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By Carrie Zukoski | Jan 9, 2017 | No Comments

Grand Metro Stations Gearing Up for Big Improvements (NextStop)
Semi Truck Driver Crashes Into Broken-Down Car, Which Fatally Strikes Damon Sleet (KMOV)
MoDOT Worker Allegedly Driving Drunk Causes Multi-Vehicle Crash (Fox2Now)
Expect Late Night Delays on MetroLink This Week (NextStop)
MoDOT Planning Improvements to Manchester Road, Kirkwood May Pitch In (Post-Dispatch)
What Tactical Transit Plans Could St. Louis Implement? (Planetizen)

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Senior Apartments Slated to Be Built Near Swansea MetroLink Parking Lot

By Steve Patterson | Jan 9, 2017 | No Comments

Back in September 2016, on the 20th, I received a press release from our transit agency Metro — aka Bi-State Development: SWANSEA, IL, SEPT. 20, 2016… Southwestern Illinois Development Authority (SWIDA), in partnership with Bywater Development Group and Bi-State Development (BSD), is pleased to announce a new, $10.5 million development that ...

More States Are Looting Federal Funds for Walking and Biking

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 6, 2017 | No Comments

A growing number of states are opting to take federal money earmarked for walking and biking projects and spend it on roads instead, reports Margo Pedroso of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Jan 6, 2017 | No Comments

TIF Funding Projects Also Bring More Parking Garages to St. Louis (Post-Dispatch)
Find Out What You Missed on Yesterday’s Live Chat with Metro (Post-Dispatch)
Greitens: “Infrastructure Funding Is a Core Priority,” But How Remains a Mystery (Southeast Missourian)
Transportation Is Top Priority for Columbia’s Chamber of Commerce (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission Approves Replacing Two Bridges in Carthage (Carthage Press)

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With Louisville’s Gargantuan New Interchange Comes a Profound Loss

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 5, 2017 | No Comments

Spaghetti Junction cost billions of dollars, wiped out 30 storefronts, and severed the connection between downtown and the waterfront for at least another generation.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Jan 5, 2017 | No Comments

Jan. 15: The Mississippi Bike & Outdoor Expo Is Soon
Saferails Could Be the Key to Keeping Cyclists Safe From Loop Trolley Tracks (Treehugger)
Loop Trolley Should Be Rolling by Summer (Community News)
Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission Looks into Reviving Cost-Share Program (KASU)
Mitch Uses Metro Because It Makes Sense (NextStop)
Missouri Schools Bracing for Transpo Budget Cuts (Cassville Democrat)
Uber Granted One Day License in Jeff City (The Missouri Times)
USDOT Releases Report on How Cities View Transit/Want to Move Forward (Statescoop)

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All-Door Boarding Can Save Time for Bus Riders — If Transit Agencies Embrace It

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 4, 2017 | No Comments

All-door boarding can speed up heavily-used bus routes and improve customer satisfaction. But transit agencies have to fully commit to the new policy to realize the benefits.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Jan 4, 2017 | No Comments

Paulette Eaker Convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter for Hitting, Killing William Horstman in 2015 with Her SUV (Post-Dispatch)
Oren Rinehart Sentenced to Three Years for Killing Matthew Stevens in 2015 Hit-and-Run in Neosho (Joplin Globe)
Motorist Hits, Injures Man in Godfrey Sunday Evening (Alton Daily News)
The Rise of Vision Zero in U.S. Cities and What it Means (Planetizen)
Study: Talking on Hands-Free Phone While Driving Just as Dangerous as Using Handheld Device (Treehugger)
StrongTowns Points Out How Infrastructure Spending Can Hurt the U.S. in the Long Run

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Urban Vacancy and A Planning Approach for the Future of St. Louis

By Jae Teuk Chin | Jan 3, 2017 | No Comments

The best solution to urban vacancy is to increase population and economic activity. But for many of St. Louis neighborhoods, this is a naive story. The long-term challenge of vacancy reduction requires commitment and focus on the future. We need a roadmap.

Today’s Headlines

By Carrie Zukoski | Jan 3, 2017 | No Comments

MO Coalition for Roadway Safety Still Mainly Blaming Victims (Fox4KC)
Man in Critical Condition After Motorist Runs Him Over on Christmas Eve in St. Louis (KSDK)
Motorist Strikes, Injures Person Dec. 28 in Overland (KMOV)
Police Searching for Blue Dodge Caravan Involved in Crash That Claimed Life of August Young, 88, in St. Louis (BND)
Few Details Available About Crash That Injured Pedestrian in South City Dec. 30 (Fox2Now)
Another Parking Garage — This One in Webster Groves (RE Journals)
KBIA Talks with MoDOT Director About 2017 Goals and Hopes
KC to Reassess its Bike Plan (KCUR)
Treehugger Tackles the Serious Issue of Rising Pedestrian Deaths
People Who Bike for a Living Should Be a Part of Infrastructure Planning (NextCity)

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On the Future of the Chouteau Greenway and Protected Bikeways in St. Louis

By Alex Ihnen | Dec 28, 2016 | No Comments

In a development described as “gaining momentum“, the long-planned Chouteau Greenway may get something of a start next year. A…

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A proposed MLS stadium would be built here, the site of a long-dead planned highway project

Taxpayers Need to Pay to Rebuild Dead Highway Site, Not Stadium

By Steve Patterson | Dec 26, 2016 | No Comments

Decades ago Missouri and St. Louis used taxpayer money to buy and raze a huge area West of Union Station for a planned highway that’s long dead. This vacant hole has been a huge negative, preventing smaller private investment all around from spreading to improve the tax base and employment. It took taxpayer money to raze the neighborhood that once existed here -- it will take taxpayer money to undo the damage.

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