Photos: Cyclist advocacy group clears lanes and walkways along Gravois Avenue
Dozens of volunteers with the 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians filled bags with trash in a a cleanup project along the traffic lanes at Gravois and Spring Avenues. in 51ºÚÁÏ. The aim is to reduce obstacles making the areas more accessible to walkers and cyclists.
Volunteer Kyle Gunther, center, fills a bag with trash on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. The 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians held a cleanup along the traffic lanes in the 3600 block of Gravois Avenue.
"There are lots of cigarette butts," said 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians volunteer Nicholas Murray on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, in the 3600 block of Gravois Avenue.
"I like to get the small stuff," said 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians volunteer Meghan Gillen as she picks up tiny pieces of debris on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, in the 3600 block of Gravois Avenue.
Volunteer Kara Sutton collects trash along Gravois Avenue on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, with others in a cleanup organized by the 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians.
A volunteer with the 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians fills a bag with trash on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, during a cleanup along Gravois Avenue.
Volunteers with the 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians fill bags with trash on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, during a cleanup event amid traffic at Gravois and Spring avenues in 51ºÚÁÏ.
Volunteer Kara Sutton, left, collects trash on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, with dozens more of volunteers with the 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians.
A volunteer with STL Cleanup Crew clears overgrowth in the street curbs at Gravois and Spring avenues on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. The 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians held a cleanup to reduce obstacles making the areas more accessible to walkers and cyclists.
Volunteer Kyle Gunther, right, fills a bag with trash Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, during a 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians cleanup event along the 3600 block of Gravois Avenue.
A volunteer with STL Cleanup Crew collects trash near the intersection of Grand Boulevard at Gravois Avenue on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. The 51ºÚÁÏ Coalition to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians held a cleanup to reduce obstacles making the areas more accessible to walkers and cyclists.
Christian Gooden | Post-Dispatch
Photographer
More than three dozen volunteers picked up trash along Gravois in south 51ºÚÁÏ as part of an effort to improve street safety for pedestrians and cyclists.Â
