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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 …

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Record number of passengers at airport in June

The Des Moines airport got really busy in June. 

The latest numbers show an overall increase of 5.9 percent year over year, with 251,265 total passengers in June — the highest number of monthly passengers in airport …

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Transportation commission approves more than $13 million for public transit

The Iowa Transportation Commission on Tuesday approved more than $1.6 million in funding to support five public transit projects, including projects for Des Moines Area Regional Transit and CyRide in Ames. The projects are funded …

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Allegiant flight makes emergency landing in Cedar Rapids after reports of smoke

Des Moines Register: A flight headed to Arizona from Cedar Rapids grounded Wednesday after reports of smoke on board caused an emergency landing. The plane returned to the Eastern Iowa Airport minutes after taking off, after …

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Eastern Iowa Airport notches fourth straight record month

Corridor Business Journal: The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids has recorded its fourth consecutive record-breaking month for passenger totals with the release of its May passenger numbers. The total number of passengers in May was …

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Mobile art festival hits Des Moines

With the latest Des Moines Arts Festival in the books, this seems like a good time to pass along that the Des Moines Public Art Foundation and DART transportation agency have unveiled the eighth art …

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Crude oil leaks into flooding river from derailed train in northwest Iowa

Sioux City Journal: Residents of several farms were evacuated early this morning after a train carrying oil derailed, spilling some of its contents into floodwaters of the Little Rock River near Doon in northwest Iowa. Firefighters …

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Iowa seeks public input on highway rest areas, proposes closing 11 rest stops

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa Department of Transportation is seeking public input on a plan scrutinizing the 37 full-service rest areas that line Iowa’s interstate system and recommending some be closed. The Iowa Statewide Rest Area Management …

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DART names Harris to partnerships post

Matthew Harris of Des Moines has been named business and community partnerships manager at the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority, starting July 16. He will work to expand DART’s partnerships program to diversify revenue …

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Quad City airport passenger numbers up from a year ago

Quad-City Times: The Quad City airport authority’s discussion of monthly passenger traffic Tuesday was vastly different than this time last year. Last May, an airport official said the Quad City International Airport’s passenger totals were “dismal,” …