Streets

• City to River, a volunteer citizens group, launched a new website advocating for improved connection between the city and the Arch grounds by way of replacing I-70 with an improved Memorial Drive. Just about every St. Louis urban blogger has come out in support of the group. (City to River)
• Living near a freeway can lead to increased risk of heart disease and stroke due to hardening arteries. (Los Angeles Times)
• San Francisco is installing trial low-cost bulb-outs, 7′x40′ durable wood platforms with bike racks, planter boxes, tables and chairs. (Streetsblog San Francisco)

Public transit

• St. Louis Metro promotes transit investment plan, but will need sales tax support to see it through. (The Transport Politic)
• Seattle’s Link light-rail is expanding east where controversy has arisen over whether to route the transit line through downtown Bellevue or along a nearby freeway. It’s a remarkably similar situation to MetroLink’s Clayton station. (Next American City)
• Houston’s mayor considers free fares for transit system. (Houston Chronicle)

Other miscellany

• Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is continuing with a $70 million renovation of the Main Terminal and Concourses A and C. Concourses B and D, meanwhile, will be closed. (STLtoday.com, St. Louis Business Journal)
• St. Louis Centre renovation project gets state aid for street level retail and… a parking garage. (Building Blocks)
• St. Louis basically whiffs on TIGER grants, but does get $6 million to help build a new Mississippi River port in Madison County. (Building Blocks, Political Fix)