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Press Releases Date
Missouri Amtrak Ridership Soars       Press Release 10-10-08
Teens Still not Making it Click       Press Release 10-01-08
Missouri Wins Federal Grant to Improve Passenger Rail Service       Press Release 09-30-08
In the Face of Funding Shortfalls, States Are Adopting MoDOT’s Cost Savings Plan       Press Release 09-22-08
Be a Super Hero – Keep Your Kids Safe When Traveling     SaveMoLives Press Release 09-19-08
Guest Commentary: 802 Better Bridges By Pete Rahn, director, Missouri Department of Transportation    

Debt Financing Chart (15 kb, pdf)

Pressure Chart (46 kb, pdf)

Press Release 09-19-08

MoDOT Launches Largest Bridge Project In State History

Safe & Sound_1 (mp3, 338 kb)

Safe & Sound_2 (mp3, 245 kb)

Safe & Sound_3 (mp3, 146 kb)

Safe & Sound_4 (mp3, 115kb)

 

   

Safe & Sound

 

Press Release 09-18-08
Statement from MoDOT Director Pete Rahn on Federal Highway Trust Fund       Press Release 09-16-08

Missouri High Schools Challenged to Battle to Buckle Up!

Seat Belt Campaign to Save Teen Lives

    SaveMoYouth Press Release 09-15-08
Online Map Shows Flooded Road Closures     Online Map Press Release 09-15-08

Highway Trust Fund Shortfall Could Cause State Highway Projects to be Canceled

Pete_1 (mp3, 1.37 mb)

Pete_2 (mp3, 1.07 mb)

Pete_3 (mp3, 369 kb)

Pete Rahn, MoDOT Director     Press Release 09-05-08

State’s Commuter Lot Use Up 21 Percent

High Gas Prices Push Carpooling Up

      Press Release 08-29-08
MoDOT Hosting Online Public Meeting on Truck-Only Lanes Concept for I-70       Press Release 08-28-08
Left Lane Now Restricted for Big Trucks in Certain Areas of St. Louis, Kansas City       Press Release 08-28-08
MO Lives Saved on Missouri Roads    

Traffic Safety Facts 2006 (569 kb, pdf)

Traffic Safety Facts 2007 (368 kb, pdf)

SaveMoLives

Press Release 08-15-08
New Web Site Connects Public With MoDOT Speakers     Request a Speaker Webpage Press Release 08-12-08
Missouri Highways Climb In National Rankings     Reason Foundation's Full Report Press Release 08-11-08
Missouri Cracks Down on Impaired Drivers     SaveMoLives Press Release 08-07-08
Missouri Bridges Safe for Travel  

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell

MoDOT Director Pete Rahn

  Press Release 07-29-08
MoDOT’s Sign Shop Makes Roads Safer One Sign at a Time       Press Release 07-16-08
MoDOT Making Widgets     Widgets Webpage Press Release 07-14-08
A Conversation for Moving Missouri Forward     A Conversation for Moving Missouri Forward Booklet   07-09-08

Going the ‘Extra Miles’ for Trash Pick-Up

 

Richard McAllister 1

Richard McAllister 2

Press Release 07-07-08

Missouri Ports Receive Record-High State Funding

Several Major Improvement Projects In The Works

    Missouri port locations Press Release 07-03-08
Five-Year Transportation Program Approved, Shows Looming Drop in Funding     Updated STIP Press Release 07-02-08

Missouri Supplies $5 Million for Improved Amtrak Service

Wiil fund new capacity on cross-state route

      Press Release 07-01-08
The Slow Down Payoff? -- Money and Lives
Drive Carefully During The Busy Summer Travel Season
      Press Release 06-27-08
Missouri Rest Areas Going to the Birds       Press Release 06-16-08
MoDOT Director Testifies in Washington D.C. on Looming Transportation Funding Crisis    

Pete Rahn Congressional Testimony (24 kb, pdf)

Press Release 06-05-08
MoDOT Posts New Videos on YouTube Showcasing Projects and Highway Safety Efforts    

MoDOTVideo

Press Release 05-30-08
Top 10 Work Zones to Watch out for in 2008    

Top 10 Work Zone Map

(pdf and Flash versions)

