Many Missourians are beginning their Thanksgiving Day weekend, and the Highway Patrol is starting...
SHP begins Thanksgiving patrols (AUDIO)
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Transportation
Amtrak braces for busiest day of the year (AUDIO)
The day before Thanksgiving is Amtrak's busiest day every year, and 127,000 people nationwide are...
Bond: “difficult to balance privacy and security” (AUDIO)
The outcry over airport screening techniques has prompted some activity in Washington. The full...
SHP: Conditions right for deer on roads (AUDIO)
There were more than 3,600 car accidents involving deer last year in Missouri that left 333 people...
MODOT’s website gears up for winter (AUDIO)
The Department of Transportation is trying to make its website a one-stop shop for travelers...
Keith named director of MoDOT
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has selected Kevin Keith as Director of the...
Gas stations say 15% is not a solution (AUDI)
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved a fifty-percent increase in ethanol content of...
Parents as teachers of driver’s ed (AUDIO)
At a time when few schools offer driver's education, the state transportation department hopes a...
State Transportation Commission close to choosing new MoDOT Director (AUDIO)
No formal offer is on the table, but the State Transportation Commission is inching closer to...
‘Challenger’ 3985 provides glimpse of rail history
The Union Pacific Challenger Number 3985 is making its way through Missouri today on its way from...
Wednesday is Walk to School Day
Wednesday, Oct. 6, is international Walk-to-School day, and parents are encouraged to send their...
Texting enforcement a problem (AUDIO)
Missouri is on track to cut its highway fatality total by another 100 deaths this year. The...
Major ammonium nitrate spill closes section of I-35 (AUDIO)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says approximately 20,000 pounds of a mixture of ammonium...
Fatal truck crashes reversing 5-year decline (AUDIO)
Fatal traffic crashes involving big trucks have dropped more than 50 percent in the last five...
MoDOT recycling total: 8,417,020,000 and counting
New road construction often results in a lot of waste asphalt, until now. The Missouri Department...
MODOT Director search narrowed to 10 candidates (AUDIO)
Missouri Department of Transportation Commissioner Rudy Farber tells the Joint Committee on...
Looking for some good cars (AUDIO)
The Highway Patrol is still waiting to see what Detroit will offer to replace the trusty Ford...
The Holiday Weekend By the Numbers (AUDIO)
The Highway Patrol counts seven dead in holiday weekend traffic crashes, down one from last year....
AMTRAK expansion eyed for new rail plan (AUDIO)
An expansion of AMTRAK service could be in the next statewide rail plan. AMTRAK now runs trains...
Checking car titles (AUDIO)
The state has a new tool to help people make sure the car they buy is as good as the dealer says...
Buckle Up doesn’t seem to be getting through (AUDIO)
Buckle up. It's a phrase used over and over by highway safety officials, but a phrase that doesn't...
First hybrid buses in MO rural transit could determine if more are to come (AUDIO)
The Department of Transportation is keeping a close eye as hybrid buses get a test run in a couple...
Highway, Water Patrols working to make Jan. 1 merger a smooth transition
The Highway and Water Patrols continue to work together to merge the two agencies. The new head of...
Route 17 bridge opens as 1st project funded by federal stimulus dollars (AUDIO)
Hundreds of people celebrate in Miller County, as the first project in the country funded by the...
Heat wave continues, know the symptoms of heat-related illnesses
The heat has claimed nine lives already in Missouri this year, and the soaring temperatures aren't...
Missourians getting into (AMTRAK) training (AUDIO)
AMTRAK ridership has taken off and last month was a big one for all of the passenger trains...
“Historic” bridge opening soon (AUDIO)
Missouri's highway system gains something of a historic new bridge next Monday. The state got some...
Statewide Enforcement wave as new DWI laws go into effect Aug. 28th (AUDIO)
Starting at the end of this month, Missouri law will change to make the laws against drunk driving...
Bridge repairs, replacements speed forward (AUDIO)
Missouri's program to rebuild or replace more than 800 of the state's worst bridges is almost...
Two MO science museums get grants from the X Prize Foundation (AUDIO)
The Automotive X Prize is a Competition to create a vehicle that gets the equivalent of 100 miles...