Episode 12: David Dayen – The Future Great City Podcast by nextSTL
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David will be speaking at SPACE Architecture + Design this Thursday, July 14. The event is free and open to …
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Ryan Gaddy Found, Charged With Several Counts for Striking William Deion and Fleeing Scene (BND)
- July 14: Carthage Councilman Wants Cyclists to Weigh in on Highway/Bridge Infrastructure (Joplin Globe)
- Is There a Tiny Tear in the Fabric of American Car Culture? (Planetizen)
- People Do Choose Different Modes of Transport If There Are Good Options (Treehugger)
- Self-Driving Cars Are Nowhere Near Ready for Prime Time (NYT)
- How One Black Man Was Compelled to Adapt to Walking in the U.S. (Literary Hub)
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Our Sprawl Means Lots Of Grass To Cut, Room For Urban Food Production
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During the recent Board of Aldermen session where the budget was passed, a lot of time was spent discussing the cost of grass cutting. The discussion mostly focused on city/LRA-owned lots. We’re fortunate enough to have many parks throughout the city, but we also have many useless patches of grass ...
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- St. Louis Ripe for Change, But Will It Get in Its Own Way? (Post-Dispatch)
- St. Louis City Aldermen Vote to Move Forward With Traffic Calming Measures (St. Louis Public Radio)
- Hit-and-Run Motorist Seriously Injures Mustafa President in Randolph County (KMZU)
- Motorist Strikes and Injures Paul Lefebvre Saturday in Barnhart, Flees Scene (Leader)
- The Latest Street Closures for the Loop Trolley Project (St. Louis Business Journal)
- Toll Roads, Boone Bridge Survey in Post-Dispatch’s “Along for the Ride”
- MetroLink’s Red Line Affected by Construction this Week (NextStop)
- Madison County Transit Offers More Than You Might Think (Advantage News)
- Champ Clark Bridge in Northeast Missouri Approved for Construction (Herald-Whig)
- NHTSA Released Its 2014 Bicyclist Traffic Safety Report
- Pokémon Go May Get People Out Walking, But It’s Also Causing Crashes
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The Pevely Dairy Site Four and One Half Years Since Demolition by SLU
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It’s July, so we’re checking in on a corner of St. Louis that was once the center of a heated…
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Majority of MoDOT Funds For St. Louis Set to Maintain Current Road System (Post-Dispatch)
- Lane and Ramp Closures This Weekend and Long-Term for Downtown St. Louis (BND)
- July 16: BWorks Bike Drive in Lake St. Louis
- Smart Growth America Launches New Initiatives to Help Communities With Transit-Oriented Projects (T4America)
- Can U.S. DOT Begin to Right the Wrongs the Highway System Created 60 Years Ago? (Next City)
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CDC: America Falling Behind Other Nations on Traffic Safety
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America is falling behind peer nations on traffic safety — any way you measure it. Source: CDC
How is the U.S. doing on traffic safety?
To hear a lot of people tell it, we’re making great strides. President Obama recently referred to the reduction in American traffic deaths as a success story of sorts, contrasting it with the [...]
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Motorist Mitchell Edgerton Kills Joseph Baldridge Wednesday in Dent County (West Plains Daily Quill)
- Yet Another Cyclist Injured By Hit-and-Run Driver in Springfield (KSPR)
- MSHP Received Calls About Ralph Ringer’s Erratic Driving Prior to Killing Pedestrian (Columbia Tribune)
- Despite Setbacks, Kansas City’s Cycling Infrastructure Making Strides (KC Star)
- Kansas City No Longer the Worst City to Bike in the Country (KC Star)
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Sprawl and the Cost of Living
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Cross-posted from City Observatory.
Over the past three weeks, we’ve introduced the “sprawl tax”—showing how much more Americans pay in time and money because of sprawling urban development patterns. We’ve also shown how much higher the sprawl tax is in the US than in other economically prosperous countries, and how sprawl and long commutes impose a [...]
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Hit-and-Run Motorist Seriously Injures Brian Ballheime This Morning in Imperial (Post-Dispatch)
- Ralph Ringer, Jr. Charged in Hit-and-Run Death of Kiran Lamichhane in Columbia (ABC 17)
- Streetsblog St. Louis Counted a Few More Traffic Deaths/Injuries Than MO Highway Patrol Has Listed (Mid America Live)
- Transit Expansion Takes Time, Money (CMT)
- Sign Up for CMT’s Loop Trolley Track Discussion on Sept. 22
- Public Meeting on July 14 to Discuss Bridge Work in Joplin Area (Joplin Globe)
- Do Bike Lanes Hurt Businesses? Nope (Strong Towns)
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Park & Rides Lose Money and Waste Land — But Agencies Keep Building Them
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Transit agencies shell out big bucks to build and operate parking facilities. But how much do we really know about what they get for their money?
The surface parking lot at WMATA’s Branch Avenue station. Photo: TRB
Researchers Lisa Jacobson and Rachel Weinberger surveyed 37 American transit agencies about park-and-ride facilities. They found that despite the expense of [...]
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Motorist Kills 89-Year-Old Elva E. Holden by Near Amsterdam, MO (News Now)
- Few Details Reported About Pedestrian Death in Kansas City (KC Star)
- Motorist Kills Kiran Lamichhane in Columbia (Missourian)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Seriously Injures Susan Kostecki in Fruitland, MO (KFVS)
- Robert Hall Backs Into Four Children, One Adult, Injuring All, Then Flees Scene (St. Joe Channel)
- Man Struck, Killed by MetroLink Train Friday Night (KSDK)
- Know Before You Go: This Week’s Work Schedule for MetroLink (NextStop)
- Kansas City Will Continue Its Forward-Thinking Transpo Plan (Startland)
- Before Your Next Errand Think Carefully: Do You Really Need to Use a Car? (Bike 5)
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