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MPO awards six grants for ‘complete streets’

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization has awarded six grants for a combined $75,000 for local projects meant to support walking, bicycling and other alternatives to driving. The awards were $15,000 for bike racks …
By BPC Staff | Dec 3, 2015
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Grand Prairie Parkway and unique interchange to open Dec. 1

After 15 years of planning and a year of construction, the first diverging diamond interchange in Iowa is scheduled to open at noon Dec. 1 where Grand Prairie Parkway meets Interstate 80 in Waukee and …
By BPC Staff | Nov 25, 2015
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Grand Prairie Parkway and fancy interstate interchange to open Dec. 1

After 15 years of planning and a year of construction, the first diverging diamond interchange in Iowa is scheduled to open at noon Dec. 1 where Grand Prairie Parkway meets Interstate 80 in Waukee and…
By KENT DARR | Nov 24, 2015
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No Metro bus service on Thursday

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority will not offer bus service on Thursday because it’s Thanksgiving. On Friday, buses will run on a Saturday schedule. Regular service will resume on Saturday. Read more…
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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Des Moines considers $8 million in federal funds for transportation projects

The Des Moines City Council will consider tonight whether to seek $8.3 million in federal funding for $63 million in street, bridge and trail projects.


Those projects include the Southeast Connector project that extends Martin…
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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Harrison Truck Centers acquires Westman Freightliner

Harrison Truck Centers announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of Westman Freightliner, a heavy- and medium-duty truck dealership group with operations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. With the acquisition,Harrison Truck Centers has increased its full-service …
By BPC Staff | Nov 19, 2015
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MPO sizes up transportation goals

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization reports that Greater Des Moines is making progress on some transportation goals but heading the wrong way on others.


The agency reviewed the goals in the November 2014…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 17, 2015
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Airport traffic up 5.2 percent in October

Passenger traffic at Des Moines International Airport was up 5.2 percent in October over the same month the previous year. But the airport still is at 1.2 percent growth for the year. Airport officials have…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Nov 11, 2015
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Frugal Flights?

The staff of Des Moines International Airport has proposed a budget for next year that calls for higher income and lower expenses, and a nice surplus to put away for a proposed new terminal.

The …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Nov 6, 2015
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Study: Drivers don’t pay full cost of roads

A report published earlier this year confirms that drivers don’t come close to paying for the costs of the roads they use, The Atlantic reported.

Published jointly by the Frontier Group and the U.S. Public Interest…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 29, 2015