$165M Mixed Use Project, 200 Microsoft Jobs May Be Next For Cortex
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According to a report from St. Louis Construction News and Review, Wexford Science & Technology will break ground this year…
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Kansas City Already Adding Extra Service to Its Streetcar (KC Star)
- Average State Gas Tax is 29.64₵, Missouri’s is 17.3₵ (Planetizen)
- Motorist Critically Injures Pedestrian in KC (Fox4KC)
- ATV Operator in Benton CountySeriously Injures Gary Crispin (KMZU)
- Hit-And-Run Motorist Injures Cyclist Mike Baker Near Mt. Vernon (Monett Times)
- Heavenly Grace’s DNA Found on Hit-And-Run Suspect’s Truck (Southeast Missourian)
- Nearly 1,100 Crashes in Just a Few Years on Missouri Blvd. in Jeff City (ABC17)
- Metro Showcasing Art Series at Newly Renovated North County Transit Center (NextStop)
- Suburbia in the ’50s and ’60s Wasn’t All “Leave it to Beaver” (Planetizen)
- Missouri Rural Health Association Gets Boost for Its Transportation Program (West Plains Daily Quill)
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Visualizing St. Louis City Commutes
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Sometimes we stumble upon something that’s just interesting. I’m not sure what’s to be learned by watching this visualizing of…
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Motorist Injures James A. Dean in Pineville Walmart Parking Lot Crosswalk (Neosho Daily News)
- Springfield News-Leader: Missourians Should Pay a Little Extra for Better Transpo Infrastructure
- Nancy’s Short Commute Makes Metro, or the Bike, Perfect (NextStop)
- MoDOT Is Short $30 Million to Finish Interstate Bypass Project (ArkansasOnline)
- St. Louis Uber Driver Refuses Passenger With Service Dog (KSDK)
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We Must Ask Different Questions Before Expanding Our Convention Center
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St. Louis is again considering keeping up with the Joneses: The city’s convention center complex should expand to more than 900,000 square feet, half again its current size, according to a report given Thursday to the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission. Such improvements would bring a “minimum” 37 percent ...
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Missouri Fuel Tax Increase May Be Put to the Voters (OzarksFirst)
- Cyclist Struck by Motorist in Alton; Riverbender Turns It Into Safety Lesson
- Whispers of KC Streetcar Expansion Do Not Make Its Opponents Happy (KC Business Journal)
- Makes Sense for the Wabash Station to Be Tied Into Delmar MetroLink Stop (Post-Dispatch)
- Suspects in Tuesday Night MetroLink Robbery Arrested (KSDK)
- Words Matter: Crashes Are Not Accidents (Planetizen)
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8th & Market: Vehicle Stop Line Where Pedestrians Should Cross 8th Street, No Marked Crosswalk
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Last week, while we were out at 8th & Market. I noticed another design flaw in St. Louis’ pedestrian network. This is between Citygarden and Ballpark Village/Busch Stadium. The stop line and markings are recent. The detectable warnings on the sidewalk/ramp are there to help guide the visually disabled. Vehicles ...
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Kansas City’s Transit Talks Are a Good Thing (KC Star)
- Will UberX Drivers Start Getting Ticketed in St. Louis Region? (Post-Dispatch)
- Find Out About New Bike/Ped Facilities Coming to Washington University (The Source)
- When You See a Bench Surrounded by Terrible Public Space, There’s a Hashtag for That (Strong Towns)
- It’s Time to Rethink Pedestrian Crossings (Planetizen)
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Historic Wabash Railway Station in The Loop Has a New Owner
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Washington University in St. Louis is now the owner of the long vacant Wabash Railway Company building at the Delmar…
Why Fixing the Rust Belt Could Help Save the Climate
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Cross-posted from the Frontier Group.
The form of the built environment – the shape of our cities and towns – is directly related to our consumption of energy and our impact on the climate (PDF). People who live in areas where walking, biking and transit are viable means of transportation – and where car trips, when [...]
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- MO General Assembly Dismissed for Summer Leaving Transpo Bill on the Table (Herald-Whig)
- Affton to Implement Great Streets Design to Gravois Road (Post-Dispatch)
- Motorists Strike and Kill Teenager in Mexico, MO (KMZU)
- Motorist Charged With Assault, DWI After Striking Pedestrian in Maplewood Friday (KMOX)
- Foxx Gives Words of Encouragement to KC on Building for the Future (KC Star, KCUR, KC Business Journal)
- Still No Leads in Hit-And-Run from December Near Townsend Elementary (KSDK)
- MetroLink Red Line Work May 23-27 (NextStop)
- June 9: MoDOT and IDOT Hosting Open House on Bridge/Road Projects in Hannibal (Hannibal Courier-Post)
- Engineers Suited to Build Roads, Not Streets (Strong Towns)
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The Problem With “Infrastructure Week”
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You may have noticed that it’s “Infrastructure Week” in America — a time where engineering and construction industry groups beat the drum for more money, using big numbers and images of collapsing bridges.
You can follow the dialogue on Twitter. It’s full of value-neutral statements like this one from Democratic members of the House Committee on Transportation and [...]