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  • Home
  • Economic Benefits
    • Attract and Maintain Talent
    • Business and Commerce Growth
    • Economic Expansion
    • Increased Property Value
    • Job Growth
    • Labor Force Participation
    • Local Economic Revitalization
    • Reduced Congestion
    • Reliability
    • Tourism
  • Quality of Life Benefits
    • Accessibility
    • Active Lifestyle
    • Affordability
    • Attractiveness
    • Community Health
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Sustainability
    • Equity
    • Habitat and Ecosystem Conservation
    • Heritage Conservation
    • Housing
    • Land Use Planning and Conservation
    • Noise
    • Resilience
    • Safety
    • Shortened Travel Time
  • Find Your State
  • Read the Report
  • Resources
    • Today’s State DOTs: Leading Transportation Change
    • Transportation Is: Video Stories
    • EconWorks
    • Surface Reauthorization
  • Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Safety

    Installation of Median Guard Cable Saves Lives in Missouri

    In 2002, there were 24 fatalities on Interstate 70 as a result of cross-median crashes. I-70, one of the oldest interstates in the country built between 1956 and 1965, was constructed with 40-foot…

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  • Accessibility,  Missouri,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation

    Infrastructure Improvements for Downtown S. Louis

    Because of the proximity to the Illinois, Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers, St. Louis serves as a major freight corridor. Ten years ago, it wasn’t uncommon to see wait times of 45 minutes or…

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  • Economic Benefits of Transportation,  Missouri,  Reliability

    Focus on Bridges

    Missouri’s bridge program received a much-needed boost in 2019. Throughout the year, Gov. Mike Parson repeatedly stressed the need to fund Missouri’s infrastructure. In his State of the State address, he asked the…

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  • Arizona,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Safety

    Wrong-Way Driver Detection System

    Headed home after working the late shift, Phoenix Fire Department Dispatcher Megan Lange’s vehicle was struck – head-on – by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 17 in January 2015. While this wasn’t the…

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  • Arizona,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Safety

    US 60 Sign and Striping Project

    “Here we go again.” This is a familiar refrain heard from drivers especially during rush hour traffic on the US 60 westbound in the Tempe/Phoenix area to the tune of 580 crashes from…

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