Today’s Headlines

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  • Even Though We Need Better Road Maintenance, MOBikeFed Stands Against Prop A
  • St. Louis Public Radio Guests Discuss Pros and Cons of Prop A — Cigarette Tax for Transpo
  • McKenna: Money Goes “Directly Back Into Road Construction” — Does That Mean Maintenance? (EMissourian)
  • Metro Art’s 2016 MetroScapes Art Exhibit Opens Tonight in Maplewood (NextStop)
  • It’s That Time of Year: Watch for Deer While Driving (ABC17)
  • Good Road Infrastructure in Missouri Can Keep Food Costs Down (Missouri Farmer Today)

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How Can Cities Make the Most of an Infrastructure Spending Spree?

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Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have indicated that they intend to spend big on “infrastructure” if elected president. Whether this ends up making cities stronger or just fueling more wasteful sprawl, however, is an open question. Local governments can get to work getting projects like these pedestrian improvements in West Jefferson, North Carolina, into their “shovel ready” pipeline. Photo: [...]

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  • Top Transit Official Tours Proposed North-South MetroLink Expansion Tuesday (Post-Dispatch, KSDK)
  • FTA: Regional Cooperation Key to Moving Transit in St. Louis Forward (Post-Dispatch)
  • Several Transit Agencies Across MO (Except St. Louis) Offer Free Ride to the Polls (MPTA)
  • Find Out Where Parson and Carnahan Stand on Transportation (Missourinet)
  • New Roadwork in East St. Louis Includes Bike/Ped Infrastructure (Post-Dispatch)
  • St. Louis to Host the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in February 2017 (CMT)
  • Theory: Pedestrians Will Be Safer Without Human Drivers (CityLab)

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  • Two Overnight Hit-And-Runs in St. Louis — One Woman Dead (KMOV)
  • Metro, Police Need to Work Together (Fox2Now)
  • Police Looking for Motorist in Jaguar Who Critically Injured Man and Fled in Kansas City (Fox4KC)
  • Zimride Rolling in St. Louis With Free Rides to and From Transit (KMOX)
  • FTA’s Carolyn Flowers in St. Louis Today (KMOX)
  • And the 2016 Governor’s Award for Quality and Productivity Goes to MoDOT (Equipment World)
  • Ideal Speed for Commuting by Bike/Foot and Inhaling Less Pollution — There’s a Study on That (CityLab)
  • Wearing Earbuds While Driving Is Legal in Way Too Many States, Including Missouri (Digital Music News)

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  • Forest Park Plans for Great Streets Study (Post-Dispatch)
  • Missouri Highway Patrol Setting Up More DWI Stations in November (Herald-Whig)
  • MHTC’s Monthly Meeting Is November 2 in Rolla (Missouri Times)
  • The Next President Can Help Cities By Avoiding Past Urban Policy Failures (Next City)
  • TechRepublic Has a Cover Story on Driverless Cars
  • Wired Shows 16 Ways to Design Better Intersections for All Road Users

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  • CMT Partners With Enterprise’s Ride-Matching Service ZimRide (Post-Dispatch)
  • George Dawson Backs Over, Kills Jane Dawson in New Madrid (KAIT 8)
  • The American Spectator Thinks MetroLink Is a Toy
  • Biking “One of the Things That Makes Work Enjoyable” (St. Louis Business Journal)
  • Is MoDOT Selling Off 30 Acres of Land in St. Louis? (Fox2Now)
  • Koster Wants Rural Missourians to Get Fair Share of Funding for Roads (WGEM)
  • Springfield: Longest Ped Footbridge in Country in Dire Need of Repair (Springfield News-Leader)

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