Today’s Headlines

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  • Seventy Percent Vote to Extend Kansas City’s Streetcar (KC Business Journal)
  • Motorist Hits, Kills Shawn’d Roland Sunday in Franklin County; Report Blames Victim (KMOX)
  • Joplin Police Looking for Leads in Possible Hit-and-Run Saturday at Northpark Mall (Fourstates Homepage)
  • New Nominees for Bi-State Board Submitted to Gov. Greitens (Post-Dispatch)
  • Evening, Night Commutes on MetroLink May Be Delayed This Week (NextStop)
  • Missouri Gets an “F” From National Safety Council on Traffic Safety, Ranks Last in Nation (News Tribune)
  • Alton’s Snazzy New Multi-Modal Transit Station Now Open (Post-Dispatch)
  • Highway 63 Bridge Near Jeff City Reopens Early (Ozarks First)

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  • Guess Who Wants More Money? Hint: It Has to Do With a Trolley (Post-Dispatch)
  • Another “Runaway” Vehicle Injures Pedestrian in Missouri (KMZU)
  • CMT: Let Elected Officials Know You Support Their Efforts on MetroLink Safety
  • Webster-Kirkwood Times Reader Begs People to Not Be in the Streets, Instead of Begging Motorists to Pay Attention
  • Bike-Share Comes to St. Joseph (Northwest MO Info)
  • Expecting High Traffic, MoDOT Advising Motorists to “Be Patient” on Day of Solar Eclipse (Post-Dispatch)
  • Kansas City Officials Share Progress Report on 18th and Vine Streetscape Makeover (KCUR)

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Talking Headways Podcast: Self Driving Cars Getting Drunk on Motor Oil

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For the 150th episode of the podcast, this week we welcome back Talking Headways co-founder Tanya Snyder, now a reporter at Politico Magazine. We get into the developing topic of regulating self-driving vehicles, including issues of children’s safety and state versus federal rules. We also discuss aviation legislation in the House of Representatives, what it means for drones, and whether private jets should pay more for air traffic control.

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  • Plan Now for Metro’s Quarterly Route Changes, Which Start August 14
  • Some Fees for Owning a Vehicle in Missouri Haven’t Increased Since 1969 (Kirksville Daily Press)
  • New Rules Mean Ride-Hailing Could be Legal by Month’s End at Lambert (St. Louis Business Journal)
  • Harry Uses Metro to Get to School (NextStop)
  • Metro Answers Your Questions (Post-Dispatch)
  • Construction Zones Violating Standards in Kansas City, Creating Hazards for Pedestrians (KCTV5)
  • KCUR Discusses Delays of Bike Lanes in Kansas City

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  • St. Louis County Officials Are Really Stretching the Definition of Public Safety Funds (Post-Dispatch)
  • Today’s the Last Day to Weigh in on Kansas City Streetcar Expansion (KCTV5)
  • Man Sues Bi-State and Its Bus Driver for Injuries Sustained in January Crash (St. Louis Record)
  • MoDOT Implementing 16 Road Safety Improvements for Franklin County (The Missourian)
  • If Most of Turkmenistan, Population 5.6 Million, Can Have a Car-Free Day, St. Louis Could, Too (Skift)
  • New Orleans Just Might Be Doing Biking Right (CityLab)

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  • The Case for Improving Transit in KC Beyond Just a Streetcar Extension (KC Star)
  • Motorist Strikes, Injures Two Children on Bikes Saturday Afternoon (KMOV)
  • Fox2Now’s Elliott Davis Digs Into MetroLink Security
  • Metro Wants You to Play a Game and Help Plan the Future of MetroBus
  • MetroLink’s Blue Line Evening Riders May Experience Delays This Week (Metro)
  • Letter to Editor: Metro Needs a Dedicated Transit Police Force (Post-Dispatch)
  • In Three Days, Missouri Law Enforcement Tickets Nearly 2,000 Speeders (Columbia Missourian)
  • New Ped Bridge in Cliff Cave Park Will Be One of the Longest in St. Louis (Call Newspapers)
  • Boone County Votes August 8 on Keeping Road/Bridge Maintenance Tax (Columbia Tribune)

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  • Motorist Strikes, Injures Cyclist Near Farmington on Tuesday (Daily Journal)
  • 6-Mile Stretch Through Ferguson, Dellwood Will Be More Pedestrian-Friendly (STL Biz Journal – Paywall)
  • New Crosswalk in Springfield Seems Unsafe to This Reporter (Springfield News-Leader)
  • Bike Lanes in Kansas City Put on Pause (The Pitch)
  • Excessive Speed Kills and Is a Huge, Overlooked Problem in the U.S. (Streetsblog USA)
  • Treehugger Asks: Should Police Be Able to Park in Bike Lanes No Matter What the Reason?
  • Lawsuit Takes Aim at Trump’s Infrastructure Advisory Council (CityLab)

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NTSB: Speed Kills, and We’re Not Doing Enough to Stop It

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More than 112,500 people lost their lives in speed-related crashes from 2005 to 2014, accounting for 31 percent of all traffic deaths in America over that period. In a draft report released earlier this week, the National Transportation Safety Board says excessive speed is a deadly problem in our nation's transportation system -- one that federal and state officials aren't doing enough to address.

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  • Ricky Carrawell Jr. Charged With Felony Hit-And-Run for Killing Keona Boyd in July (Post-Dispatch)
  • Police Board Chair: County Council Can’t Order Outside Investigation of MetroLink Policing Issues (Post-Dispatch)
  • Legislators Bicker While Missouri Roads Crumble (Columbia Tribune)
  • Brian Suggests Finding a Routine That Works When Commuting With MetroLink (Metro)
  • Help Springfield’s Transit Center Become a Place for the Community (Springfield Business Journal)
  • It’s Estimated There Are Eight Parking Spaces for Every Car in the U.S. (Strong Towns)

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