Taxpayers Need to Pay to Rebuild Dead Highway Site, Not Stadium
Like governor-elect Greitens, I’m opposed to tax supported stadiums for millionaire team owners. However, I also recognize there are places where strictly private funding can’t get the job done —...
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Senior Apartments Slated to Be Built Near Swansea MetroLink Parking Lot
Back in September 2016, on the 20th, I received a press release from our transit agency Metro — aka Bi-State Development: SWANSEA, IL, SEPT. 20, 2016… Southwestern Illinois Development Authority...
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Turnstiles Are For Fare Collection, Not Public Safety
Many, including regional elected officials, letters to the editor, and others, are pushing the idea of turnstiles as a way to increase public safety on our MetroLink light rail system. Incredibly...
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A Look at the New Kiener Plaza
A week ago I posted many photos of the old Kiener Plaza, see Remembering The Old Kiener Plaza. Today we take a close look at the new Kiener Plaza that opened over the weekend. The first three images...
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The Civic Center MetroBus Transit Center Reopens Today
b A look back at the original Civic Center MetroBus Center. The block North of Spruce had many trees. In October 2011 many brown areas could be spotted on the evergreen trees To prep for a new Civic...
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St. Louis Does the Opposite of NACTO
Last month I wrote about a new book, an excellent design guide, see Reading: Urban Street Stormwater Guide by the National Association of City Transportation Officials. I loved it so much I asked the...
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Bus Stop Design in St. Louis Region De-Prioritizes Transit
Last month I posted about how St. Louis Does the Opposite of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), this is the first example: bus stops. Transit is returning to its central...
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St. Louis Expects Lots of Car Lanes Because of Harland Bartholomew
Before the automobile public right-of-ways (PROW), public-owned land that connects private property, was shared by pedestrians, people on horseback, horse-drawn carriages, trollies pulled by horses,...
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Generations of Shortsighted Decisions Continues To Dog St. Louis Region
Many of our current problems in the St. Louis region can be traced back to decisions made long before any of us were born. The Post-Dispatch’s example of two women who own the same type of 2014...
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Take Parking Away From Treasurer’s Office
One of many garages owned and operated by the treasurer’s office Former St. Louis treasurer Larry Williams reminds me of a small town version of New York’s Robert Moses (1888-1981), using the state...
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