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As you gather w/loved ones, travel across the city, or explore your neighborhood in the days ahead, we ask you to take extra care on the streets. Please drive thoughtfully, stay alert, & look out for one another. Thank you for being part of this community & for helping make St. Louis safer for all.

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We are profoundly grateful for our members, supporters, partners, volunteers, and neighbors. Your trust fuels this mission and helps us build a St. Louis where everyone can move freely and confidently, no matter how they get around.

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We’re also laying the groundwork for our 2026 Rides Season and continuing to advocate for investments that make streets safer for everyone.

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Over the past few months, our team has been deeply engaged in developing School Mobility Plans, advancing our REACH grant work in Promise Zone neighborhoods, and beginning the 2025 Crash Report.

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

As we go into this season of thankfulness, we’re reflecting on the many ways our community shows up for one another. At Trailnet, some of our work is joyful & celebratory, and much of it happens quietly, through planning, research, collaboration, & conversations that move us toward safer streets.

A cyclist rides down a tree lined street in Carondelet Park. The leaves have turned a vibrant red.

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We’re teaming up with Tower Grove Park for a FREE Bike Rodeo on Sat. 11/15 from 10am–noon at the Roman Pavilion! Perfect for kiddos of all ages (especially beginners) to practice braking, turning, & balance, + build confidence on 2 wheels. Bring your child’s bike and RSVP: bit.ly/TGPbikerodeo

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Bicycle Safety Rodeo Registration/Waiver

By giving consent for your child to participate in the bicycle safety rodeo, you understand and agree that you are waiving and releasing all rights and claims you may have against Trailnet and/or thei...

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Parents slowed down. Neighbors stopped to learn more. Kids walked with confidence. It showed what’s possible when we design for people, not just cars: connection, not chaos.

A father and son cross a freshly painted crosswalk as part of a pop up demonstration. The father has his arm around his son.

Forms for collecting feedback about the traffic calming pop, on a table

Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Every child deserves to walk, roll, and ride to school safely. Last week, we joined Baden-North Pointe Neighborhood Planning and community volunteers to show what that safety could look like — with freshly painted crosswalks, bump-outs, and a bike lane right outside an elementary school. 1/2

A adult walking two school-age children across a crosswalk. A man in a high visibility safety vest walks them across with a stop sign in his hand. Another man is walking crossing the opposite direction.

A child is painting with yellow paint on some temporary paint for a traffic pop up, demonstrating how a crosswalk would make the community safer.

A gold and blue sign that says: Riverview Traffic Calming Pop-Up Demonstration. Wednesday, October 15 2-5pm. PlanSTL and Baden North Pointe Neighborhood Planning.

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We hope that the plans we co-create with school communities will drive similar change to improve the lives of students and families for generations to come. trailnet.org/2025/10/08/s...

Safe Routes to School Update - Trailnet

For the last year, Trailnet has been leading a federal grant called Safe Routes to School. One year later, we’d like to provide an update to our community. Engineering, Education, …

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These school mobility plans help prioritize funding for safer street design projects and drive school policy changes to keep students safer. For example, our last plan for Froebel Elementary helped influence the City of St. Louis to build its first Calm Street on Louisiana Avenue.

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We're excited to make even more progress next year now that we’ve added a new team member to lead the creation of school mobility plans!

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We’ve hosted 2 bike safety rodeos for kids at Hickey Elementary School, helped with bike buses to City Garden Montesorri, conducted walk audits around 3 school campuses, and now we're creating a school mobility plan for City Garden.

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1 year down, 2 to go! A year ago, we started working on a federally funded Safe Routes to School project. Since then, we’ve faced some setbacks, but we're proud of the progress we’ve made.

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The work continues. The vision is clear. Together, we’ll build a safer St. Louis for all.

To our partners, supporters, and community: thank you. Your voices, stories, and advocacy make this movement strong.

We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse coalition of advocates and organizations around a single goal: ending traffic violence. We may have different tactics and approaches to advocacy. Instead of focusing on our differences, we choose to focus on our shared vision.

developing plans for safer walking and biking routes to school and funding partner-run bike buses and Earn-A-Bike classes through a Safe Routes to School grant.

equipping neighborhood organizations with tools to advocate for lasting change and empowering residents to engage with the processes that shape our streets for decades to come.

