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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 5m

Issued

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$21.65M building permit issued

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 34m

BB77 would set the speed limit on Kingshighway from MLK to Bircher near I70 to 25 mph.
Speed kills
#carsruincities

Board Bill Number 77 In Session 2025-2026

Regulation of Traffic Speed along Kingshighway Memorial Boulevard between Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Bircher Boulevard

www.stlouis-mo.gov

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 1d

Why Oktoberfest matters to St. Louis
#stl

Why Oktoberfest matters to St. Louis - NextSTL

It’s autumn in St. Louis — so while the pumpkin spice crowd lines up for lattes, we’re raising steins instead. So dust off the lederhosen and dirndls, tip your Alpine hat, and loosen up those polka kn...

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.

Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?

My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

www.bloomberg.com

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 1d

Yes

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 1d

Someone got a new roof today. #stltornado

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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 1d

The head of Vancouver’s transit agency can sum its ridership recovery in one word: Frequency.

“Running the bus every 30 minutes isn’t going to cut it if you want to grow ridership.“

Many Vancouver 🚌 run every 5min or less, and the SkyTrain runs every 3-4min, via @davidzipper.bsky.social

The Secret to Vancouver’s Public Transit Ridership Recovery

The Canadian city’s transit agency, TransLink, bounced back from Covid even as other North American systems have struggled. Its leader explains why riders returned.

www.bloomberg.com

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 1d

Coerced car dependency kills

Chris Orlet @orlet.bsky.social · 2d

The way we've designed our cities and suburbs means 88 year olds have no choice but to drive. It's not like they can stroll down to the grocery store. Our car-dependent cities force 88-years to drive. And they are slaughtered. @nextstl.com tinyurl.com/y6dz635s

4 dead after wrong-way crash on I-170 near I-70, including 88-year-old driver

An 88-year-old man drove the wrong way on I-170, crashing head-on into a Jeep. He died, along with all three people in the other vehicle.

tinyurl.com

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 2d

As Mark and I bid farewell to 11 great fourth graders all taking their BWorks bikes home from Oak Hill Elementary earlier today after six weeks of BWorks Earn-A-Bike class, we were soon mobbed, beautifully, by a handful of now-fifth graders from last year's bike classes at the school. 1/2

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 2d

How do we protect our city from cars?
#carsruincities

Car crashes into St. Louis building near Gravois and Ellenwood avenues

A person was reported trapped at the scene, but first responders reportedly found no one.

www.ksdk.com

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Dan Doelling @dandoelling.com · 2d

The City's draft Transportation & Mobility Plan has been posted online and is now open for public comment!

Draft: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wk9a1...

Public comment: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 3d

Is climate really a barrier to making cities walkable? Only if you listen too much to elites ... humantransit.org/2025/10/nobo...

"Nobody Walks Here. It's too Hot or Cold or Wet or Dry." — Human Transit

Almost everywhere I travel as a consultant, someone asks me whether it’s realistic to expect people to walk given the extremes of their climate. They don’t just ask me this in Edmonton and Singapore. ...

humantransit.org

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 2d

It's still on the tax sale list.

Fed-up neighbors want a vacant St. Louis hospital cleaned up. Could a buyer come through?

The former St. Alexius-Jefferson hospital campus has been vacant since 2022. Neighbors, fed up with what they claim is a deteriorating and dangerous property, want change soon.

www.stlpr.org

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 3d

The carnage is incessant.
How do we protect our city from cars?
#carsruincities

Northeast Forest Park pedestrian bridge closed after being hit by car

The pedestrian bridge in northeast Forest Park is closed after being hit by a car

www.firstalert4.com

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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 3d

“The e-bike lets me keep riding bikes and spend time outside, even though I have this health condition,” she said. “I don’t think that a lot of people realize that e-bikes make things accessible to people with disabilities.” www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/07/e...

Why electric bikes are everywhere in Berkeley

Residents of all ages and abilities are taking to electric bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.

www.berkeleyside.org

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 3d

This is less than a mile from MPOW, #STL. This is hard and horrible to watch. The entire minute, from when the person and their dog are hit, HARD, to the hit and run, to the lack of stopping as people just drive on by afterward. This is devastating, St. Louis. Embarrassing and wrong.

10/5/2025 6:58pm hit and run.

YouTube video by Joel Platke

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 3d

How do we protect our city from cars?
#carsuincities

Driver sought after car crashed into St. Louis pet salon

A driver is being sought after a car crashed into a pet grooming salon in the City of St. Louis.

www.firstalert4.com

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday.com · 4d

Paula Abboud, 74, of St. Louis frequently visited the bookstore, often with her grandchildren. On Friday, she was with her husband when the SUV ran into both of them.

'Pillar of family' dead after crash at Ladue Barnes & Noble

Paula Abboud, 74, of St. Louis frequently visited the bookstore, often with her grandchildren. On Friday, she was with her husband when the SUV ran into both of them.

www.stltoday.com

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 4d

Cringe that there is a car ad, one where an owner trades in a car for a more dangerous one, with such a story.
Also how do we protect our city from cars?
#carsruincities

Teen carjacking suspect hospitalized after crash: Police

fox2now.com

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St. Louis Urbanists @stlurbanists.bsky.social · 4d

The City is updating its zoning code for the first time in almost 70 years! Come and learn about the Zoning Upgrade (ZOUP) at our next monthly meeting! The ZOUP Team will be there to answer questions. If you want a direct line to the zoning team join us on October 9th 6-7:30pm at Central Library.

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 5d

1234 S VANDEVENTER AV vacant lot is on the tax sale list

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 5d

2028 DELMAR BLVD vacant lot is on the tax sale list

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 5d

The marionettes vacant lot is on the tax sale list

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