More patrol cars will be nabbing speeders and careless drivers along twisty, rural highways in St. Charles, Jefferson and Franklin counties, the Missouri Highway Patrol announced this morning.
The patrol is stepping up its enforcement efforts on several highways to reduce…
While hanging around Metro bus and MetroLink stops this morning, I heard two themes repeated again and again.
People who continue taking public transportation in our area will do so with more stress. Those who can drive to work instead probably…
The decline in American driving has entered its second year, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced this moring. Motorists drove 7 billion fewer miles in January than they did in January 2008, a 3.1 percent decline. Driving in the north…
Police departments across the area have compiled video of some pretty startling red light running violations. The violations were caught on tape by red light cameras. They show drivers charging into intersections without paying a bit of…
The reversible lanes on Interstate 70 will be eastbound only starting Thursday due to changes in traffic patterns since December, when Highway 40 closed between Interstate 170 and Kingshighway. Traffic on eastbound I-70 between I-170 and the Poplar Street Bridge has…
The first morning rush without the eastern half of Highway 40 seems to be going *fairly* well. There are backups in normal spots. Weather is complicating some commutes. Ice buildup on overhead lines is slowing down MetroLink. Forest Park Parkway was backed…
Drivers on Tesson Ferry Road are getting ticketed this week for not wearing their seat belt. How can this be, you ask? Although there is no primary seat belt law in Missouri, there is one in St. Louis County. This means in unincorporated…
Even with today’s $1.99-a-gallon gasoline prices, the average person can save $8,754 a year by taking buses or light rail, rather than driving. That’s according to the American Public Transportation Association, which released its Transit Savings Report today. It shows how much a…
If you live in the St. Louis area and drive to work, you’re probably driving alone.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released commuting characteristics for the St. Louis metropolitan area that show 90.9 percent of us in 2007 commuted by car, truck…
