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Introducing a New Streetsblog Series: Getting Transit Right

By Yonah Freemark | Feb 16, 2017 | No Comments

With more American cities raising impressive sums to expand transit, the question of how to invest effectively is increasingly essential. So far, few places have hit on a policy combination that makes transit more useful to more people. To help cities "get transit right," Streetsblog is launching a new series about which transit strategies are working and which are not.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Feb 16, 2017 | No Comments

CMT Urges You to Contact Your Legislatures About Importance of Transit
A Toll on I-70 Between St. Louis and Kansas City Would Be $50+ (The Daily Star-Journal)
Beatrice and Craig Found Love on Metro (NextStop)
Extension of Arkansas Bike/Ped Trail Into Missouri a Possibility (Joplin Globe)
Death Toll on U.S. Roads Is Surging (Planetizen)
People for Bikes Wants Your Opinion (CityLab)

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Milwaukee Subsidizes the Rest of Wisconsin, Not the Other Way Around

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 15, 2017 | No Comments

Anti-urban politicians have tried to paint Milwaukee as a den of government dependence. But the data shows it, like many cities, actually subsidizes rural and suburban areas.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Feb 15, 2017 | No Comments

On Missouri’s Gas Tax Increase, Libla Says “It’s the House’s Turn” to Come Up With a Plan (Missourinet)
Missouri Bridges Aren’t Fixing Themselves (ABC17)
Whitney and Patrick Found Love Through MetroLink (NextStop)
Missouri’s 2017 Transportation Conference is Feb. 16 in Jeff City (The Missouri Times)
Owning a Car Is Really Expensive (WTop)
This AARP Slideshow Features Some Sad, Incomplete Streets

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To Get More People on Bikes, Louisville Needs to Raise Its Game

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2017 | No Comments

Louisville is making an effort to build out its bike network, adding a number of buffered bike lanes and beginning a network of low-stress "Neighborways" along residential streets. It's a start, but peer cities like Indianapolis and Pittsburgh are doing more to make cycling an appealing way to get around. Here's what Louisville needs to do to catch up.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Feb 14, 2017 | No Comments

Oil Spill Damages More Than the Soil in Lawrence County (KY3)
Route P in Hannibal to Temporarily Close for Construction Next Week (Hannibal Courier-Post)
$1 Trillion Won’t Go as Far as You Think for U.S. Infrastructure (The American Interest)
Tech Groups Not Happy With NHTSA Proposal to Disable Mobile Phone Functions While Driving (The Hill)

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Blight, Tax Abatement, Eminent Domain, Tax Credits, and Vision Create Nathaniel Rivers Place Project

By Alex Ihnen | Feb 13, 2017 | No Comments

Blight, tax abatement, eminent domain, and tax credits get a lot of attention in some parts of St. Louis City. In other parts, not so much. With the help of all-of-the-above and a dose of vision, a low-income residential project is set to rise on an acre-and-a-half of city-owned land in the 22nd Ward at the corner of Granville Place and Minerva Avenue.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Feb 13, 2017 | No Comments

St. Louis Mayoral Candidates’ Viewpoints on MetroLink Expansion, Ride-Share (Post-Dispatch)
Motorist Strikes, Kills Ronald Haynie Saturday Night in North County (KMOV)
Ben Ressel Also Charged in Hit-and-Run That Killed Heavenly Hafford in Southern MO (KFVS)
Proposed Missouri HB 178: Hit-and-Run = Go to Jail (Columbia Missourian)
Construction to Start This Spring on Two Ped/Bike Bridges in St. Charles (KBIA)
MetroLink’s Illinois Red Line Construction Schedule This Week (NextStop)
Ped Improvements Coming to Grand Street Bridge in Springfield (KY3)

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Kansas City’s Riverfront Heritage Trail Marks Major Milestone

By Brent Hugh | Feb 10, 2017 | No Comments

The trail, which has been under development for two decades now, has finally created a seamless connection between downtown Kansas City, Missouri, downtown Kansas City, Kansas, and historic Kaw Point, where the Kansas and Missouri Rivers converge.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Feb 10, 2017 | No Comments

St. Louis Cyclists Should Be Consulted on Bicycle Infrastructure (MDPI)
MoDOT Requesting $2.81 Billion Dollar Budget (The Missouri Times)
Crosswalk Countdown Signals Seem Like a Better Idea, MoDOT (KSDK)
Missouri Residents Need Well-Resourced, Well-Operated Transit Options (The St. Louis American)
In Order for Vision Zero to Fully Work, Planners Need to Dig Deep (Next City)

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To Make Streets Safer, Seattle May Get Rid of Traffic Signals

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 9, 2017 | No Comments

Signalized intersections carry special risks. Drivers often accelerate during the yellow phase to "beat the light," for instance, leading to high-speed crashes. Federal officials warn that improperly placed signals can "significantly increase collisions." So Seattle is reviewing 10 intersections to see if traffic signals should be replaced with stop signs.

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Westminster Place and the Blight of Lacking An Economic Development Plan

By Alex Ihnen | Feb 9, 2017 | No Comments

We’ll try to make this as clear as possible: the designation of “blight” is meant to incentivize a project, which in the opinion of neighbors and the developer, fits in the neighborhood. Whether that should be an economic development tool used by the city is a political question.

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