I am responding to Joe Mattis’s (Crestwood) response of Joe Krugman’s article (May 26th):

Having traveled in Europe (leisure) for the past 20 some years I question his disdain. Having visited France, Germany, Great Britain and many other countries via a rental automobile & high speed…

National Bike to Work Day is May 16, 2008. Given how trendy and faddish all things green are these days, many people may consider participating by commuting to work on a bicycle. I offer these people one word of advice:…

A response to “Fewer trucks, not more” (Apr 30).  Mr. Colton’s suggestion has an optimal tone.  However, a feasible solution is to modify the MoDot plan by building the new car-only lanes PARTIALLY financed as a toll road with only…

We all want to see lower gasoline prices.  Here’s how it can be done: increase competition.  Look what has happened to cell phone prices since competition has increased!  Gasoline producers essentially do not compete with one another and have not…

As American, Delta, and now Trans States continue to ground scheduled flights, the TV media chimps froth, fume, and fill the airwaves with endless “what-ifs?” and “how could these safety lapses happen?” 

All the while of course, the flying public patiently…

Dear Misplaced Highway 40 Commuters:

 Welcome to our community. We are happy to have you drive through our city to see and hear everything it has to offer. As you travel our roads on your journeys, please remember, this is where…

The suggestion that the State of Missouri invest $10MM to relieve congestion on the Union Pacific Kansas City to St. Louis line merits comment. Three other railroads, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern, and Rock Island, connect those cities. Their idle…

Someone tried to set a trap here for rail passenger enthusiasts and failed.  The tone of the editorial, “Off Track” in the March 27, 2008 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is “you can’t have both.”  Fact of the matter is, both Amtrak and…

The Post Dispatch editorial opinion concerning Pete Rahn’s request for additional 10.6 million to extend sidings along a busy rail corridor misses a very big picture.  It is called infrastructure.  Something that is being touted half way across the world by all…

Once again Amtrak is in the spotlight; on how to gain ridership.  The delays due to the long freight and coal trains put a damper on usage as it just takes too long to get from St. Louis to Kansas…