If you think gasoline prices are high, consider the cost of illegally parking in a handicap  spot in Illinois. The state has started fining drivers $1,000 for trying to get away with this. Before this month, the fine for taking a handicap spot without a disabled plate or…

A video on YouTube shows what the future might look like during a drive across a new Mississippi River bridge.

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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.…

The speed limits on Interstate 270 during the morning rush changed a whopping 40 times between May 27 and May 30, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. In the evening rush, they changed 51 times.

The four days mark the first week of variable…

Summer road construction is in full swing. Highway 40 (Interstate 64) isn’t the only road under construction this season, although it’s the top work zone this summer in the state of Missouri. The transportation department has a list of other biggies, including Highway HH from…

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…

Interstate 270 drivers: watch those speed limit signs. Today the Missouri Department of Transportation started changing the speeds on I-270’s electronic speed limit signs based on traffic conditions. Here’s the run down.

The first change happened around 6:30 a.m., when increasing congestion on northbound I-270 resulted…

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…

Highway officials have been watching the I-270/Highway 40 interchange since the big shutdown in January. It’s a major trouble spot. 

The ramp from southbound I-270 to westbound Highway 40 (Interstate 64) “has significant backups in both morning and evening rush,” said Lesley Hoffarth,…

Gas prices are high. But airline tickets are higher. All the more reason to hit the road and visit some must-see landmarks, like Mount Rushmore or the Washington Monument, right?

Apparently, fewer Americans are hitting the road for the old…