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By Carrie Zukoski | Apr 6, 2017 | No Comments

Shooter Kills Man on Metrolink Train Near UMSL (Post-Dispatch)
Kansas City Votes Yes on Better Roads, Sidewalks, and More (KC Star)
… Next Up Is Streetcar Expansion (KC Star)
Missouri’s Anti-Toll Lobbying Outfit Was Started by Owner of Oil Company (Springfield News-Leader)
Residents Help Reimagine West Florissant Streetscape (Community News)
Some People Fear Slower Streets Through This St. Louis Community (KMOV)
The Hyperloop People Are Pitching a Hyperloop Between St. Louis and Kansas City (St. Louis Business Journal)
If You’re Downtown, You Might Ride an Electric Bus This Week (Post-Dispatch)

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KC Approves $600M for Complete Streets; St. Louis Approves MetroLink Expansion

By Brent Hugh | Apr 5, 2017 | No Comments

In recent years, voters across the nation have proven they are willing to approve major infrastructure initiatives if they include public transportation, bicycling, walking, and trails. Tuesday we saw that the trend holds true in Missouri as well.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Apr 5, 2017 | No Comments

St. Louis Votes Yes to MetroLink, No to Stadium (KMOV)
State Budget Prohibits Funding for Drunk Driving Checkpoints and Toll Roads (The News & Observer)
Wellston MetroLink Stop Spurring Job and Economic Development (NextStop)
MetroLink to Conduct Fare Survey Starting April 6 (NextStop)
Under Trump’s Regime, Police Departments May Have More Leeway to Violate Civil Rights (NYT)

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The GOP Case for Cutting Federal Transit Funding Isn’t Principled — It’s Tribalism

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 4, 2017 | No Comments

The insistence that transit is a local priority while highways are a national concern has become an article of faith in the world of right-wing think tanks. But today highway spending mostly serves the same type of trips that Republicans purportedly believe are inappropriate for federal funding.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Apr 4, 2017 | No Comments

Prop 1 Vote Is Today — Mayor Slay Makes His Case For It (Post-Dispatch)
Motorist Struck and Killed Colleen L. Grissmeyer in Jefferson County Sunday (Post-Dispatch)
Motorist Critically Injured Cyclist Friday Night in South City (KMOV)
St. Louis Metro Transit Should Implement a #SwipeitForward Campaign (Good)
St. Louis Pitted Against Denver in the Final Four of Streetsblog USA’s Parking Madness

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Parking Madness: St. Louis vs. Denver

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 3, 2017 | No Comments

A suburban light rail station surrounded by highways and shopping mall parking lots takes on three light rail stations engulfed by sports stadium parking.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Apr 3, 2017 | No Comments

Former St. Louis Resident Urges St. Louis to Vote Yes for MetroLink (Post-Dispatch)
… While This Post-Dispatch Reader Questions the Proposal
Driver Struck Pedestrian Friday Night in South St. Louis; Victim’s Condition Unknown (KMOV)
Walk-In Homeless Shelter Shuttered in St. Louis (Post-Dispatch)
Find Out MetroLink’s Construction Schedule for the Week (NextStop)
Simply Closing, Repairing Kansas City’s Buck O’Neil Bridge Not Enough (Newsbry)
New Study Shows Ride-Hailing Adds to Congestion, Take Riders From Transit (Planetizen)

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April 4th Elections: Kansas City Council Adopts Complete Streets Initiative

By Brent Hugh | Mar 31, 2017 | No Comments

Cities across Missouri have started to make a practice of including important walking, bicycling, and trails projects and maintenance in their regular capital funding and bonding proposals. But Kansas City never has -- until now. After many months of work by citizens, community leaders, city staff, and elected officials, Kansas City has a very important capital improvement bonding proposal on Tuesday's municipal elections ballot.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Mar 31, 2017 | No Comments

Hey Motorists, Pay Attention — Missouri Ranked 20th Per Capita in Pedestrian Deaths (KSHB)
Clearer Info on What Prop. 1 Means for the City (St. Louis American)
No Jail Time for Joshua Kent, Who Hit, Killed Timothy Sparks in 2014 in Ozark (KY3)
Loose on the Streets of North City, Not Your Typical Traffic Jam (Post-Dispatch)
This MetroBus Has Hit the One Million Mile Mark (Post-Dispatch)
Your Right to Peacefully Assemble Is Being Threatened (BreakingNewsI)

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2017 Missouri Legislative Session: A Bill Could Stop the Rock Island Trail

By Brent Hugh | Mar 30, 2017 | No Comments

Several bills have been introduced in the 2017 Missouri legislature that will, if passed, dramatically affect our Missouri State Parks system. Our primary concern is HB 698. If passed, HB 698 could derail progress on Rock Island Trail State Park.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Mar 30, 2017 | No Comments

Maintaining, Keeping Transpo Infrastructure Safe Seemingly Isn’t in Missouri Legislators’ Vocabulary (Post-Dispatch, KSDK)
Where Does Missouri Rank as a Bicycle-Friendly State? Hint: It’s Not Great (LAB)
Progress on the MetroBikeLink Bridge in Belleville (BND)
TIGER Funding on Chopping Block This Year (T4America)
Researchers “Think” Increased Pedestrian Deaths Are Linked to Distracted Driving (BND)

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What Explains the Decline in Driving Among Young People?

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2017 | No Comments

New research from UCLA concludes that while attitudes toward driving may be shifting, economic factors explain most of the recent decline in driving among younger Americans.

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