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A wild ride: Transportation future could mean robotic cars, parking-ramp apartments, security tunnels at airports

Greater Des Moines could see a day when far more people bike to work, airport security is a simple walk through a tunnel, parking is converted to stores or apartments, and big data helps us …

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DOT plans meeting on Highway 141/I-80 improvements

The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing Oct. 24 on proposed improvements at the Interstate 35/80 and Iowa 141 interchange, also known as Rider Corner. The completed environmental assessment will also be available. The session …

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Airport board chooses site for new terminal

If Des Moines International Airport gets a new terminal, it will be built just behind, or northwest of, the current one, the Airport Authority Board decided this morning.


The board also approved a $1.9 million…
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Air traffic gained 8.5 percent in September

The number of passengers using Des Moines International Airport rose 8.5 percent in September, to 206,083 from 189,858. Year to date, traffic is up 5.8 percent to nearly 1.9 million, well above the clip needed …

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Self-driving lanes on I-380 to focus on freight haulers

The Verge: A mapping business called Here is teaming up with Iowa’s Department of Transportation to transform a nearly 30-mile stretch of Interstate Highway 380 between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids into a special corridor for …

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Klein: Des Moines needs to take risks

Transportation guru Gabe Klein stopped in Des Moines Wednesday to share thoughts on the future of getting around. Keeping up what has become a tradition for Tomorrow Plan speakers, he took a spin on a…
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DART 2035: Transportation choices

The local transit agency — which thinks now more in terms of providing mobility, in all its forms — has a vision for Greater Des Moines 2035. Not surprisingly, that vision would be expensive, and …

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DART Forward 2035 draft released

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority released its draft DART Forward 2035 plan today, eyeing an expansion that would bring more frequent and in some cases speedier service at a cost of tens of…
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VIDEO: What transportation innovations will disrupt D.M.?

 

A panel of business leaders discussed the future of transportation and how Des Moines will adapt to dramatic disruption and innovation in the transportation industry at the Business Record’s Power Breakfast this morning at …

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Neville receives American Trucking Association leadership award

Iowa Motor Truck Association President Brenda Neville was named the 15th recipient of the President’s Trucking Association Executives Council Leadership Award by the American Trucking Association during its annual Management Conference & Exhibition on Tuesday. …