Published July 9, 2021 at 4:21 PM CDT Listen • 27:27 Emma Klues & Kevin Hahn
Emma Klues (left) pauses during the Pedaler’s Jamboree, one of her favorite events on the Katy Trail. Kevin Hahn says the best ride begins at the front door.
Bike sales skyrocketed early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, with one St. Louis shop reporting a
In a world of shutdowns and solo adventures closer to home, the cycling uptick made sense. And if the region’s
still-busy parks and trails are any indication, many people are still riding (and walking, running and rolling!) a lot, even with the return to a semblance of normalcy.
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Lisa Potts stands on the Hodiamont Tracks just behind her home in the West End neighborhood of St. Louis. She s working with Great Rivers Greenway to help transform the dilapidated alley into a greenway. We should have a say in how our future looks in this neighborhood, she said.
Over the past 17 years, Lisa Potts has often looked over her backyard fence at the Hodiamont Tracks, imagining what it could be if someone fixed it up.
What looks like an alley today full of overgrown trees, potholes and debris in many places was initially constructed as a streetcar route. It runs 3½ miles from east to west from Grand Center to the West End, near Potts’ home.