Last year, the MPO tested a new initiative, the Iowa Data Bike. This electric bicycle was equipped with tools to measure pavement roughness, take georeferenced photos of trail conditions, and take 360-degree images to be uploaded to Google Street View.…
MPO staff has developed a report on pavement conditions for the MPO planning area. The report is a follow-up to performance goal setting for Mobilizing Tomorrow. MPO staff examined 2017 pavement condition information. Additionally, in 2017 there was a change…
In the Greater Des Moines metropolitan area, 34 percent of the population lives in a census track identified as an Environmental Justice Area. These are places with higher-than-regional-average concentrations of traditionally underserved individuals. The MPO works to ensure the fair…
Greater Des Moines Water Trails will annually pour tens of millions of dollars into the regional economy, a new analysis shows. Among the findings of the Greater Des Moines Water Trails Economic Impact Study: Within the first five years of…
Des Moines Transload Facility receives $11.2 million BUILD grant The U.S. Department of Transportation yesterday announced an $11.2 million BUILD Transportation Grant for the Des Moines Transload Facility. A transload facility serves to transfer raw goods from trucks to trains,…
Speaker Rue Mapp: "Where Black People and Nature Meet" Rue Mapp recalls hearing police helicopters outside her office in downtown Oakland, Calif., when racial tensions broke out in the streets in the days following the grand jury decision not to…
James Chung: "Next Frontiers for a Standout City" James Chung didn’t find Greater Des Moines – Greater Des Moines found him. Chung is the president of Reach Advisors, a strategy, research and predictive analytics firm. Among his clients are U.S.…
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Investigative journalist and Rolling Stone contributor Jeff Goodell, author of “The Waters Will Rise: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Reshaping of the Civilized World,” spoke in Des Moines July 20 at the State Historical Building of Iowa. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDMBusinessRecord%2Fvideos%2F10160781826230387%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Goodell…
Partners bring internationally renowned resiliency trainer to Greater Des Moines In an era of constant disruptions, what gives communities the ability to bounce back in the face of new challenges? What does it mean for the way we build—and rebuild—cities,…
Speaker Jason Roberts: Better Blocks start with residents Changing your city doesn’t have to be a daunting task that’s left to experts. There are small, simple changes that amateurs can make at the block level that have dramatic ripple effects…
