Public Infrastructure committee hears update on St. Louis Transportation and Mobility Plan

The Public Infrastructure and Utilities Committee of St. Louis City heard an update Wednesday on the city’s first comprehensive Transportation and Mobility Plan, a multi-agency effort that project staff said is about halfway through development and scheduled for formal adoption in August.

The plan, presented by Scott Ogilvie, program manager for Complete Streets in the Planning and Urban Design Agency, and Jackie Knight, project manager for consultant Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, synthesizes outreach and technical work and will include a Safety Action Plan, a Street Design Framework and a policy and ordinance review, the presenters said.

The presenters emphasized public engagement and safety. “We’ve reached over 1,500 total survey results,” Jackie Knight said, describing a mix of a community survey and a statistically significant survey administered by a research firm. The project team reported that safety, connectivity and maintenance and quality are the top values expressed by participants. “Safety is, is always coming in by far number 1,” Knight said.

Why it matters: The plan is designed to give the city an organizing framework for streets, sidewalks, bridges, trails and transit — elements Ogilvie called core local-government responsibilities — and to align future investments and policies with resident priorities and technical data.

What the project team reported - Public outreach: The team combined a community survey (about 1,200 respondents, representing 43 ZIP codes) and a…