by Ashley Byrd | Feb 7, 2023 | News, Transportation
The Missouri Highway Patrol and Amtrak confirm that a FedEx truck driver died in a crash with the Lincoln Service Missouri River Runner Train 318 east of Lees Summit. MSHP Troop A is investigating the crash. KMBC’s @MattFlenerKMBC reports from the scene of the...
by Ashley Byrd | May 29, 2019 | News
“Every region of our state is affected by flooding,” says Becky Allmeroth, the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Chief Safety and Operations Officer. And conditions are changing rapidly. There are currently more than 300 roads in Missouri that are closed due to...
by admin | May 10, 2009 | Transportation
Arthur Stilwell is the man who had the original vision, eventually building the Kansas City Southern. He was born in Rochester, N.Y. in 1859, gaining an insight to railroading through his grandfather, who had been a key founder of the New York Central Railroad, as...
by admin | Apr 27, 2009 | Transportation
As the chairman of the Missouri Highways and TransportationCommission completes his second month on the job, he reflects on thedepartments successes and challenges. Mike Kehoe, after serving four years on the commission, took the lead as chairman at the...
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...
