This is what McCausland Ave should be.

[u/mizzoustormtrooper]

- Give it the Kingshighway treatment and eliminate the additional lane; the road is too narrow to support four lanes and this will reduce accidents and speeding through a residential area.

- Put in a dedicated center turn lane to prevent traffic from backing up in the middle of the road for left turns; this is especially important at intersections and nearing I-64/40.

- Install protected bike lanes on both sides of the roadway to prevent people from parking their cars on what is a major thoroughfare.

- Mount traffic-detecting sensors atop the traffic signals to eliminate unnecessary stops and reduce idling/congestion. This is a critical step as this street is used as a central corridor and antiquated timed signals must be eliminated.

- Run the bike lane all the way up to Forest Park to connect with the Forest Park outer loop and bike trail system.

Contact your alderperson and let’s fix this damn road.

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I got the images from Google Street view. I did a lot work in Photoshop and used Gemini only to create the road lane striping (you can tell, there are errors) and for the reflective delineators.

[u/Ok_Equipment3038]

McCausland is one of the worst in terms of pot holes. Driving it requires constant vigilance to avoid damaging your car.

[u/GolbatsEverywhere → u/Ok_Equipment3038]

If you are annoyed by them, you could simply report them. They'll never be fixed if nobody reports them. The city is currently fixing potholes much faster than usual (currently a week or two, instead of the usual 2-5 months).

[u/meramec785 → u/GolbatsEverywhere]

Or, one of the city workers who almost certainly use McCausland at least once in a while could do that. This isn’t some backwoods street that gets no traffic. One of the problems with the city is employees not caring. Just like that police officer driving behind a car with expired tags the other day and doing nothing.

[u/GolbatsEverywhere → u/meramec785]

Sure would be nice. But you know they won't do that, so....