Welcome to the New and Improved Streetsblog
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For the first time in nearly nine years, we’re debuting a sitewide redesign of Streetsblog.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Is Something Fishy Going on With Stenger’s MetroLink Expansion Study? (Post-Dispatch)
- Branson: Motorist Andrew Hensley Arrested After Hitting, Injuring William Mills (Hometown Daily News)
- Forest Park Undergoing Road Work Now Through June 2017 (Webster-Kirkwood Times)
- Dec. 20: Join This Webcast to Learn About Bike-Share for All City Sizes (Next City)
- The Key Elements to Maintaining a Thriving Main Street (Planetizen)
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Send in Your Nominations for the Best Street Transformation of 2016
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With less than three weeks left in the year, Streetsblog is now accepting your submissions for Best Street Transformation of 2016.
The 2015 winner: Queens Boulevard in NYC. Photos: NYC DOT
This is the most prestigious of all the Streetsie Awards we hand out at the end of the year, and we rely on our readers to determine who [...]
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- St. Louis City Voters May See Tax Increase Proposition for MetroLink Expansion Study (Post-Dispatch)
- Hit-and-Run Victim Adam Schwartz Has a Message for the Motorist Who Struck Him Saturday (KSDK)
- Police Searching for Driver of Semi Truck Who Severely Injured Girl in Macon County (ABC17)
- Myron Caldwell Sr. Was Man Killed Sunday in South St. Louis by Hit-And-Run Motorist (Post-Dispatch)
- Fox4KC Interviews Sierra Kreise, Victim in Hit-And-Run in Belton
- Driving in the U.S. Has Steadily Increased Since April 2014 (Planetizen)
- #PedestrianUnfriendly Strong Towns Post Sparks Action
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Missouri’s Rock Island Trail is Now Open!
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Just in time for the holidays, a stunning new rail-trail has arrived in Missouri.
Near North St. Louis Chosen for $29.5M HUD Choice Neighborhood Grant
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For decades St. Louis has been a big winner in the race to secure federal funding.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Motorist Kills Man, Flees Scene Early Sunday in South St. Louis (Post-Dispatch, KMOX)
- Few Details Released About Pedestrian Fatality Early Saturday (KMOV)
- Hit-And-Run Motorist Maims Adam Schwartz Early Sunday, Police Searching for Driver (KMOV)
- Belton Police Searching for Motorist Who Struck and Injured Two Then Fled on Sunday (Fox4KC)
- MoDOT Releases “Citizen’s Guide to Transportation Funding” (Post-Dispatch)
- St. Joseph Buses Getting Outfitted With New Technology (Mass Transit)
- What Will Become of TIGER and SC2? (NextCity)
- Study: Where We Grow Up Has Biggest Effect on Wealth Gap (CityLab)
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Big Design Changes Submitted for Centene’s Clayton Corporate Campus
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We’ve followed the Centene Clayton corporate campus development since the beginning. Now the most significant design changes since the project was unveiled have been shared.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Proposed Soccer Stadium Would Also Need $9 Million From State Transpo Funds (Post-Dispatch)
- Construction Truck Lurches Forward, Killing Worker on I-55 (KSDK)
- Man Killed by Motorist Last Weekend Identified as Jordan Dickerson (Post-Dispatch)
- MSHP Advises Motorists to Prepare/Take Caution During Winter Weather Conditions (Daily Journal Online)
- Is UPS Revolutionizing the Delivery Model? (Treehugger)
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Bike, Ped, Road Enhancements Coming to Wells and Government Drives in Forest Park
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Forest Park Forever continues to work through its long term improvement plan for transportation in Forest Park.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- St. Louis Is One of America’s Deadliest Cities for Pedestrians (Cars.com)
- MoDOT Director Blames Victims for Spike in Pedestrian Deaths (KOMU)
- Unattended Pickup Kills Francis Geilfuss in Camden County (KMZU)
- Shrewsbury Police Still Looking for Motorist Involved in November Hit-And-Run (KMOV)
- Mikal Hamilton Pleads Guilty in February Hit-And-Run Death of Keisha Redding (Post-Dispatch)
- Transitioning to Metro? Be Flexible and Open to All the Options (NextStop)
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Downtown Needs a Form-Based Code, Not An Old Height Restriction
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The building at 620 Market, like most, has had numerous uses since it was first built.