St. Louis encourages transit-oriented development around MetroLink light-rail stations and high-frequency MetroBus corridors via the Form-Based Code's T5/T6 transect zones, which permit higher density and reduced parking minimums near transit.
Bi-State Development's Metro Transit operates two MetroLink lines and the regional bus network. The 2024 Form-Based Code aligns T5 corridor and T6 downtown zones with MetroLink stops at Grand, Central West End, Cortex, Forest Park-DeBaliviere, and Civic Center, allowing taller buildings and waiving most parking minimums within roughly a quarter mile. Great Streets Initiative funding through East-West Gateway supports streetscape upgrades. The Northside-Southside MetroLink expansion remains under federal Capital Investment Grant review and would extend TOD eligibility further.
Projects claiming TOD parking reductions outside the qualifying transit overlay must restore parking or seek a variance, risking certificate-of-occupancy denial.
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St. Louis offers density and height incentives within the Form-Based Code and through Tax Increment Financing or Chapter 353/99 tax abatement when a project ...
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St. Louis Bike STL plan, adopted 2014 and updated 2022, builds out roughly 90 miles of bike lanes including protected lanes on Tower Grove, Chouteau, and the...
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