The City of Missoula has wrapped a number of downtown transportation projects into one bucket and is directing a $25 million federal grant, received last year, to fund the work.
Arthur Endsley writes, "A Neighborway is better (and much cheaper to build) than a sidewalk: it’s a model for carbon-free mobility and community place-making."
Members of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus want to ban any future possibility of a tax on miles driven, a measure that some states have explored to replace falling revenue from gasoline taxes.
Legislators are pushing the Montana Department of Transportation to identify where wildlife crossing structures are needed and explain why it isn’t prioritizing them.
With several bridges out of service due to structural issues, Missoula County on Tuesday approved an agreement with a local engineering firm to draft a grant application in hopes of landing funding to complete repairs.
In their letter issued Monday, the governors asked that in lieu of a federal mandate that 2 out of every 3 vehicles be battery electrics by 2032, consumers be left to make their own decisions.
A bill to set new state requirements for housing construction near bus and rail lines is back on the agenda in Olympia this session and it’s still stoking disagreements.
A man was struck by a vehicle and killed on Brooks Street on Friday night, prompting the Missoula Police Department to close a stretch of the busy corridor in both directions while it conducted its investigation.
The current spans are at risk of failure in an earthquake. The grant is the first significant commitment of federal dollars for the replacement project, which has been under discussion for over two decades.