Press Release 05-19-08

Five-Year Transportation Program Includes Last Hurrah of New Projects

New Major Projects Added

    STIP Map Press Release 05-14-08

Buckle Up Day and Night

Click It or Ticket

    SaveMOlives Press Release 05-09-08
Sheryl Crow Encourages Missouri Teens to Buckle Up     SaveMOYouth Press Release 05-06-08
MU Football Coach Gary Pinkel Promotes Motorcycle Safety Look. Learn. Arrive Alive.     SaveMOlives Press Release 04-28-08

Agencies Team Up With Kids To Plant Half A Million Trees

“Trees For Tomorrow” Program Under Way Today – National Arbor Day

  Tree Planting Logo (57 kb, pdf)   Press Release 04-25-08
YouTube Video Shows How Dedicated Truck Lanes Could Work     MoDOTVideo Press Release 04-24-08

MoDOT Recognized for Protecting Mother Earth

Agency Uses Enough Alternative Fuel to Drive a Car to Mars and Back

      Press Release 04-23-08

Final Update - All 2,500 Bridge Inspections Now Complete, No Damage Found

Update - 2,000 Bridges Now Inspected, No Damage So Far

MoDOT Inspecting 2,500 Bridges After Earthquake

 

   

Earthquake Response Webpage

Bridge Inspection Sheet (pdf, 56kb)

 

Press Release (Final Update - 4:00pm)

Press Release (Updated - 2:30pm)

Press Release

04-18-08
MoDOT Offers New Airport Directory And Travel Guide     Missouri 2008-2009 Airport  Directory & Travel Guide Press Release 04-17-08
MoDOT Awarded as Owner of the Year For Innovations with Design-Build Projects    

The New I-64

KcrivercrossingSafe & Sound

Press Release 04-17-08
Legislature Honors MoDOT Crews     Resolution Press Release 04-16-08
MoDOT Blog Seeks Your Comments     MoDOT Blog Press Release 04-14-08
Save Gas, Time With MoDOT’s 2008 Construction Map       Press Release 04-08-08
Check MoDOT’s Online Map For Latest Flood Closings       Press Release 03-31-08
Missouri’s Roadsides and Waterways Need Spring Cleaning       Press Release 03-31-08
Drivers Reminded Not to Barrel Through Work Zones Buildings and Landmarks Lit Orange to Promote Work Zone Awareness Week  

Unity Tower, Kansas City

Planetarium, St. Louis

Lumiere Place, St. Louis

St. Louis Zoo

Emerson Bridge, Cape Girardeau

Kiener Plaza

MoDOT, Jefferson City

MoDOT, Jefferson City 2

State Farm, Columbia

  Press Release 03-28-08
Battle of the Belt Conquered by Missouri High Schools     SaveMOYouth  Website Press Release 03-28-08

Drivers Reminded Not to Barrel Through Work Zones
Buildings and Landmarks Lit Orange to Promote Work Zone Awareness Week

 

    Operation Orange Website Press Release 03-28-08
Law Enforcement Agencies Participating in Teen Safety Belt Campaign     SaveMOYouth  Website Press Release 03-27-08

78 Percent of Missouri’s Major Roads in Good Condition

Up From Only 46 Percent Three Years Ago

      Press Release 03-26-08

MoDOT, Amtrak Outline Funding Proposal To Revitalize Passenger Rail Service in Missouri

“Current Service Is Unacceptable”

 

   

Amtrak Proposal  (pdf 265kb)

Ridership Graph Handout (pdf 42kb)

Press Release 03-24-08
Online Map Shows Flooding Locations     Online Map Press Release 03-18-08
MoDOT Director Welcomes New Highways and Transportation Commissioner       Press Release 03-17-08

$50 Million Cost Savings Means More Highway Projects Sooner

    Project List Press Release 03-12-08
Highway Commission Selects New Chairman  

Chairman Duane Michie

(tif 1.3 mb)

  Press Release 03-12-08

Median Guard Cable Virtually Eliminating Crossover Deaths on Missouri Interstates

