Also recommended for funding was the replacement of the Columbia/Southwest Bridge over UP and design work for a replacement bridge at Lindell and Union in Forest Park.
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Most of the "concerned"s and "no"s were actually fairly reasonable. But ***** this person:
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Glad to hear about Lindell/Union. Those Jersey Barriers have been there long enough. Hopefully they can work with Forest Park Forever and come up with a good looking design.
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Awesome news!! I'm sure the Vandeventer / TG Ave. intersection will get value engineered, but it'll still be a huge improvement over the current configuration.
Were the commenters able to see prior comments?
Kind of suspicious that one of the only "Opposed" comments for the cycle track came from a cotton trading firm in the boot heel and had a verbatim response as a prior commenter in its "Anything else...." section.
Anyways, great to see any potential attempts at ballot box stuffing came up woefully short and that this investment in the City's bike infrastructure is moving forward. Impressive how many people came out in favor of this and how many cyclists use or want to use the corridor - particularly the Tower Grove Ave portion.
Kind of suspicious that one of the only "Opposed" comments for the cycle track came from a cotton trading firm in the boot heel and had a verbatim response as a prior commenter in its "Anything else...." section.
Anyways, great to see any potential attempts at ballot box stuffing came up woefully short and that this investment in the City's bike infrastructure is moving forward. Impressive how many people came out in favor of this and how many cyclists use or want to use the corridor - particularly the Tower Grove Ave portion.
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Nothing like a good conspiracy in the annual CMAQ project distribution list but I think EWG staff just copied the wrong comment from the emails to this pdfwabash wrote: ↑May 05, 2020Were the commenters able to see prior comments?
Kind of suspicious that one of the only "Opposed" comments for the cycle track came from a cotton trading firm in the boot heel and had a verbatim response as a prior commenter in its "Anything else...." section.
Anyways, great to see any potential attempts at ballot box stuffing came up woefully short and that this investment in the City's bike infrastructure is moving forward. Impressive how many people came out in favor of this and how many cyclists use or want to use the corridor - particularly the Tower Grove Ave portion.
Hi Framer- what was the news on Union and Lindell? I can’t find any mention of it in the chain. Thanksframer wrote:Glad to hear about Lindell/Union. Those Jersey Barriers have been there long enough. Hopefully they can work with Forest Park Forever and come up with a good looking design.
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^ First comment on page 34. Nothing major in the works yet but EWG recommended over $2 million in funding for design work for a desperately needed replacement.
Missouri fuel sale weren't down all that much in April. Any ideas as to why?
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Increased commercial use? Places like Amazon, Walmart, and even home goods sites like Wayfair definitely saw an increase in transportation to support the increased logistics / distribution. And even more local services like UberEats would have seen a large increase. Granted, this wouldn't make up all of the difference, but I also assume some people used driving around as a way to escape their house every now and then.
I've definitely been driving more.
Gotta drive to stock up on groceries, now that walking 3x/week to Culinaria is a poor option for exposure (plus their limited hours).
People are driving out to the country for recreation way more. Previously quiet trailheads in the middle of nowhere are seeing huge traffic spikes. And people can't/won't take vacations far away from home any longer, now that international trips are off and nobody's really flying domestically.
Gotta drive to stock up on groceries, now that walking 3x/week to Culinaria is a poor option for exposure (plus their limited hours).
People are driving out to the country for recreation way more. Previously quiet trailheads in the middle of nowhere are seeing huge traffic spikes. And people can't/won't take vacations far away from home any longer, now that international trips are off and nobody's really flying domestically.
^ Yeah, especially that last part. My parents probably made 6 trips to and from the Lake in the month of April alone. Granted they were putting new floors in the house, not bar hopping lol. With everything closed down up here and work pretty slow for them they took a lot of the time to get caught up on some projects on the houses down there.
In terms of others escaping the cities...boat sales crushed several records for the month of April.
https://www.lakeexpo.com/boating/the_la ... efa89.html
In terms of others escaping the cities...boat sales crushed several records for the month of April.
https://www.lakeexpo.com/boating/the_la ... efa89.html
Bi-State Receives Federal Grant 'Critical' To Metro Transit
The coronavirus pandemic is hammering ridership levels and the bottom line of Metro Transit.
The organization that operates Metro says ridership is down 50% over last year. Bi-State Development adds that sales tax revenues that support the system are expected to be down 20% over the next fiscal year, which begins in July
Bi-State Development wants to finish fiscal year 2021 with a balanced budget, even with the drop in local sales taxes.
It’s too soon to determine if that will translate into service reductions or job cuts.
No surprises here but highways big winner in Feds INFRA grant awards yesterday under current admin. A couple port projects and two small rail projects. Not sure if INFRA replaced BUILD grants with replaced TIGER grants under Obama admin. Or if INFRA is separate from BUILD grants
https://www.transportation.gov/buildame ... heet_0.pdf
Believe House put together a huge infrastructure bill but most likely dead on arrival with Senate unless economy keeps stagnant and the politicians want to pass more stimuli
https://www.transportation.gov/buildame ... heet_0.pdf
Believe House put together a huge infrastructure bill but most likely dead on arrival with Senate unless economy keeps stagnant and the politicians want to pass more stimuli
Stltoday- No additional lane on I-70 for now under revamped Missouri road program
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... 4.amp.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... 4.amp.html
MO fuel sales down 17% in June.
Down not so much in July
Jennings has closed off several east/west streets between them and the City to cut down on crime and speeding:
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... 78045.html
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https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... 78045.html
The St. Louis Fire Department also has concerns.
“We were not consulted, not that we need to be, because it’s something the county did,” St. Louis fire Capt. Garon Mosby said on Saturday. “But barriers of any type, as you would imagine, present a challenge for emergency responders. And we provide mutual aid for Jennings and other St. Louis County departments, which means we go out there and they come in here.”
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Residents were mixed. Judy Garner lives in the last house on Garesche in St. Louis, a wide thoroughfare with lanes divided by a 40-foot median of grass and tall elms. Jennings placed the barrier not just across the traffic lanes but, somewhat haphazardly, across the middle. Like a militarized line dividing countries that do not like each other.
Wow. This looks like something you'd expect to see on the road from Baghdad to Damascus.
Do the residents think turning their streets into half-baked third world military checkpoints will help the perception of safety and home prices?
Do the residents think turning their streets into half-baked third world military checkpoints will help the perception of safety and home prices?
Should never have been allowed. Publicly funded and maintained streets belong to everyone.
Treehugger - OECD Says Electric Cars Won’t Save Us From Pollution
https://www.treehugger.com/amp/electric ... on-5090510
https://www.treehugger.com/amp/electric ... on-5090510