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St. Louis Front Page presents St. Louis CitySide, an overview of the City Government of Saint Louis. From time to time, we will take an indepth look at many of the projects in which the city is involved and how these projects will affect residents and visitors.
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The City of St. Louis has earned a bronze-level designation from League of American Bicyclists for work done over the past several years by Bike St. Louis, a community partnership managed by Great Rivers Greenway (GRG). Sign at South Broadway and Meramec Streets.
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St. Louis Named Bicycle Friendly Community
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), October 25, 2009 - St. Louis has been designated as a Bicycle Friendly Community (Bronze Level) by the League of American Bicyclists. The designation recognizes work done over the past several years by Bike St. Louis, a community partnership managed by Great Rivers Greenway (GRG). The other partners include the City of St. Louis, St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation, Trailnet, and Grace Hill Settlement House.
The national announcement recognized the City of St. Louis as one of 15 new Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC) across the United States, including Boulder, Colorado and Portland, Oregon.
In a release, League President Andy Clarke said, "The League is proud to present this award the City of St. Louis for its work to promote bicycle safety and education while encouraging bicycling in the community. We congratulates the City of St. Louis and its partnering organizations, as well as all of our BFC winners for implementing successful, long-term bicycle plans that provide quality of life improvements for their citizens."
The Bicycle Friendly Community program encourages cities to evaluate their quality of life, sustainability and transportation networks, while allowing them to benchmark their progress and work toward improving their bicycle-friendliness. The application process to become a Bicycle Friendly Community is rigorous, with only 124 of the 318 total applicants having received the four-year designation.
The League recognized the City of St. Louis as a stand-out community for its initiative and progress to become more bicycle-friendly. The BFC's reviewers were impressed with the city's accomplishments. These included more than 70 miles of on-street designated bicycle lanes throughout the city created by Bike St. Louis and the new McKinley Bridge Bikeway & Trestle, a 3,000 ft. long cantilevered bicycle lane spanning the Mississippi River from Missouri to Illinois that was developed by GRG. The City of St. Louis was a partner on both projects.
"This is a great recognition for four years of hard work by the City and our partners," said St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay.
Mayor Slay credited St. Louis aldermanic president Lewis Reed and US Representative Russ Carnahan for their support of the effort.
The League judges all Bicycle Friendly Community applications on five fundamental Es - Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Enforcement and Evaluation. Currently only 124 of the 318 total applicants have a BFC four-year designation. The renewal process and four levels of the award - platinum, gold, silver and bronze - provide a clear incentive for communities to continuously improve. The new and expanded BFC program began at the League in 1995, and in the past 14 years it has evolved into the tool it is today - evaluating, recognizing and improving cities, states and businesses.
"St. Louis' designation as a Bicycle Friendly Community is very exciting. This award demonstrates the City's commitment to making improvements in the bicycling environment and to providing an ever better quality of life for our people," said Patty Vinyard, Executive Director of the St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation. "At the St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation we work every day to make the entire St. Louis region a better place to ride a bike. We would like to congratulate the City of St. Louis as a leader in the region and we look forward to working together toward more improvements in our transportation network that benefit everyone."
Bike St. Louis, initiated by Lewis Reed, President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, and U.S. Congressman Russ Carnahan, is managed by GRG. GRG is the public organization leading the development of a region-wide system of approximately 640-miles of interconnected greenways, parks and trails, known as "The River Ring." More information is available at bikestlouis.org and www.greatrivers.info.
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