“Communities need to be more involved in recreation to be healthy and to attract new residents - people really do consider quality of life amenities when choosing a place to live. This plan will help us provide safe and family friendly parks to all of our neighborhoods and will also offer huge economic benefits.”

Christine Waitman
City Council Member
Bridgeton, MO

In the last two decades, communities across the nation have come to value bicycle and pedestrian facilities – sidewalks, bike lanes, shared use paths – as significant community assets. Bicycle and pedestrian facilities provide direct benefits to residents and employees, connecting people to local destinations and increasing access to recreational opportunities. These facilities also provide indirect benefits, such as strengthening sense of community, increasing social interaction, improving public health, improving safety, reducing congestion and pollution, and promoting social equity.

Creating a bikeable and walkable environment doesn’t happen overnight. It takes vision, timing, collaboration, determination, and community support. For the past four years, Trailnet has been helping communities throughout the St. Louis metropolitan region create the framework for developing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure through our bicycle and pedestrian master plans. These multi-faceted plans provide the blueprint for municipalities to design healthy and active communities. With a focus on transportation infrastructure improvements and supporting educational and encouraging programs that promote walking and biking, these plans produce action-oriented goals and objectives to help reach a community’s unique desired vision.

To ensure our plans are functional and holistic, we combine our history of trail planning and development with our growing expertise in the areas of event planning, educational and encouragement programming, and community engagement.

If you would like to learn more about our Community Planning services, please call 314/436-1324 x 118 or email Kevin Neill