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Update: 04/01/2024: Last week, the Webster-Kirkwood Times ran a story on cyclists' frustrations that the bring-your-bike pilot program that Amtrak had advertised all winter hadn't come to fruition due to low nature of Kirkwood Station's loading platforms. I talk about the issue surrounding the platform at length in the article below and expressed my frustration… Continue reading Kirkwood Station: Leveraging Our Greatest Asset

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Kirkwood TOD: Cutting the Gordian Knot

October 2, 2022April 16, 2024 Parker Pence

Noticeably absent from my series on attainable housing in Kirkwood was Transportation Oriented Development (TOD). Transportation Oriented Development is the idea that it makes the most sense to add housing around places that have access to public transit. That way you can reap the benefits of additional housing without absorbing as much of the costs… Continue reading Kirkwood TOD: Cutting the Gordian Knot