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The St. Louis Streetcar project aims to increase population, employment, and economic vitality by attracting new residents and employers. It also aims to support neighborhoods, catalyze development, and improve the built environment. The project will create walkable, sustainable neighborhoods and integrate with existing transit systems to increase ridership and reduce auto traffic. With a development potential of $2.1 billion over 20 years, the project will bring new amenities, technologies, and infrastructure improvements to the corridors.
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Goals and Objectives • Increase population and employment in the corridors • Attract new residents and employers and create new jobs • Support neighborhoods and connect jobs • Catalyze and support future development • Increase economic vitality of downtown and the corridor • Increase mixed-use, transit supportive development • Improve the built environment • Create walkable, sustainable neighborhoods • Integrate and complement the existing transit system • Provide connectivity - connect with existing transit, bike and pedestrian facilities • Increase ridership within the corridors and system-wide • Attract choice riders by providing passenger amenities, technologies • Increase visibility of the transit system • Reduce auto traffic and improve air quality
Market Analysis • Strong transit corridors • Employment concentration • Residential density
Development Potential • New development: $540 million first five years • $2.1 billion over 20 years
Complete Streets Olive Street at 9th Street Chestnut Street at 7th Street • New lighting • New trees and landscaping • New technology and wayfinding – cameras and signs • New sidewalks and bike paths Olive Street at Compton Street
Implementation Next Steps • Adopted into East-West Gateway Long Range Plan, April 2013 • Environmental Assessment • Preliminary Engineering/Final Engineering • Construction