Fatalities Down From 55 to 2, New Numbers Show

 

Guard Cable-1

Guard Cable-2

Guard Cable-3

Guard Cable-4

  Press Release 03-10-08
MoDOT Using Enough Salt This Winter to Fill Mizzou Arena       Press Release 03-05-08
MoDOT Travel Map Viewed 1.5 Million Times This Winter     MoDOT Traveler Information Map Press Release 03-03-08
National Study Gives Missouri’s Transportation System High Marks       Press Release 03-03-08
Missouri and Illinois Agreement on New Mississippi River Bridge  

New Bridge Animation 1

New Bridge Animation 2

Fact Sheet Press Release 02-28-08
Battle of the Belt Conquered by Missouri High Schools     SaveMOlives Press Release 02-19-08

Filet Mignon Expectations, Filet O' Fish Funding

MoDOT Director Delivers State of Transportation Address

Pete Rahn, MoDOT Director Pete Rahn Photo (tif, 6.3 mb)

Full Transcript (pdf 50kb)

Video

Audio

 

Press Release 02-06-08
Safe & Sound Bridge Program Highlighted In Governor’s Capitol For A Day Visit     Safe & Sound Website Press Release 02-01-08
MoDOT's Web Map Tracking Winter Road Conditions     Traveler Information Map Press Release 1-31-08

MoDOT Completes Preliminary Study of Minneapolis-Type Bridges

156 Deemed Safe So Far, Remaining 76 Will Get Further Study

 

   

Ensuring Bridge Safety Webpage

Further Study Needed

No Further Study Needed

Press Release 1-31-08

Designate a Sober Driver Before Kicking Off Super Bowl Fun

    Savemolives Webpage Press Release 1-29-08

MoDOT Web Site Offers News Minute

    Press Release 1-22-08

MoDOT Studying Minneapolis-Style Bridges; Statement from Director Pete Rahn In Response to Federal Findings

    Complete listing of the 232 bridges to be studied. Press Release 1-16-08
Statement from MoDOT Director Pete Rahn Regarding State of the State Address       Press Release 1-15-08

Rahn thanks St. Louisans

Pete Rahn

Radio Spot (mp3, 2.7mb)

Video (wmv, 9mb)

Pete Rahn, MoDOT Director   Letter to the Editor Press Release 1-11-08
2007 Traffic Fatalities Dive - More Missouri Motorists Arrive Alive
State Will Reach Fatality Reduction Goal One Year Early
      Press Release 1-11-08
Rains Closing Some Minor Road
MoDOT's Traveler Information Map Gives Details
      Press Release 1-08-08
Missouri House Speaker Praises MoDOT's Turn Around       Press Release 12-27-07
Saving Lives Tops MoDOT's 2007 Achievements
Efforts Help Agency Win 2007 Missouri Quality Award
    MoDOT's 2007 Achievements Press Release 12-26-07
MoDOT Keeps Billions of Pounds of Waste From Going to Landfills       Press Release 12-21-07
Five-Mile Stretch of Interstate 64 in St. Louis To Close Jan. 2     Map My Trip Press Release 12-20-07
Safe & Sound Bridge Program Moves Forward     Safe & Sound Web Site Press Release 12-20-07
Missouri Cracks Down on Impaired Driving       Press Release 12-13-07
Ice Damaging Power Lines Near Many Highways
    Traveler Information Map Press Release 12-12-07
Traffic Signals Without Power Should Be Treated As Four-way Stops       Press Release 12-11-07

MoDOT Hopes to “Beet” Mother Nature This Winter

Beet_1 (mp3, 520 kb)

Beet_2 (mp3, 229 kb)

Beet_3 (mp3, 382 kb)

Tim Jackson, Maintenance Liaison Engineer

Snow Plowing 1 (202 kb,  jpg)

Snow Plowing 2 (3 mb,  jpg)

  Press Release 12-04-07

"Falling Off The Cliff: Transportation Funding in Missouri."

