We Built a Transit-Compatible Place and Removed the Transit
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Transit works best when it delivers you to and takes you from the middle of things instead of the edge.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- CMT Looks at What Other Transit Agencies Are Doing to Ensure Public Safety
- Motorist Injured Allen Summers and Fled in Southern Missouri Friday (The Dunklin Democrat)
- Tips for Motorists When It Comes to Bicyclists and For Cyclists on the Road (The Examiner)
- KCUR Checks on How Kansas City’s Bike Infrastructure Plan Has Changed
- Four Tips Every Urban Cyclist Needs to Learn (CityLab)
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Loop Trolley Corridor Photo Tour: Delmar from Des Peres to Limit
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Let’s continue our tour of the Loop Trolley corridor heading west along Delmar from Des Peres.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Mayor Krewson Says More Security Has Been Added on MetroLink (Post-Dispatch)
- Motorists Can Thank Cyclists for Smooth Roads (Post-Dispatch)
- KSDK Looks Into the Condition of Some Local Bridges, and It’s Not Pretty
- MetroLink’s Work Schedule for the Week (Metro)
- KSDK Anchor Learns How to Get a Proper Bike Fit
- Dakota Minner Arrested for Striking Pedestrian With His Moped and Fleeing (KFVS)
- These Bike Commuters Truly Enjoy Their Experiences (Four State Homepage)
- CityLab Explores the Bicycle’s Role in Shaping Urban Space
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A Look at the New Kiener Plaza
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Overall I think they’ve done an outstanding job, but the previous space was so awful it was hard to not do better. Accessibly is excellent, as is the amount of seating.
DESCO Unveils $80M Mixed-Use Plan for Former Shriners Site in Frontenac
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According to the St. Louis Business Journal, The DESCO Group has a preliminary plan in place for an $80M development including a three-story, 36K sf mixed-use building at the former Shriners Hospital site on South Lindbergh Boulevard site adjacent to the Plaza Frontenac.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Motorist Critically Injures Road Worker in South County Then Flees Scene (Post-Dispatch)
- Motorist Crashes Into, Injures 80-Year-Old Cyclist in Kansas City; “He Swerved” (KC Star)
- Three Counties Come Together to Create Safer MetroLink System (St. Louis Public Radio, Post-Dispatch)
- Brian Moyer Charged in Kansas City Crash That Killed Two Boys March 17, Also Involved in Hit-And-Run (KSHB)
- Madison County Students Can Ride Buses Free All Summer (The Riverbender)
- “Safety” Tips Involve No Education, Victim Shaming for Cycling (KSHB)
- BikeWalkKC Able to Continue Its Bike-Share Program
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Don’t Judge Transit By the Gridlock on Nearby Roads
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Transit can be a success without making car trips faster.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Shots Fired at MetroLink Train in St. Clair County (Post-Dispatch)
- Check Out This Map of Bike to Work Day Refueling and Happy Hour Spots
- CMT Wants Your Opinion on Biking/Walking
- Two Vehicle Crash Injures Man; Good Samaritans Save Him Man From a Much Worse Fate (KC Star)
- Ta Lisa’s Been Riding MetroLink Since 1993 (Metro)
- MCT Donates More Bikes, This Time to East Alton Police (The Telegraph)
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Public-Private Partnerships Will Not Save U.S. Infrastructure
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a panel of experts told Congress that, even with perfectly executed public-private partnerships, the federal government still needs to provide its own support -- especially for projects, like transit lines, that aren't guaranteed to generate toll revenue for profit-seeking investors.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- St. Louis Alderman Wants City to Address Dangerous Speeding Issues (KSDK)
- Bike Commuting Has Increased in St. Louis (NEEF)
- Exactly What Is Going on With the Prop A Funds in St. Louis County? (Post-Dispatch)
- Motorist Hits, Gravely Injures Pedestrian Then Flees in Kansas City (KC Star)
- David Gibbar Arrested for Assault of Pedestrian in Columbia (Columbia Tribune)
- Uber Adding Public Transit Schedules to Its App (The Tech Portal)
- New Book — The Criminalization of Walking — Now Available (Planetizen)
- Demanding Hi-Viz for Pedestrians Not the Solution (Treehugger)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Ride of Silence Is Wednesday (Trailnet)
- Councilman Jermaine Reed Urges Kansas Citians to Support Prospect MAX (KC Star)
- Get Used to Riding on the Streets of St. Louis With the Fun and Tasty Tour de Taco (Vital Voice)
- Ozark Greenway’s Bike to Work Week Giveaways
- In Joplin? Commute by Bike? Learn Ways to Keep It Rolling Tonight (Four States Homepage)
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