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2007 Transportation Stories

• 11/26/2007: Radio Story - Matt Blunt is taking steps to further establish his position as anti-immigration by proposing legislation designed to keep illeagal immigrants from obtaining driver's licences.
• 11/ 7/2007: Newspaper Story - MoDOT sees a decrease in funds preventing thenm from future construction projects
• 11/ 6/2007: Radio Story - MoDOT says I-70 is the busiest interstate in Missouri but a lack of funding means decreasing the congestion may not be something that happens anytime soon. Carly Robertson has more from Jefferson City.
• 10/24/2007: Radio Story - Doyle Childers says Missouri has no right to the Booneville Katy Trail bridge.
• 10/22/2007: Radio Story - The Federal Highway Administration made electronic billboards legal, but Missouri's tough billboard regulations probably won't utilize the advertising technology.
• 10/11/2007: Radio Story - Despite rising prices, the director of Missouri's Beef Council says ethanol is a good thing for his business
• 10/10/2007: Radio Story - State ethanol supporters are acknowledging that state cars utilizing E85 may have have trouble filling their tanks.
• 10/ 2/2007: Radio Story - Six students were injured today in a Jefferson County bus accident.
• 9/27/2007: Radio Story - Currently in the event of an emergency, Missouri does not have a communication system in place for statewide correspondence.
• 9/19/2007: Newspaper Story - As of this month, that truck you pass on Interstate 70 could be a Mexican or Canadian vehicle. And the new North Amercian trucking system is generating arguments about safety from the union for American truckers.
• 9/19/2007: Radio Story - The Missouri Highway Patrol has a system of multi-lingual officers to handle language barriers.
• 9/18/2007: Radio Story - Two patrons at a Clayton restaurant were injured today when an SUV lost control and drove onto the restaurant's patio. Police had trouble communiating with the driver as he spoke little English. Courtney Cox has more from Jefferson City on what is required to get a driver's license in Missouri.
• 9/13/2007: Radio Story - MoDOT recieved a 2 million dollar grant to study the effects of rebuilding I-70 with 4 additional lanes.
• 9/13/2007: Radio Story - Tour of Missouri rider Dan Schmatz can vouch that Missouri's armadillo population is growing.
• 9/ 6/2007: Radio Story - Missourians are receiving advertisements for foreign vehicles in their license renewal forms sent by the state's department of revenue.
• 9/ 6/2007: Radio Story - Tour of Missouri officials say a defective bridge will not stop the race.
• 9/ 6/2007: Radio Story - Tour de France champion to be challenged by defective bridge
• 9/ 5/2007: Radio Story - Missouri's bridge improvement plan not to directly address similarities to Minneapolis bridge collapse.
• 9/ 5/2007: Radio Story - Funding for bridges to come from federal government
• 8/30/2007: Radio Story - The director of the 800 bridge project says actual construction on the bridges could start as soon as next spring. Fanna (FAWNA) Haile-selassie (HIGH-lay-sel-LAH-say) has the time line.
• 8/29/2007: Newspaper Story - State Senate votes in Special Session on House Bill 2
• 8/27/2007: Newspaper Story - A Senate committe approves the governor's plan to fix over 800 of Missouri's worst bridges.
• 8/22/2007: Newspaper Story - A bill moving through the legislative special session could speed up a bridge rebuilding program
• 4/ 2/2007: Newspaper Story - Going into legislative break, 2 weeks ago, the House Transporation Comittee endorsed a bill that would allow police officers to stop drivers for not wearing seat belts
• 3/29/2007: Newspaper Story - A proposed four cent tax on fuel would raise money to rebuild I-70, improve state public transportation and improve the state's ports.
• 3/ 6/2007: Radio Story - Students lobbied Tuesday to make wearing a seatbelt mandatory while driving. Hillari Duthoo (DOO-thoh) has more from the state Capitol.
• 3/ 5/2007: Newspaper Story - Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, is sponsoring a bill that will prohibit Missourians with Intermediate licenses from driving while using a cell phone, and make a driver's education classes mandatory in hs
• 2/20/2007: Newspaper Story - A senator's bill would charge companies that transport radioactive waste across the state
• 2/12/2007: Radio Story - The Governor is in Mexico promoting Smartport, a transportation company linking Kansas City and Mexico, that has monetary ties to his election campaign
• 2/ 2/2007: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Transportation Department is pursuing a sweeping, single-contract to protect all of it's bridges for the next quarter of a century.
• 1/30/2007: Newspaper Story - How does the school bus wreck affect seatbelt legislation
• 1/30/2007: Radio Story - Today's bus rollover sparked debate among legislators over importance of seatbelts on buses
• 1/26/2007: Newspaper Story - A Republican transportation leader proposes a sales tax increase to expand I-77 and I-44
• 1/26/2007: Newspaper Story - Table of Fatal Crashes on Missouri Interstates
• 1/25/2007: Radio Story - The Senate's Transportation Committee chairman is proposing a major tax increase for the Interstates.
• 1/22/2007: Radio Story - Rep. Jeff Roorda is sponsoring a bill that would prevent non-compliant police agencies from enforcing the law.