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Iowa Illinois Safety Council to pilot Alive at 25 driving program at Dowling

Dowling Catholic High School and the Iowa Illinois Safety Council are partnering to pilot Alive at 25, a driving program geared toward inexperienced drivers. The pilot session for incoming freshmen, sponsored by State Farm insurance, …

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Autonomous vehicle security engineer to give Iowa Technology Summit keynote

An autonomous vehicle security expert will give be the headliner at the Iowa Technology Summit. Charlie Miller, principal autonomous vehicle security architect at Cruise Automation, will deliver the keynote presentation in downtown Des Moines on …

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Airport to install system leading the way to parking

The Des Moines International Airport Authority Board has approved a new system that will tell drivers, in real time, how many parking spots are available on each level of the parking ramp.

The system also …

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Construction on Locust Street bridge replacement to begin Aug. 20

Construction on the Locust Street bridge replacement project in downtown Des Moines will begin on Monday, Aug. 20, at 9 a.m., city officials announced. Locust Street between Second Avenue and Robert D. Ray Drive is …

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July airport traffic up 12.3 percent

A month after setting an all-time record for monthly passenger traffic, Des Moines International Airport reported that July’s count was 12.3 percent above July 2017. That’s double to triple the percentage gain in most recent …

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AAA study: 1 in 9 plan to move this year

News for the real estate worker population: More than 1 in 9 Minnesota and Iowa residents, or 12 percent, plan to move within the next year, according to a recent AAA Consumer Pulse survey. The …

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East Grand road diet reduced injuries

The number of traffic accidents causing injuries along a revamped stretch of East Grand Avenue has fallen 58 percent in the 10 months since the project started. 

A pilot project narrowed vehicle traffic to two …

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Des Moines ready to break ground for rail-truck transload facility

Construction is expected to begin next month on a long-awaited rail-truck transloading facility in Des Moines that will provide shippers with new options for shipping raw materials and other goods in and out of Central …

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City had investigated allegations about transload facility operator

Des Moines officials say that construction of a rail-truck transloading facility for Des Moines was delayed by an investigation, which began more than two years ago and that has since been completed. 

The investigation followed …

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Study finds ‘lavish’ amount of parking in Des Moines

Despite residents griping, Des Moines is home to 1.6 million parking spots within city limits — or seven parking spots for each of the city’s 217,521 residents in 2017, the Des Moines Register reports. The study …