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STLEnginerd wrote:^^if you are familiar with db's posts then you can infer he probably was fine with the mayor supporting the Page extension.

For the record I hate Page, it never finished even in the middle of the pack in previous regional priority lists. It was always at the bottom but again $ and horse trading always wins out over any regional priority list

My take on PRT, personal rapid transit. It will be highly successful in a decade. The difference is that it will be better known as the driverless car with the big winners being insurance companies (think Warren Buffet paying a lot less in claims) and the tech companies who will find another revenue stream with big margins and valuations on the backs of auto makers (think Uber). I can't think of a good name but I doubt transit will be used by the players to be and the word rapid will be relative.

As far as Slay, I think he made a huge mistake by not advocating what so ever and standing ground on getting at least the raised portion of I-70 downtown demolished . You got a lot of tax dollars following back into the Arch Grounds and North Riverfront Trail, you got a major home grown hospitality group in Drury family taking a stake in Laclede's Landing (think proposed tower), you get the impression that the region is going to put its bet on a new open air N. Riverfront Ram Stadium (think soccer possibilities), and not to mention that McKee's partner in Bottleworks is Clayco (for all those who are thinking of sport developments). The single piece and most cost effective, doable infrastructure change that would offer a big bang for the buck in my mind is knocking down the raised freeway between Washington Ave and the new MRB. That ties together a lot of development possibilities

Nixon wants to explore tolling I-70

http://www.stltoday.com/news/traffic/al ... 946fe.html

The transport Politic - Calgary's soaring transit use suggests high ridership is possible even in sprawling cities

Pro-transit policies have not produced a dramatic move of businesses away from Calgary’s center city — the fear many politicians and business promoters point to when complaining about limitations on automobile access to downtown. In fact, Calgary’s office market is doing quite well, with five office buildings over 500 feet completed downtown since 2010, compared to just one in Dallas, one in Houston, and none in Phoenix. Calgary’s downtown population has expanded rapidly to 16,000 people and now hosts 140,000 jobs and eight shopping centers. It should be noted that the Calgary municipal government has also played an important role in advocating for a compact city and directed local policies to support that goal.

In other words, restricting automobile use and encouraging transit ridership not only don’t hurt business — they may be encouraging it.

http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2014 ... ng-cities/

Calgary is also going through an oil boom.

Here's the report on tolling I70. Why do they ignore inflation?

As vehicles become more fuel efficient, federal and state fuel taxes have become a declining revenue stream and are insufficient to support Missouri’s transportation system

http://www.modot.org/i70tollinganalysis/

By end of the month Im betting on a pretty big shift in direction from the MoDOT Commission. Stay tuned

They're having the same transportation conversation in Minnesota.

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2015 ... -new-roads

edit: apparently the link doesn't work anymore

Someone at MoDOT accidentally push the go live button on the website early?

Your move Republicans.

Is this move on MoDOT's part a way to squeeze the largely rural Republicans to solve it? Since their funding priorities would have a negative impact almost exclusively to the rural areas of the state. It is of note how many of the routes affected are the types of routes that in other states would not be maintained by the state in the first place, hence why the state has one of the largest networks of state maintained roads amongst the states.

Is it just me or is that page unavailable now?

quincunx wrote:Is it just me or is that page unavailable now?

It's not just you. I guess that page isn't a primary road.

Edit: I'm guessing they're rewording it to sound less like the ranting of an angry blogger.

Well someone there bothered to make the maps showing the primary and supplemental system, which I didn't get a chance to save. I did get a screen shot of the page, fwiw.

MoDOT is saying they will lose $400 million a year from SFY 2017 (6/01/2016) and on in federal Feds due to lack of state matching funds.....

dbInSouthCity wrote:MoDOT is saying they will lose $400 million a year from SFY 2017 (6/01/2016) and on in federal Feds due to lack of state matching funds.....

Would be nice if we could put that toward Metrolink

as i said on twitter- there are 2 options i think....modot could allocate more fed funds to the MPO's around the state like EWGateway and MARC in KC or OTO in springfield and have local governments match those funds and still spend it on MoDOT system...or yes, maybe there is a way to transfer to funds to FTA and have metro match it? worth exploring.

Strong Towns - The Classic Case

If you support the Move MN proposal for additional transportation spending (or similar proposals being floated around the country), here's what success looks like: Super Walmart. JC Penny's. Home Depot. Costco. Kohl's. Mills Fleet Farm. Cub Foods. Gander Mountain. Super 1. Target. Best Buy. Office Max. Mendards. Two Holiday gas stations. Two Super America gas stations. Arby's. Culver's. Taco Bell. The Olive Garden. Buffalo Wild Wings. Kentucky Fried Chicken. Pizza Ranch. Bonanza Family Restaurant. Subway. Starbucks. Applebees. Cherry Berry. NAPA Auto Parts. NTB Service Station. Super 8. AmericInn. Comfort Suites. Holiday Inn. Multiple car dealerships, a number of banks and a collection of miscellaneous bets, big and small, tied to the success of these national and regional chains.

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2015 ... assic-case

Interesting graphic, which puts the scale of Metrolink in perspective:

EWG had its final workshop for the Long Range Plan today.....Tier 1 priorities included a fair mix on transit and road/bridge projects..a lot of the highway work was fixing up 270....on the transit since N/S metrolink from North County Transit Center to Bayless was there ($1.5b), Daniel Boone Metrolink, 2 BRT Routes and downtown street car....on the Tier 2 list was North Metrolink from Shrewsberry to City of Florissant ($800M) and South Metro link from Bayless to Butler Hill

So you are basically saying they have no plan and are just throwing whatever they can against the wall until something sticks?