Archive for September, 2010
Round-up: Transit news while we were out
Here are some local and national transit headlines from the two weeks we were away:
KANSAS CITY
- Transit on Troost is in line for upgrades (Star)
- Ups and downs in citizen satisfaction scores (Prime Buzz)
- Cleaver Boulevard to get streetscape/pedestrian improvements, possibly bike lanes (Let's Go KC)
- Jump on The Truman Trolley in Independence (Transit Action Network)
- Bus along with tires caught fire before hijacking halted in KCK (Star)
- Union Station officials report a $1.1 million surplus (Star)
- Man murdered at bus stop identified (KMBC)
- KC commuters have a low tolerance for taking the long way home (Star)
- Monday’s rare double-stadium events present driving, parking hassles (Star)
MISSOURI
- Metro rides may soon be just a card swipe away (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Ridership soars on MU student bus line (Columbia Daily Tribune)
- Student fee pays for bike loan program at Springfield's Drury University (KPLR)
- Poplar Bluff bus goes green (KFVS)
- State offers funding for sidewalks, bike trails (Neosho Daily News)
KANSAS
- Kansas Amtrak expansion narrowed to two routes (Kansas Reporter)
- Amtrak's western Kansas route in doubt (Hays Daily News)
- Topeka developing bike plans (WIBW)
- State encouraged to utilize different modes of transportation (McPherson Sentinel)
NATIONAL
- Obama pitches new plan for roads, runways and rail lines (USA Today)
- Obama’s Infrastructure Stimulus: What we know now and what we still need to know (Infrastructurist)
- The first 21 infrastructure projects Obama should fund (Business Insider)
- Roadway fatalities hit 60-year low last year (Star)
