Hazelwood, Bankruptcy, and Special Laws
The City of Hazelwood has announced that it is cutting back on the services it provides its residents. In related...
St. Louis Airport Privatization Documents
Last year, the City of St. Louis applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to relinquish St. Louis Lambert Airport...
Subsidies Are Cleared for Takeoff as Wow Air Comes to Saint Louis
In August, many Saint Louisans (myself included) were excited to hear that Iceland’s budget airline Wow Air will begin operating...
Fining Businesses for Convenience?
It was just this April that Missouri finally made its vehicle-for-hire regulations hospitable to transportation network companies (TNC) like Uber...
Putting the APPP in Perspective
The City of St. Louis is exploring the privatization of Lambert International Airport through the federal Airport Pilot Privatization Program...
Free to Ride and Free to Earn
I recently spoke to an Uber driver who was arrested and booked for dropping a customer off at Lambert International...
Be Like Kansas City-Avoid the TSA
Frequent fliers: get ready for a long summer. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has told the public that it will...
Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, Still Taxiing
2015 was, at first blush, a good year for Lambert Saint Louis International Airport (STL). Passenger levels are up, the...
Allegiant Shows How Kansas City’s Airport Benefits from Low Costs
Recently, Kansas City International Airport (MCI) hailed the arrival of a new air service. The new airline, Allegiant, will operate...
Parking Is a Privilege in Saint Louis City
Parking at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport (STL) can get expensive. Depending on...
Saint Louis to Spend $1 Million on MetroLink Expansion Study
Recently, Saint Louis County announced that it would spend around $1 million to “study” whether the region should commit money...
Lambert Officials Admit: Market for Cargo “Disappeared” Post-Aerotropolis
Four years ago, the Show-Me Institute came out strongly against plans to spend upwards of a half-billion dollars to turn...
Investment at Lambert Could Bring Mexico Hub to Saint Louis
This week, the St. Louis Airport Commission approved a plan to lease airport property that once housed the McDonnell-Douglas complex...
Blame It On the MTC
Traveling can be stressful. I’m usually comforted when the airplane safely touches down at my final destination, especially when it’s...
Five Good Reasons To Reject New KCI Terminal
Having labored an entire year, the airport advisory group that Kansas City Mayor Sly James appointed has brought forth a...
Saint Louis Taxi Commission Takes Consumers For A Ride
The only nice thing I can say about the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission (MTC) is that at least there...
Privatization: Airport Possibilities
The Show-Me Institute recently released a case study called “Government Privatization in Missouri: Successes, Risks, and Opportunities,” by David Stokes....
Aerotropolis Revisited
Many Missouri residents remember the ill-fated effort to create a China Hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The plan, dubbed...
What It Takes To Get Rid Of An Airport
The City of St. Clair, located in Franklin County, has an airport problem. Namely, the city is losing money on...
Is The Aviation Department Inflating Repair Estimates For KCI?
Our previous post dealt with how the Aviation Department has scant information on how it will save money on its...