TFF_1 (mp3, 125 kb)

TFF_2 (mp3, 415 kb)

TFF_3 (mp3, 193 kb)

 

Pete Rahn, MoDOT Director

Rep. Neal St. Onge answers  a question at the conference (3.09 mb, jpg)

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States Comparison Press Release 11-30-07
MoDOT Winter Weather Information    

Winter Weather Driving Tips

Traveler Information Map

Press Release 11-30-07
MoDOT's New Traveler Information Map Gives Drivers an Edge on Weather-related Road Conditions     MoDOT's New Traveler Information Map Press Release 11-20-07

MoDOT Receives Missouri Quality Award

Pete Rahn

MQA_1 (mp3, 235 kb)

MQA_2 (mp3, 224 kb)

 

Pete Rahn, MoDOT Director

Commisioner James Anderson and Director Rahn (4 mb, jpg)

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Pete Rahn with MQA (6 mb, jpg)

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MoDOT's Missouri Quality Award Web Page Press Release 11-16-07
Stay Safe This Holiday Season       Press Release 11-16-07
Missouri's Roadway Safety Programs Receive National Honors       Press Release 11-08-07
MoDOT Issues Annual Report to Legislature     Annual Report Web Page Press Release 11-06-07
This Winter In Ice and Snow, Take It Slow    

Plowing Priorities

Winter Driving Tips

Press Release 11-01-07
Fewer Fatalities, TowPLow Invention Recognized   TowPlow (180 kb,  jpg)   Press Release 10-23-07
MoDOT Snowplow Drivers Complete Rigorous Winter Skills Training       Press Release 10-22-07

Adopt-A-Highway Program Going Wild After 20 Years

Stacy Armstrong

AAH 20th_1 (mp3, 344 kb)

AAH 20th_2 (mp3, 186 kb)

AAH 20th_3 (mp3, 200 kb)

 

Stacy Armstrong, Adopt-A-Highway Program Coordinator

Coreopsis (4.95 mb,  jpg)

Purple Coneflower (3.81 mb, jpg)

Adopt-A-Highway 20th Anniversary Logo (91 kb, pdf)

Adopt-A-Highway web page Press Release 10-19-07
Operation Safe Driver Week Brings Attention to Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety       Press Release 10-18-07

Missouri’s Biggest Bridges Need Major Investment, Analysis Concludes

    MoDOT’s 203 Major Bridges (Excel File) Press Release 10-17-07

MoDOT Testing Soy Stripes

Todd Bennett

(mp3, 155 kb)

Todd Bennett

(mp3, 238 kb)


Todd Bennett, MoDOT Chemical Laboratory Director

Soy-Based Paint Stripes (4.14 mb, jpg)

Cutline

  Press Release 10-10-07
MoDOT Completes Inspections of Minneapolis-Style Bridges; All Are Safe    

Bridge Inspection Schedule and Results (Excel File)

Ensuring Bridge Safety Web Page

Press Release 10-04-07
Rahn Elected to National Transportation Post   Pete Rahn (314 kb, jpg)

Pete Rahn Bio

AASHTO Press Release

Press Release 10-02-07
Missouri Seat Belt Use Remains Below Average, New Survey Finds       Press Release 9-19-07
Triple the Effort to Make Teens and Seat Belts Click       Press Release 9-17-07
Be a Super Hero -- Keep Your Kids Safe this September       Press Release

9-14-07

 

Driving Edge

Safe on Our Roadways
(mp3, 322 kb)

Pete Rahn

(mp3, 312 kb)

Pete Rahn, MoDOT Director

Pete Rahn and Capt. Dale Schmidt (318 kb, jpg)

Cutline

Message Board (189 kb, gif)

Cutline

Driving Edge Web Page Press Release 9-13-07

I-70 Truck-only Lanes To Be Studied

 

I-70 Exhibit 1 (507 kb, pdf)

I-70 Exhibit 2 (541 kb, pdf)

Improve I-70 Web Page

USDOT

Press Release 9-13-07

Jefferson City Youth Wins Bike at State Fair

  Evanna Waller (1.19 mb, jpg)   Press Release 9-6-07
Don't Make Labor Day a Pain -- Buckle Up and Arrive Alive this Holiday       Press Release 8-27-07
Rewards In Store for Students Accepting Battle of the Belt Challenge       Press Release 8-22-07
Missouri Cracks Down on Impaired Drivers       Press Release 8-16-07
Ensuring Safety of Missouri Bridges   "Snooper" Bridge Inspection Truck
(5.1 mb, jpg)
Bridge Inspections Web page Press Release 8-3-07

Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight Funding Forum


Rep. Neal St. Onge

(mp3, 330 kb)

Pete Rahn

(mp3, 376 kb)

Kenneth Simonson

(mp3, 204 kb)

Rep. Neal St. Onge

MoDOT Director Pete Rahn

AGC Chief Economist Kenneth Simonson

Pete Rahn (4.65 mb, jpg)

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Rep. Neal St. Onge, left, and Sen. Bill Stouffer (3.10 mb, jpg)

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Transportation Funding Forum Program (130 kbs, pdf)

State Fuel Tax Revenue Comparison (43.9 kbs, pdf)

MoDOT Director Pete Rahn's Guest Commentary (318 kbs, pdf)

Transportation Panel Considers Options

8-1-07

Missouri Leads the Nation in Saving Lives on the Road

 

State Comparison Chart (368 kb, pdf)

State Comparison Chart (285 kb, ,jpg)

  Press Release 7-24-07
Five Year Transportation Program Shows Looming Drop in Funding     STIP Web page Press Release 7-18-07
Interstate 44 Closed in Springfield
(Mile Marker 82) July 7-9
    Detour Map Press Release 6-25-07
Commuter Lots Help Commuters Save Lots    

Commuter Lots Can Save You Time and Money (Brochure) (626 kbs, pdf)

Commuter Lot Page

Press Release 5-29-07

2007-2008 Missouri Aeronautical Chart Available

  New Aeronautical Chart Cover
(3.2 mb, tif)
  Press Release 5-25-07
MoDOT Announces 2007’s “Top 10 Work Zones To Look Out For”  

Top Ten Work Zone Map (884 kb,pdf)

Top Ten Work Zones Web Page Press Release 5-22-07
Click It or Ticket Program Buckles Down on Buckling Up       Press Release 5-11-07

Statewide Transportation Improvement Program

Pete Rahn

(mp3, 397 kb)

Pete Rahn
Director
Missouri Department of Transportation
  Five Year Construction Program Press Release 5-10-07
Buckle Up in Your Truck       Press Release 4-30-07

Agencies Team Up With Kids To Plant Millions of Trees

Gene Brunk

(mp3, 231 kb)

John Hoskins

(mp3, 758 kb)

Pete Rahn

(mp3, 187 kb)

Gene Brunk
Missouri Community Forestry Council

John Hoskins
Director
Missouri Department of Conservation

Pete Rahn
Director
Missouri Department of Transportation

Tree Planting Logo (485 kb, jpg)

Tree Planting Logo (57 kb, pdf)

Arbor Day Pic 1 (2.89 mb, jpg)

Arbor Day Pic 2 (4.11 mb, jpg)

Arbor Day Pic 3 (5.05 mb, jpg)

  Press Release 4-27-07

Agencies Join Forces for Rail Safety Week

Rail Safety PSA 1

(mp3, 356 kb)


Rail Safety PSA 2

(mp3, 356 kb)

Missouri Operation Lifesaver  

Rail Crossing Safety Tips (ms word doc.)

2006 Incidents in Missouri (ms word doc.)

Railroad Crossing Crashes 2003-06 (pdf, 278 kb)

Railroad Trespassing Incidents 2003-2006 (pdf, 277 kbs)

Press Release 4-17-07
MoDOT Turns Missouri Orange for Work Zone Awareness Week  

MoDOT Central Office - Jefferson City (3.5 mb, jpg)

Kiener Fountain - St. Louis (4 mb, jpg)

Planetarium - St. Louis (3 mb, jpg)

The Country Club Plaza Fountain - Kansas City (2 mb, jpg)

Marriott - Kansas City (3 mb, jpg)

Work Zone Awareness site Press Release 4-6-07
2007 Work Zones Map   Cover of 2007 Work Zones Map (1.65 mb, tif)

Online Work Zone Locator Maps