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Protestors Block Brentwood Blvd. on Wednesday Evening (St. Louis Public Radio) KC Star and Post-Dispatch Decry St. Louis Police Action Against Protestors The Most Dangerous Intersection in Missouri Is in North St. Louis (Wide Open Country) Whether It’s to Work or School, Christian Relies on Metro (NextStop) Strong Towns Has Suggestions on Answering MoDOT’s Long-Range Transpo […]

St. Louis Police Under Scrutiny After Claiming They “Owned the Night” (The Guardian, AP, Buzzfeed) Police Searching for Motorist Who Hit, Killed Cyclist Billy WIllis Sunday Night in Vernon County (KZRG) Donald Bailey Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter for 2016 Death of Cyclist Darion Sands (KY3) Strong Towns: Missouri Doesn’t Really Want to Fix, Maintain Roads Kirksville Wants […]

Peaceful Protesters Trapped By Police Sunday Night in Downtown St. Louis (Post-Dispatch) Police in St. Louis Taunting, Baiting Protesters (Above the Law) High School Students Across Region Exercise Their Freedom to Protest, Assemble (Post-Dispatch) In Many Instances, Police Instigate Violence in Streets (Daily KOS) The Most Bike-Friendly City in Missouri Isn’t St. Louis (Reader’s Digest) […]

Media Largely Dismisses Hours of Peaceful Protests on St. Louis Streets (NBC News, Post-Dispatch) … And Fails to Show the Unnecessary Violence by Police (RebZ.TV) A Parade of Peace (WGN9) Due to Injustice, Road Closed (Quartz) Police Blocked Demonstrators From Occupying I-64 (The Courier) Metro Halted Some Transportation Over the Weekend (Fox2Now) Painting for Peace […]

Motorist Decides to Plow Through Stockley Protesters in Kirkwood Last Night (KMOV) … And No, It’s Not Okay or Legal to Drive Into People, Even If They’re Blocking Roads (KMOV) Police Searching for Motorist Who Struck Highway Patrol Trooper Thursday (KC Star) Not Surprisingly, U.S. Receives Failing Marks When It Comes to Walkability (the Source) […]

That Extra Money the Loop Trolley Wants Probably Won’t Happen, For Now (Post-Dispatch) Improvements on MetroLink Security Happening (KSDK) Benjamin Ressel Acquitted in 2015 Hit-and-Run of Heavenly Hafford (US News) Roberta’s Been Using Transit for 20 Years (NextStop) Downtown Kansas City Bike Loop Project Finally Started (KCTV5, KMBZ) Why You Should Turn Right on Green […]