U.S. Traffic Fatalities Rising Fast — Especially Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths

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Traffic fatalities in America hit a seven-year high in 2015, with pedestrians and cyclists accounting for a disproportionate share of the alarming increase, according to preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Last year, 35,200 people were killed in traffic — a 7.7 percent increase over 2014 and the worst death toll since 2008. The number of people killed while walking [...]

Today’s Headlines

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  • Mike Jones Weighs In on MetroLink Expansion (St. Louis American)
  • Shelly Doesn’t Need a Car to Get Around St. Louis (NextStop)
  • This Washington University Employee Mixes Transit and Cycling for His 26-Mile Commute
  • Bike, Walk or Take Transit to Fair St. Louis This Weekend (WherEvent)
  • Vigil Held on One-Year Anniversary of Hit-and-Run Death of Bapi Gupta (Fox2Now)
  • Missouri Highway Patrol Urges Safe Driving Over July 4th Holiday (Post-Dispatch)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Motorist Injures Michael Wyatt Near Mosby (Excelsior Springs Standard)
  • Family of Friday’s North St. Louis Hit-and-Run Victim Seeks Information (KMOV)
  • More Bike Patrols Being Added to St. Louis County Police Force (KMOV)
  • Where St. Louis Ranks in Car-Free Access to Jobs (Redfin)
  • Kinloch Police Has No Insurance for Its Vehicles, Chief Says “It’s Just the Way it is” (Fox2Now)
  • Jefferson City Looks Into Creating More Options for Cyclists (News Tribune)
  • Mural Added at MetroLink Station — “Vehicle. Destination. Imagination.” (NextStop)
  • KCTA Head Stepping Down (KC Star)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Motorist Injures Alexandra McPherson in Crocker (Waynesville Daily Guide)
  • William Bice Hits Pedestrian Toni Myers With His Vehicle, Inflicting Life-Threatening Injuries (Hometown Daily News)
  • Pedestrian Killed in Friday’s Hit-And-Run ID’d as Derrick Hudson (Post-Dispatch)
  • Illinois Budget Impasse Could Delay Road Expansion Projects (Post-Dispatch)
  • KC Star Takes Readers on a Streetcar Ride
  • Delmar Loop Makes the Top 15 “Cool Streets” (Supermarket News)
  • Caught on Camera: Woman Assaults MetroLink Security (KMOV)
  • Well, These LA Metro PSAs Get a Message Across (CityLab)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Stephen Miller Steps Down as Chair of the Missouri Highways and Transpo Commission (Rolla Daily News)
  • Police Looking for Driver of Pickup Who Hit Pedestrian and Fled in Springfield (KY3)
  • Man Killed by Motorist in Hit-And-Run Friday Night in North St. Louis (KSDK)
  • Reckless Homicide Added to Charges Against Justin W. Schulte in 2015 Killing of 16-Year-Old Cyclist Cameron Curran (BND)
  • What to Know If You’re Taking MetroLink June 27-July 1 (NextStop)
  • Hey Missouri — New York Is Spending $110 Million For Ped Safety (Next City)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Stenger Announces Plan for Three More Studies on MetroLink Expansion (St. Louis Public Radio, KMOV)
  • CMT Urges Region to Come Together for the Future of Transit (Post-Dispatch)
  • Bill Signed Into Law Mandates Insurance for Missouri Ride-Share Companies (Missouri Times)
  • Stephanie Phung Killed by Motorist After Exiting Stalled Car on Boone Bridge (KMOV)
  • Jeffrey Maloney Pleads Not Guilty for Injuring Cyclist Kevin Fisher and Fleeing Scene (KSPR)
  • It’s Official, Columbus Beat Out Kansas City for Smart City Challenge (Pitch, True Viral News)
  • Kansas City Still Has $30 Million of Pledged Funds to Use for Future Transpo Projects (KC Business Journal)
  • Roads Buckling Under Early Summer Heat Wave in Missouri (KOMU)

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4 Ways Road Builders Game the Numbers to Justify Highways

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The people who make the case for highways often present themselves as unbiased technicians, simply providing evidence to an audience subject to irrational bias. Forecasts said motorists would make 21,000 trips per day on Greenville’s Southern Connector, a public-private toll road. In real life they made fewer than 9,000. Map via Toll Road News But traffic forecasting is not a neutral, dispassionate exercise. It [...]
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