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quincunx wrote: ↑

Mar 16, 2017

ENR‏ @ENRnews

Breaking: #Trump FY18 #budget outline cuts @USDOT $2.4B (13%), kills #TIGER grants, all future #transit starts' $

Yonah Freemark @yfreemark

Trump budget view on transit projects: "future investments... would be funded by the localities that use and benefit from" them.

The lack of any fuel tax increase in 20 years may have "put us in a failing position" when it comes to crumbling bridges or low-volume roads, McKenna said, but he believes MoDOT has limited the damage by putting its focus on maintenance. McKenna added that it can cost four to 10 times more to replace a transportation asset than to repair it.

"When you're in a hole, the best thing you can do is stop digging," he said, noting the department has sold equipment and property, cut staff and decided not to expand existing infrastructure over the past several years.

FerdinandIII wrote: ↑

Mar 24, 2017

Where can I find additional information on Proposition 1? How much money is it expected to generate? All of the images I have seen have shown the new Metro line extending into the County but I haven't seen any interest from the County to contribute anything. If Prop 1 passes are we guaranteed N/S or will we then be reliant on Trump to contribute federal money? Will the tax ever go away? If they don't build the N/S line where does the money go?

addxb2 wrote: ↑

Mar 22, 2017

envision70.com

If you haven't completed a survey please do! It looks like MoDot has learned from its past experiences with 64. A very Transit inclusive process.

Missourians have a paid a motor fuel tax since 1924 for road construction and maintenance. New tolls simply tax users twice for using the same roads. Unfairly double taxing our citizens by placing tolls on I-70, especially without a public vote, is a non-starter for many of us serving in the General Assembly.

Our interstates serve as the main arteries connecting the vital areas of our state, enabling job growth and the flow of commerce. Our roads allow our manufacturers to efficiently move products to market, and Missouri farmers to get food to our tables. They enable freedom for our working families to live where they choose, and commute to their place of employment. Missouri simply cannot succeed in building a 21st century economy without utilizing a safe and reliable transportation network, but a real funding solution is needed.

The House voted 51-103 to scrap an amendment raising the state's gas tax by nearly six cents per gallon, pending voter approval in 2018.y

jshank83 wrote: ↑

Apr 15, 2017

Not sure if this is where this should go. But tweet about an article in the Tampa Bay paper about our transit system. It might be a letter to the editor/sound off section but I thought it was interesting.

“Fatalities on our roadway system are up, and there are a lot of safety improvements that we’re just not able to get to that we would like to be able to get to,” he said. “That doesn’t even talk about the projects to spur economic development, people that want new interchanges to spur business or things that we need to do to reduce congestion in our major urban centers.”

moorlander wrote: ↑

Jun 06, 2017

China Tests a "train" that runs on a virtual track. Could this be a solution here? Maybe a compromise between BRT and street running light rail?

This video has been removed by the user.

Sorry about that.

rbb wrote: ↑

Jun 07, 2017

moorlander wrote: ↑

Jun 06, 2017

China Tests a "train" that runs on a virtual track. Could this be a solution here? Maybe a compromise between BRT and street running light rail?

For the record:

This video has been removed by the user.

Sorry about that.

-RBB