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Connect Downtown plans sessions on walkability Nov. 2

Connect Downtown will be sharing early ideas for making it easier and safer to get around downtown, and will be asking for your views at two sessions Nov. 2. The first is at noon, the …

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Planner: Forget the shiny buses and fancy names; BRT is about reliability

Corey Pitts, a planner with VHB, writes in Mobility Lab that we in the press focus too much on the speedy trips, shiny buses, special names and fancy shelters associated with bus rapid transit lines.


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In the fast lane

Amanda Wanke is pretty revved up about her career right now. 

She’s a polished communication professional who is learning about the latest in transportation industry improvements through her work at the Des Moines Area Regional …

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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 …