenue / Route 100
Status: Construction begins late in 2025 In 2024, MoDOT conducted a Road Safety Audit of Route 100 in the City of St. Louis. When the road is repaved, much of the corridor…
Tucker Bike-Walk-Bus Project
Status: Construction is underway! A .9 mile cycle track (aka protected bike lane) is coming to downtown St. Louis! The Tucker Bike-Walk-Bus improvement project is the second Trailnet-initiated Connecting St. Louis Project…
Compton Avenue
Connecting St. Louis identified Compton Avenue as a priority connection, recommending a protected bike lane from Market to Chouteau and traffic calming from Chouteau Avenue to Cherokee Street. Compton Bridge Rehabilitation Project…
Brickline Greenway: North Grand and St. Louis Avenue
Status: North Grand under construction; St. Louis Avenue in planning The Brickline Greenway is a public-private partnership led by Great Rivers Greenway in the City of St. Louis that includes 10 miles of…
West Florissant Avenue
Status: Planning Connecting St. Louis recommended a protected bikeway, new sidewalks, and improved pedestrian crossings on West Florissant Avenue from O’Fallon Park to North Grand Boulevard. Currently, the City of St. Louis…
Acknowledgements
Trailnet gratefully acknowledges the generous support of many corporations, foundations, and individuals, such as Ameren, Burns McDonnell, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Commerce Bank, Emerson, Green Street St. Louis, HOK, William A. Kerr Foundation, Koman, Lawrence Group, Lewis Rice, LHM, McCarthy, People for Bikes, Staenberg Family Foundation, Stifel, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, U.S. Bank, Washington University St. Louis, and more.
