1 00:00:24,098 --> 00:00:25,066 >> Announcer: DONNYBROOK IS MADE 2 00:00:25,133 --> 00:00:25,700 POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF THE 3 00:00:25,767 --> 00:00:27,235 BETSY AND THOMAS PATTERSON 4 00:00:27,302 --> 00:00:28,303 FOUNDATION AND THE MEMBERS OF 5 00:00:28,369 --> 00:00:33,942 NINE PBS. 6 00:00:34,009 --> 00:00:35,644 >> HEY, THANKS FOR JOINING US 7 00:00:35,711 --> 00:00:37,212 FOR THIS EDITION OF DONNYBROOK. 8 00:00:37,279 --> 00:00:38,747 GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US AND A 9 00:00:38,814 --> 00:00:41,317 LOT OF HOT TOPICS IN THIS MID 10 00:00:41,383 --> 00:00:41,950 JULY EDITION. 11 00:00:42,017 --> 00:00:44,019 BUT AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO 12 00:00:44,086 --> 00:00:47,856 TALK TO TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO 13 00:00:47,923 --> 00:00:50,659 THINK THAT MAKING A WALKABLE, 14 00:00:50,726 --> 00:00:51,827 BIKEABLE ST. LOUIS WILL REALLY 15 00:00:51,894 --> 00:00:53,028 YIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 16 00:00:53,095 --> 00:00:55,431 WE'LL TALK TO CINDY MENSE OF 17 00:00:55,497 --> 00:00:56,965 TRAILNET AND SARAH ARNOSKY, VICE 18 00:00:57,032 --> 00:00:58,000 PRESIDENT AT GREATER ST. LOUIS 19 00:00:58,067 --> 00:00:58,534 INC. 20 00:00:58,600 --> 00:00:59,401 BUT FIRST LET'S DISCUSS THE 21 00:00:59,468 --> 00:01:01,003 ISSUES WITH OUR PANEL. 22 00:01:01,070 --> 00:01:02,738 LET'S MEET THEM. 23 00:01:02,805 --> 00:01:04,139 WENDY WIESE IS THE NEWS DIRECTOR 24 00:01:04,206 --> 00:01:05,941 FOR THE BIG 550 KTRS. 25 00:01:06,008 --> 00:01:07,776 ALSO THE COHOST OF THE JENNIFER 26 00:01:07,843 --> 00:01:09,345 AND WENDY SHOW. 27 00:01:09,411 --> 00:01:12,214 MR. BILL McCLELLAN IS WITH US, A 28 00:01:12,281 --> 00:01:13,282 FOUNDER OF THE PROGRAM. 29 00:01:13,349 --> 00:01:15,684 HE'S WITH THE ST. LOUIS 30 00:01:15,751 --> 00:01:16,352 POST-DISPATCH. 31 00:01:16,418 --> 00:01:18,487 RAY HARTMANN WITH RAWSTORY.COM, 32 00:01:18,554 --> 00:01:21,290 THE BIG 550, KTRS, AND THE 33 00:01:21,357 --> 00:01:23,425 RIVERFRONT TIMES, ANOTHER 34 00:01:23,492 --> 00:01:23,926 FOUNDER. 35 00:01:23,992 --> 00:01:25,761 AND HE'S THE NEWS EDITOR AND 36 00:01:25,828 --> 00:01:28,764 SPORTS COLUMNIST WITH THE 37 00:01:28,831 --> 00:01:32,868 ST. LOUIS AMERICAN, ALVIN REID. 38 00:01:32,935 --> 00:01:34,903 OKAY, LET ME ASK YOU, RAY 39 00:01:34,970 --> 00:01:37,973 HARTMANN, IT WAS KIND OF 40 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:38,974 HISTORIC, I GUESS. 41 00:01:39,041 --> 00:01:41,543 PEOPLE SAID THE TEN OR WAS IT 42 00:01:41,610 --> 00:01:43,078 12-HOUR MEETING THIS WEEK OF THE 43 00:01:43,145 --> 00:01:45,214 ST. LOUIS BOARD OF ALDERMEN, 44 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:46,448 SHATTERED ALL RECORDS FOR THIS 45 00:01:46,515 --> 00:01:47,983 LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT NEVER NET 46 00:01:48,050 --> 00:01:49,818 AT QUITE SUCH A LENGTH. 47 00:01:49,885 --> 00:01:51,320 I GUESS HISTORIANS WILL HAVE TO 48 00:01:51,387 --> 00:01:53,355 LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S 49 00:01:53,422 --> 00:01:56,725 TRUE, BUT NONETHELESS, THIS YEAR 50 00:01:56,792 --> 00:01:58,894 ST. LOUIS IS GETTING 498 MILLION 51 00:01:58,961 --> 00:01:59,695 FEDERAL DOLLARS FROM THE 52 00:01:59,762 --> 00:02:01,830 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND A LOT 53 00:02:01,897 --> 00:02:03,532 OF THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED 54 00:02:03,599 --> 00:02:05,067 THANKS TO ACTION BY THE BOARD. 