CNU’s John Norquist to Discuss I-70, South County Connector and Flexible Street Design in St. Louis

Sometimes, in fact often, it takes an outsider to lay bare the self-defeating politics, wrong-headed plans and painful failures of provincial thinking. And so it goes with infrastructure planning in the St. Louis region. Yes, we're a car-centric city, but by choice, not fate. Today, significant decisions continue to be made for us, and for future generations. It's time to reset the conversation. Streets are for people and have the power to constrain or encourage economic development. Four-term Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist understood this when he successfully pushed to demolish that city's elevated Park East Freeway.

I-70 in dowtown St. Louis is now part of the Congress for the New Urbanism's Highways-to-Boulevards Campaign. CNU continues to lead the effort to reimagine and reprioritize infrastructure planning in American cities. Partnering with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, US Environmental Protection Agency and many others, CNU is the leading organization promoting walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development, sustainable communities and healthier living conditions. In short, St. Louis will benefit from listening to John and CNU. The November 29 event will be the first of several.