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10.02.2009 5:30 pm

Missouri needs a TIGER

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 
 
The Federal Department Of Transportation is administrating a little known stimulus grant program known as Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery.  Otherwise known as a TIGER Grant. A sampling of TIGER grant applications by respective agencies in the state gives an indication…
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03.12.2009 4:34 pm

GPS not needed for mileage tax

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If “we the people” need to tax ourselves for miles driven instead of, or in addition to, petro-fuels purchased, we don’t need GPS technology to do it. Simply record the mileage shown on emissions test documents whenever license plates are…

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03.12.2009 4:33 pm

Has Slay wasted time with grandstanding?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I would ask Mayor Slay to define what constitutes the St. Louis region? I ask this because he has stated and continues to state that MoDOT has short changed the city in their allotment of stimulus funds. He now states…

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02.11.2009 5:38 pm

Now is the time to invest in more rail lines

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A web site operated by “Trains” magazine reported this February 5: MODOT has announced that toward the end of 2008, the on-time performance of Amtrak trains across Missouri improved markedly. MODOT attributes the improvement to increased capacity in the Union…

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12.16.2008 11:51 am

Hwy. 40 work was worth every penny

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I live in Ballwin and work in Clayton. Today is my first day to ride the new highway 40. I would like to say that I am very pleased with it. While I wasn’t able to get that detailed of…

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11.13.2008 5:07 pm

More to Interstate 44 crashes than narrow lanes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I would like to comment on Elisa Crouch’s article about the increase on crashes on Hwy. 44.

While I agree that the lanes being decreased from 12 feet wide to 11 feet wide has had an impact, I believe the main…

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