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...
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...
