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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 3h

So proud of the Betty Wheeler school community & our @stlbworks.bsky.social crew for guiding dozens of kids biking safely to school this morning. The kids did great following instructions. I've loved working w/ the P.E. teacher on these rides. She's a champion for #STL kids. #SLPS #BWorks #BikeBus

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday.com · 1d

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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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

Where are our leaders and advocates?! #STL Hello?? Anyone there?

Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

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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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

Well, St. Louis could try a little bit of enforcement on that front. You can't get away with five minutes of forgetting about street sweeping but regularly forcing children into the street? Blocking curbcuts and sidewalks with vehicles? If you're buying beer and paying tax on it, I guess that's fine

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

Trucks can easily get over armadillos though

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

It took a very long time to go a few blocks legally, and then I had to bail due to the truck anyway

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

And sorry for QTing myself but this is a genuine question

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

Can someone explain the lights setup, too? The cars going parallel to me yesterday seemed to get a lot longer greens than the going-straight bike lane. It seems like a recipe for disaster for users to see green green green beside us for cars but have these long red bike lights? I felt confused

Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

I tried giving the fancy a try on the way back, going out of my usual way on more dangerous streets to access the shiny new thing on my way back to the bus. And tada! 😂😭 #STL

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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 1d

A normal drivers license exam but then add a personality quiz that you only pass if you show that you value the safety of others

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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 4d

Reckless driving continues to claim lives in our city, and St. Louisans deserve more than symbolic gestures in response. Green paint, staged photo opportunities, and curated social media campaigns do not make our streets safe. 2/9

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

I was too busy pedaling up onto the sidewalk moments later as a sports car got angry at the car in front of him a block or so back from me and roared his engine through the bike lane (thank God there was a curb cut)

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

I also asked a worker on Russell today "if we could not park in the bike lane?" And he cursed me out

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 1d

I had the worst burrs on me because I had to dodge the entire sidewalk closure of the 20th street build underway up in St. Louis Place. They were ridiculously stabby and I can commiserate. We shouldn't have to wear boots or long pants just to travel around the city.

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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 4d

• We expect advocates to support victims and families in becoming whole again, not to use their stories merely as justification for new projects. 6/9

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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 4d

Since no one else is saying it,

• We expect a community where no driver leaves a child—or any person—in the street after a crash, regardless of who is at fault. 5/9

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

Please continue to share this @stlbworks.bsky.social thread. The silence is deafening right now from local leaders and advocates who brand themselves as fixing this. So many pedestrians, cyclists, people in cars and people even walking into bookstores have been lost over the past week alone. #STL

stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 4d

Reckless driving continues to claim lives in our city, and St. Louisans deserve more than symbolic gestures in response. Green paint, staged photo opportunities, and curated social media campaigns do not make our streets safe. 2/9

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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 1d

I used to clean/trim. City won't because it doesn't have a street number + street name address. 🤦‍♀️

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. It's pretty but this is still not safer! Also there are a lot of times on the new 7th where I have a VERY long straight red light for bikes only while all the cars get a long green? I guess because they can turn but like what if they had to yield? It takes a long time to go just a few blocks

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 1d

I tried giving the fancy a try on the way back, going out of my usual way on more dangerous streets to access the shiny new thing on my way back to the bus. And tada! 😂😭 #STL

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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 2d

a person is riding a bike on a trail in the woods

ALT: a person is riding a bike on a trail in the woods

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 2d

Is that how I was supposed to make it off Tucker safely? 😂😭

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 2d

I now have sharp stickers all over my legs and sweatshirt from trying to not die while biking near City Hall from my bus

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 2d

How can I possibly applaud the flashy ribbon cuttings and shiny promises when wheelchairs, kids, babies and bikes have to wade through a scratchy, unsafe forest along Tucker? Why can't we take care of basics, #STL?

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