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06.26.2008 11:11 am

St. Louis drivers earn failing marks

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Men’s Health magazine has come out with new rankings that show St. Louis drivers are the second worst motorists in the country - behind only Columbia, S.C. and earning an F along the way.

According to a brief item on its website,…

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06.23.2008 4:12 pm

Best of times, worst of times

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Staring at years of gaping budget shortfalls unless it finds more money, Metro later this year will start painting a picture of two very different public transportation futures.

One of the scenarios - expected to be the focal point of public hearings in September -…

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06.19.2008 10:48 am

More gas pains

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Record $4-a-gallon gas prices are popping up in the Missouri half of the St. Louis area.

The overnight 15-cent jump in a gallon of gasoline is just in time for Dump the Pump Day, a national campaign promoting the benefits of public…

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06.02.2008 5:09 pm

Gas pains fuel transit growth

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

People continue to catch rides on buses and light rail, fueling first-quarter growth on the nation’s transit systems, according to new industry figures.

The American Public Transportation Association reported today that riders logged 2.6 billion trips during the first quarter of 2008.…

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05.22.2008 12:10 pm

Bus riders’ union?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Barbara Black, president of Service Employees International Union, Local 2000, talks about the effects of potential bus service cuts or fare increases today outside Metro headquarters. 

ST. LOUIS - Fearing the effects of lost bus routes and fare increases on the…

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05.16.2008 5:09 pm

Preventing tragedies

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lou Holtmann says Monday’s dedication of new median cable barriers on Interstate 55 will mark a “significant milestone” toward safer highways.

Holtmann lost his wife, Teresa, his daughter, Cristen, and his sister-in-law and nephew in a July 1996 crossover accident on Interstate…

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04.14.2008 5:13 pm

Transit tendencies

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If someone with a clipboard approaches you on a MetroLink train or a city bus, don’t go running for the doors. It’s not a petition or a sales pitch.

Metro, the regional transit agency, will be conducting its annual survey of…

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03.28.2008 2:54 pm

Be work-zone safe

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Not that it should take a reminder for most motorists. But state transportation officials want drivers to slow down in construction zones.

The Missouri Department of Transportation will use billboards and radio spots to get the point across. But the…

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03.19.2008 5:09 pm

Accident etiquette

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

By now, you’ve seen those signs near the interchange of Interstate 270 and Highway 40 advising motorists involved in noninjury accidents to pull their cars into the nearest crash reporting site a few feet off the highway lanes.

The good news is that traffic hasn’t…

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03.18.2008 2:18 pm

Weathering the storm

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Flooding caused by heavy rainfall has closed short stretches of highway throughout Missouri today - and motorists are encouraged to check MoDOT’s computerized road condition map at www.modot.org for the latest conditions.

The interactive map shows all the state highways that…

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