by admin | Apr 27, 2009 | Transportation
California, Missouri is where a joint project between The Missouri Department of Transportation, Union Pacific and Amtrack begins to improve passenger rail service. Brian Weiler, multimodal operations director for MoDOT says this is the first of several projects to...
by admin | Jan 29, 2009 | Transportation
Missouri River Runner is the new name for the state supported Amtrak trains between St. Louis and Kansas City. The name was submitted by Keith Kohler of Glendale and received 37 percent of the public vote in a contest hosted by Amtrak out of the five finalist names....
by admin | Jun 12, 2008 | Politics / Govt, Transportation
Vision first, a tax increase proposal later. That was the message delivered during the Second Annual Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight Summit held in Jefferson City. Several proposals to raise various taxes to pay for road, bridge and other transportation...
by admin | May 24, 2007 | Transportation
Almost every short-distance passenger train route in the nation is showing increased ridership, except for the trains that travel between our two biggest cities. An AMTRAK official says passengers have told the rail line that if they wanted to ride buses,...
by admin | Apr 29, 2007 | Politics / Govt, Transportation
Senate and House budget negotiators will have to decide the fate of Amtrak in Missouri. But one state transportation official believes a few change will make the rail passenger service much more popular here. Missouri Department of Transportation Multimodal Operations...
