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Shuttered Loop Trolley seeks $1.26M in federal money, says its tax collections are down 53% The trolley closed in December 2019 after facing low ridership and difficulties putting into operation the number of streetcars initially planned. Author: Jacob Kirn – St. Louis Business Journal Published: 7:14 AM CST March 10, 2021 Updated: 7:14 AM CST March 10, 2021 ST. LOUIS — The shuttered Loop Trolley is seeking a reboot with more federal money. The taxing district that built the 2.2-mile line is requesting $1.26 million from the Federal Highwa...

Ithaca and Dryden residents will see local water protections beefed up after the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and the Finger Lakes Land Trust announced on Feb.

As just about everyone knows, the United States is way behind the curve on developing high-speed rail transport. Most of the developed countries of Europe and Asia have high-speed rail networks tying their cities together, while this country has only one such line that just barely qualifies. Some of those other countries, most notably China and Japan, are also investing in magnetic levitation, the next generation of superfast rail travel. To date, proposals to build a maglev line in America have not advanced past the “vaporware” stage, but that’s about to change, now that the Federal Tr...

Bike- and scooter-share systems across the country may soon be eligible for the federal transit dollars they need to remain a stable and thriving element of our transportation landscape, if advocates succeed in getting a hard-fought bill through Congress. Last week, Congressional Bike Caucus co-chair Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and co-sponsors Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Vernon Buchanan (R-FL) re-introduced the long-stalled Bikeshare Transit Act, which would amend federal code to include micromobility projects under the umbrella of transit improvements that may get USDOT funding. Right now, transit...

Date Time Firearm injury study and violence prevention, intervention program aim to break cycle for at-risk populations Firearm injury continues to plague our country, with more people suffering nonfatal firearm-related injuries than firearm deaths. While much research has been done on fatal gun injuries, less is understood about nonfatal firearm injuries and interventions. But that is about to change, thanks to a recent study from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma (COT) and a new hospital and community violence prevention and intervention program at MUSC Health, led ...