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Washington Avenue Loft District Streetscape
Site Analysis/Opportunities & Constraints Phase I
Circulation & Access
PARKING
Opportunities
- All of the Parking Lots in the area have, or could have access to a side street or alley
- Sufficient room for diagonal parking is available on many of the side streets
- Some of the existing Parking Lots appear to have some room to increase the amount of parking available
- On-street parking can be increased in some areas
 by simply reducing loading zone sizes, reducing curb cuts, or even moving mail boxes
Constraints
- Parking regulations vary in the study corridor, and some areas are uncontrolled or unclear
- Providing diagonal parking on the side streets requires one-way circulation on these streets
 and in most cases provides only one or two additional spaces
VEHICULAR CIRCULATION
Opportunities
- The existing amount of traffic on Washington Avenue (approximately 8,000 average daily trips) could be accommodated by a standard two lane configuration
- The street width is wide
 enough to support a variety of cross-sections
- Alternative east-west routes exist to handle trucks, buses and circulating cars
- Alleys existing to the north and south of Washington Avenue could provide access to adjacent properties and parking lots
- Simple changes to the traffic signal equipment including timing and better equipment (some of which is already being improved under the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality funding) could improve traffic flow in the area
- The Eads Bridge could provide a bicycle/pedestrian link to the study area
Constraints
- Washington Avenue is listed as a minor arterial on the city functional classification corridor, meant to carry through trips in downtown St. Louis
- The additional vehicle trips associated with redevelopment could add an additional 4,000 to 6,000 trips on Washington Avenue. There is sufficient carrying capacity on Martin Luther King, Delmar, Olive and Lindell Streets to absorb these additional trips
- Curb cuts onto Washington Avenue increase congestion and reduce on-street parking
- Dual Westbound left-turn lanes at Tucker may be required to route through trips around the study area
SERVICE
Opportunities
- Sufficient room on side-streets and alleys appears to exist to provide loading/ unloading functions
Constraints
- Loading zones on Washington Avenue reduce on-street parking. However, lack of loading zones may encourage double parking, which would seriously incapacitate the street if only two lanes (one each direction) were provided. This is a management issue which can be resolved with time-place restrictions.
Contact Us!
Downtown Now!
588-0458
e-mail:amyr@downtownnow.org
OR
City of St. Louis
622-3400
e-mail:dwntnnow@stlouis.missouri.org
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