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Members of the Missoula City Council voted 10-2 to instruct staff to move forward with the project as planned, which includes a reduction from four travel lanes to two but adds a dedicated center turn lane.

As the pandemic shook up the airline industry, it also did odd things to long-standing statistics, including the rankings of Montana's “busiest” airports.

A draft analysis of an automotive wrecking yard proposed for property near the Missoula airport found the facility would have little impact on the environment or aesthetic values in the area.

The Missoula City Council will have to make a decision in the coming weeks on whether to sign off on changes to Higgins Avenue south of Broadway.

The Bigfork School District has approved the purchase of a new electric school bus thanks to a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Missoula County is asking the Legislature not to prohibit local governments from zoning some subdivisions for solar and electrical vehicle readiness.

Designers with ECONorthwest – a consultant hired by the city to create a Midtown Master Plan – are set to begin work on a final draft later this year, setting a vision for the poorly planned and car-dependent district.

With much of the engineering work needed to convert Front and Main streets back into two-way traffic complete, the City of Missoula plans to apply for federal funding to help cover the cost of implementing the vision.

With a federal grant secured, the city plans to ink a contract with a team of experts to begin exploring the feasibility and design of a bus rapid transit system on Brooks Street.

The “Great American Automobile Experiment” opened up vast tracts of inexpensive land for housing in the suburbs, and cities fueled the American Dream by building roads and adding more capacity for cars.