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Redefining St. Louis Spaces (EQ) 95-Year Old Falls, Motorist Going to Her Aid Hits Her With Vehicle (Hannibal Courier-Post) East-Bound Grand Ramp to I-44 Closed for Two Weeks (Post-Dispatch) Breakfast and Beer for Cyclists This Friday “Share the Road” Signs Not as Effective as “Bikes May Use Full Lane (Next City) For a Refugee in a New […]

MoDOT Issues RFPs for Creating “Tech-Savvy” Roads (St. Louis Business Journal) Springfield: After Striking, Killing Jesse Beach, Yuwel Edwards Only Charged With Leaving Scene (KY3) The Concert Scene in St. Louis This Weekend Brings Street Closures, Metro Shuttles (BND) Check Out the New “Driver’s Guide to Active Transportation” (Trailnet) Low-Income Residents Who Need Transportation Have New Option […]

MetroLink Helps Jamie Stay Car-Free and Connected to Others (NextStop) Springfield Police Need Help in This August 24 Hit-And-Run Case (KSPR) Officials in Union, Missouri, Aren’t Happy With MoDOT’s Public Process (Union Missourian) More Electric Car Charging Stations Popping Up Around St. Louis (Post-Dispatch) Pay Attention to This Civic Commons Project in Other Cities, St. Louis […]

Transit Stops Are Often the First Impression of a City (CMT) Here Are the 2016 Highlights for CMT Despite Concerns, Centene Project Creeps Forward (St. Louis Business Journal) St. Louis Streets Will Have Fewer Trees — For a While at Least (St. Louis Public Radio) America Has a Terrible Traffic Safety Record (Economist) More headlines at Streetsblog USA

MoDOT Has Been Shortchanging St. Louis for More Than a Decade (Post-Dispatch) Semi Truck Driver Strikes, Kills Ethan Brumbeloe on I-70 in O’Fallon (Post-Dispatch) Motorist Puts Rebecca Distefano in Critical Condition in Springfield Area Fraught With Dangers for Pedestrians (KY3) Assault Charge for Motorist Who Struck, Killed Lyndon Ebker in Hermann This Past April  (Post-Dispatch) If You’re […]

Hannibal Thinks a New Road Will Alleviate Traffic Woes (Herald-Whig) 46 States Ban Texting While Driving But It’s Hard to Enforce (AP) Traffic Deaths Rose 7.2 Percent in 2015 — Largest Increase in Half a Century (Next City) Check Out the New National Transit Map (Planetizen) Cyclelicious Wants You to Ride to Be Seen