Northside–Southside Transit-Oriented Development Corridor Study
St. Louis’ Equity Line
Farr Associates developed a step-by-step equitable transit-oriented strategy to connect underserved communities on the north and south sides to job centers in the central core and downtown St. Louis.
The potential to stabilize neighborhoods, improve infrastructure, and build communities, through a third fixed-alignment transit, drives the narrative of the Northside-Southside Corridor plan.
This campaign embraces Momentum Investing, a transit-targeted economic development strategy to adopt walkability regulations, incentives, and to begin redeveloping urbanism along the corridor.
The report studied three pilot stations which represent diverse design challenges, market strengths, and development readiness.
The resulting master plans below are exemplars of placemaking, each featuring distinct form, character, and public spaces designed to draw people to each unique destination.
Client: Bi-State Development
Location: St. Louis, MO
Role: Master Planning
Size: 17 miles
Completion: 2019
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GB Place Making
CBB Transportation
Civil Design, Inc.
MZ Strategies, LLC
Shockey Consulting
The vision for 16th & Cass transforms this largely vacant area into a world-class exemplar of sustainable urbanism, certified under the rigorous Living Community Challenge, and a must-see living sustainability laboratory on St. Louis’ north side.
The Jefferson, Chippewa, and Broadway intersection transforms from traffic engineering “spaghetti” into a walkable district, anchored by a new highly sustainable “flatiron” building.
The City Museum-adjacent 14th and Delmar master plan redevelops four corners of surface parking into a museum-themed mixed-use district, anchored by an “art park” topped with an airplane fuselage.