Richard Bose
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Do the Math Update: QuikTrip Replaced Buildings at Chouteau and Jefferson
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A proposed QuikTrip gas station and convenience store at Jefferson and Chouteau sparked controversy last year. Pushback from many and…
Delmar and Skinker Closure Got You Down?
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Does the Delmar and Skinker closure have you down? Consider the impact blocked streets have day in and day out…
MoDOT, Gross Negligence and Death on St. Louis Roads
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A 7-year-old was struck and killed in west St. Louis County on Saturday around 6:45 pm, a tragedy that no…
What Is the Transportation Burden On the Working Poor In St. Louis?
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Government intervention and choices in housing and infrastructure, especially in transportation, has promoted spreading out the region. Since 1970 the…
Collaboration By Default
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At its March 11 meeting, the Pine Lawn Board of Alderman (8 among 4 wards of 850 people) voted to…
North County Transit Reconfiguration Is a Symptom, Not a Treatment
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Metro is celebrating the opening of the $10.2M North County Metro Transit Center and a reconfiguration of bus routes to…
Hazelwood School District Suffers from Low Land Productivity
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The Hazelwood School District plans to cut $6.6M from its 2016-17 budget. The district has been running an operating budget…
In Missouri, It’s Time for Yet Another Gas Tax Cut
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Gas prices have plummeted recently, as anyone vulnerable to its price volatility can attest, but less noticed is that due…
The Crestwood Mall Neighborhood
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The Crestwood TIF commission recommended approval of a $15M TIF, $5M CID, and $5M TDD for UrbanStreet’s plan for the…
Failure of Fragmentation: April 5 Tax Hikes On the Ballot
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On the April 5 ballot in St. Louis County will be another round of tax increases. Fragmentation and low-productivity auto-oriented…
Failure of Fragmentation: St. Louis County Population Loss
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The last two generations have not been kind to many of the fragments in St. Louis County. The population losses…
Time for Ideas to Address St. Louis Region Fragmentation
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I attended a forum at UMSL called “If the City Reentering the County is the Solution, What’s the Problem?” The…