Traffic Calming
Speed Humps
In December 2022, an ordinance was passed by the city (71598), approving the creation of more than 30 speed humps throughout the Soulard neighborhood. After positive reviews by residents, a second round of speed humps were installed, bringing the total to 90. The speed humps installation was funded in part funded by the Soulard CID in partnership with the Soulard Special Business District (SSBD). Please note that speed humps are not allowed on snow routes (which includes both 12th St. and Russell Blvd.).
Traffic Calming & Street Design
In 2021, Soulard CID, Soulard Special Business District (SSBD) and former Alderman Jack Coatar took steps to commission a neighborhood traffic study. The goal of the study was to improve pedestrian safety by identifying problem streets and implementing traffic slowing solutions.
View the Soulard Traffic Calming Study (PDF) here.
A public meeting / forum was held in June 2022 with a presentation by CBB Transportation Engineers + Planners. Attendees were given the opportunity to review draft plans and how traffic calming measures – such as bump outs and speed humps – could be implemented across Soulard. Public feedback was collected via email through the end of July.
Phase 1 of the project will focus on 12th Street and Russell Blvd and may include entryway calming (and neighborhood identification) markers, crosswalk design and improvements, and intersection bump outs. The goal is for targeted streets / intersections to be worked on comprehensively as safety improvements are made, to also include beautification elements, signage improvement, speed limit postings and the removal (visual decluttering) of irrelevant signage.
Phase 1 construction is expected to begin in 2026 / 2027. Traffic calming plans can only proceed on 12th Street after the City completes planned repaving (currently in the City’s budget and queue) and new ADA crosswalks are installed.
Parking Policy Awareness
The CID and SSBD are also exploring ideas to increase awareness - and enforcement - of St Louis City parking policies, including the repainting (or first-time painting) of designated crosswalks and curbs. The goal is to increase pedestrian safety by making sure intersections, crosswalks and handicap-accessible curb cuts, as well as alleyway access and resident driveways, are unobstructed.
Did you know? Parking is prohibited:
Within an intersection
On a crosswalk
Where the curb or edge of roadway is marked with yellow paint
Within ten (10) feet of any United States mailbox
In any alley, except while loading and unloading materials not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes, provided ten (10) feet of the width is available for the free movement of vehicular traffic
In front of a public or private driveway or within five (5) feet of the rounding of a driveway, alley or private street
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control device
Continuously upon any street, alley, roadway or driveway where parking is permitted for longer than five (5) days