That’s why we’re continuing the work. Trailnet will continue to leverage our expertise in planning, advocacy, and education to prevent traffic violence by… partnering with Promise Zone communities to co-create safer streets.

Solving it requires comprehensive action: better infrastructure, equitable policy, community partnership, and cultural change.

Traffic violence is not the result of individual choices alone — it’s a systemic issue rooted in street design, policy decisions, and which communities have historically been prioritized or overlooked.

But the fight doesn’t end here. Traffic violence continues to devastate lives across our region. Every person injured or killed on our streets is one too many.

Hope in the midst of tragedy is not a crime. It’s what sustains us — and what propels us forward. Hope is resistance. Because in the face of loss, anger, and inequity, choosing to believe in a better future — and to celebrate every step toward it — is an act of courage.

We joined forces with two disability rights organizations for Accessibility by Design: Crafting Complete Streets for All, a workshop on Complete Streets and how we can all better advocate for improved accessibility in transportation infrastructure.

Our annual Juneteenth Ride transformed into a powerful volunteer activation, as we worked with three organizations to bring food, water, hope, and joy to tornado-stricken communities.

We convened 23 businesses and organizations to celebrate Bike to Work (or Wherever) Day, to show our region how taking alternative transportation can better connect us to our communities.

This collaboration didn’t start with Week Without Driving, and it won’t end there either. Earlier this year… Four organizations stood with us to present the Transportation Infrastructure Mayoral Forum, to empower and educate voters.

We celebrated progress on a plan we first put forth in 2019: the Tucker Boulevard Cycle Track, part of our larger Connecting St. Louis plan. 4,000 residents and 60 partner groups helped shape this step toward a safer, more connected city.

But our hearts are also full of hope — because this week showed what’s possible when our community comes together. A coalition of 17 organizations inspired St. Louisans to walk, roll, and ride in the shoes of vulnerable road users — many for the very first time.

As we reflect on Week Without Driving, our hearts are full… and broken. Broken for every life traffic violence has stolen. Broken for the families and neighbors whose lives are forever changed. 🧵

Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Ride the Rivers Century is our annual fundraiser ride coming up on 10/4, and the weather looks great! Choose between the Full Century or a Metric Century — both promise to be epic rides! Register here before prices go up on 9/29: www.bikesignup.com/Race/MO/StCh...

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2025 Ride the Rivers Century

The 2025 Ride the Rivers Century is on Saturday October 4, 2025. It includes the following events: Metric Century and Full Century.

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🚶‍♀️🚲🚌🌱 Join us + Perennial Community Workshop this Friday for the Week Without Driving Kick-Off! We'll have: ✨ Route-planning tips ✨ Sustainability crafts ✨ Bus bike rack demo with Metro ✨ Friends, new and old 🎉 The event is free but registration is recommended! perennialstl.org/event/week-w...

Orange and white picture of a bullhorn with text saying St. Louis Week Without Driving Kickoff Sept. 26, 5-7pm Perennial 3762 S. Broadway, with Trailnet and Perennial's logos.

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Week Without Driving is 9/29-10/5! This week gives drivers a chance to see the barriers many non-drivers face & to work together to create more accessible communities for all. If you can't do the whole week, try 1 day, or 1 trip. Learn more, check out the events, & sign up at www.trailnet.org/wwd

Week Without Driving – St. Louis - Trailnet

A coalition of organizations and advocates are encouraging St. Louisans to participate in the National Week Without Driving.

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

You have until 11:59pm TONIGHT to tell the USDOT that you want walking, accessibility, biking, and transit prioritized in their next reauthorization bill. Our blog as more info, including where/how to submit comments. trailnet.org/2025/09/02/s...

Advocacy Alert: Submit Comments for the 2025 Federal Reauthorization - Trailnet

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is asking the public for comments to help shape the next reauthorization bill. This is an incredible opportunity to speak up for walking, accessibility, bik...

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The next one after that is Saturday 9/13 from 2-4pm at the Baden Branch of the @stlpubliclibrary.bsky.social. For more info, head to: slpl.bibliocommons.com/events/685c3... Don't get stranded on your next ride — attend one of these workshops so you can enjoy traveling on two wheels!

A flyer with details about Trailnet's Fix-a-Flat bike workshop on Saturday Sept. 13 at 2pm at the Baden Library. No bikes or tools are needed, all materials will be provided. It's open to cyclists of all ages, but aimed at teens and adults.

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

We've got some Fix-a-Flat workshops coming up! We'll teach you how to take your tire off, change your tube, & other helpful tips. Big thanks to Great Rivers Greenway for their support of these workshops! Our first workshop is 9/9 at the UCity Library: www.ucitylibrary.org/learn-to-fix...

A flyer with details about Trailnet's Fix-a-Flat bike workshop on Tuesday Sept. 9 at 6:30pm at the University City Library. No bikes or tools are needed, all materials will be provided. It's open to cyclists of all ages, but aimed at teens and adults. For more info, call 314-727-3150 or email reference@ucitylibrary.org

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

"How do we confront the growing threat of traffic violence? ...the evidence is clear on at least one fact: We need to slow down." Read our piece in @nextstl.com about setting the speed limits in the city at 25/20: nextstl.com/2025/08/25-2...

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25/20: Setting Safer Speed Limits in St. Louis - NextSTL

By: Allie Reed and Erich Hellmer In St. Louis, dangerous speeding is a common occurrence and leading cause of our City’s roads becoming more and more dangerous every year. Trailnet’s 2024 Crash Report...

Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Accessibility by Design was a success! We explored how Complete Streets create more accessible & welcoming spaces for those w/ disabilities. Our deepest thanks to everyone who attended, & to our friends Paraquad & Starkloff Disability Institute for being fantastic co-hosts.

Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We’ll explore how better street design — like Complete Streets — creates more accessible, welcoming spaces for people with disabilities, and how we can all advocate for safer, more inclusive streets. Please join us! You can RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Accessible by Design: Crafting Complete Streets for All

Please join us for a workshop on Complete Streets centering access for those with disabilities. We’ll explore how better street design — like Complete Streets — creates more accessible, welcoming spac...

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We're joining Paraquad and the Starkloff Disability Institute to present "Accessible by Design: Crafting Complete Streets for All" this coming Thursday, 8/21 from 6-8 p.m. at Paraquad's office, 5240 Oakland Ave.

A flyer with pictures of public transportation buses, streets, and a man in a wheelchair crossing a white striped crosswalk. The event is called Accessible by Design: Crafting Complete Streets for All, and the wording says 'Join us for a workshop on Complete Streets in St. Louis. We will discuss better street design and how YOU can advocate for improved accessibility in transportation infrastructure. RSVP at http://bit.ly/44zHVQW' The event is hosted by Trailnet, Paraquad, and Starkloff Disability Institute at Paraquad's office 5240 Oakland Avenue on Thursday August. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

StL it’s back to school time! Safe Routes to School gives the students, their parents, & their teachers a say in how the streets around their school prioritize student safety. You can donate to support SRTS to make a difference in today! trailnetinc-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=137...

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Ready for the ride of the century?! Challenge yourself on Trailnet's flagship ride on Oct 4 which is the most unique 100-mile ride in the Midwest. Not quite ready for 100 miles? Try the 100km Metric Century ride which comes in at 64 miles! Up for the challenge? www.bikesignup.com/Race/MO/StCh...

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2025 Ride the Rivers Century

The 2025 Ride the Rivers Century is on Saturday October 4, 2025. It includes the following events: Metric Century and Full Century.

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

gatewaycup.com/special-even... We are proud to partner with Ride To Unite for their Gateway Cup Ride on Sat. 8/30! This FREE family friendly event is for cyclists of all abilities. Ride at your own pace, as far as you like – and just have fun!

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Ride To Unite - Gateway Cup

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Trailnet @trailnetstl.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

We've got two incredible rides left this month — the Bottleneck Bridge Ride on 8/17 and the Giro Della Montagna presented by Wheelhouse Bicycle Co on 8/31. Check out our full line up and register at trailnet.org/rides/