55 00:02:05,134 --> 00:02:07,736 DIRECT PAYMENTS OF $500 WILL GO 56 00:02:07,803 --> 00:02:09,972 TO 10,000 NEEDY ST. LOUISANS. 57 00:02:10,038 --> 00:02:14,243 GIFT CARDS GO TO ST. LOUISANS SO 58 00:02:14,309 --> 00:02:15,544 THEY'LL BE VACCINATED. 59 00:02:15,611 --> 00:02:17,513 THE POLICE WILL GET $5 MILLION 60 00:02:17,579 --> 00:02:19,114 IN OVERTIME AND ALL THIS GOES TO 61 00:02:19,181 --> 00:02:21,016 THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND 62 00:02:21,083 --> 00:02:22,684 APPORTIONMENT WHICH MEETS FRI, 63 00:02:22,751 --> 00:02:22,951 TOMORROW. 64 00:02:23,018 --> 00:02:24,486 THERE'S ANOTHER STEP BEFORE THIS 65 00:02:24,553 --> 00:02:25,988 BECOMES REALITY, BUT OVERALL, 66 00:02:26,054 --> 00:02:31,126 WHAT DID YOU SYMPATTHINK? 67 00:02:31,193 --> 00:02:33,128 >> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 68 00:02:33,195 --> 00:02:34,363 CYNICAL ABOUT THE CITY OF 69 00:02:34,430 --> 00:02:35,364 ST. LOUIS AND I WISH WASHINGTON 70 00:02:35,431 --> 00:02:36,698 WOULD WORK AS WELL AS THE CITY 71 00:02:36,765 --> 00:02:37,833 OF ST. LOUIS DID. 72 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:39,902 YOU HAD DIFFERENCES OF OPINION 73 00:02:39,968 --> 00:02:41,770 BETWEEN MAYOR TISHAURA JONES AND 74 00:02:41,837 --> 00:02:44,406 LEWIS REED, THE ALDERMANIC 75 00:02:44,473 --> 00:02:46,575 PRESIDENT AND THEY SAT DOWN AND 76 00:02:46,642 --> 00:02:47,876 APPARENTLY HASHED IT OUT. 77 00:02:47,943 --> 00:02:50,212 I THINK IT'S EASY TO SIT HERE, 78 00:02:50,279 --> 00:02:51,947 BUT I THINK THEY COMPROMISED AND 79 00:02:52,014 --> 00:02:53,215 WHAT'S WE WANT PUBLIC OFFICIALS 80 00:02:53,282 --> 00:02:54,716 TO DO IS TALK THINGS OUT AND 81 00:02:54,783 --> 00:02:56,485 COMPROMISE, AND I HAPPEN TO 82 00:02:56,552 --> 00:02:58,153 THINK THAT THE -- THAT WHILE 83 00:02:58,220 --> 00:03:00,022 IT'S UNCONVENTIONAL, THE DIRECT 84 00:03:00,088 --> 00:03:01,990 PAYMENTS WILL BE STIMULUSES TO 85 00:03:02,057 --> 00:03:03,959 THE ST. LOUIS ECONOMY AND MORE 86 00:03:04,026 --> 00:03:05,394 IMPORTANT, HELP THE PEOPLE 87 00:03:05,461 --> 00:03:08,330 THAT -- THE 10,000 PEOPLE THAT 88 00:03:08,397 --> 00:03:09,731 WILL BE RECEIVING THEM AND 89 00:03:09,798 --> 00:03:12,534 THEY'LL BE VERY HELPFUL, VERY 90 00:03:12,601 --> 00:03:13,669 CRITICAL TO THOSE FOLKS. 91 00:03:13,735 --> 00:03:15,871 I THINK IT'S A GOOD STEP. 92 00:03:15,938 --> 00:03:17,606 I THINK THEY'RE WORKING IN THE 93 00:03:17,673 --> 00:03:18,340 RIGHT DIRECTION. 94 00:03:18,407 --> 00:03:23,145 >> WHILE I AGREE WITH HIM, I'M 95 00:03:23,212 --> 00:03:25,581 GOING TO GO WAY BACK WHEN THIS 96 00:03:25,647 --> 00:03:26,648 FIRST CAME UP AND BILL McCLELLAN 97 00:03:26,715 --> 00:03:28,217 SAID WHY NOT JUST TAKE THE 98 00:03:28,283 --> 00:03:31,987 $5 MILLION OUT OF THE STIMULUS 99 00:03:32,054 --> 00:03:32,354 PACKAGE? 100 00:03:32,421 --> 00:03:34,089 SO IT'S KIND OF -- MAYBE IT 101 00:03:34,156 --> 00:03:35,491 DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE SIX HOURS 102 00:03:35,557 --> 00:03:37,359 AND MAYBE SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS 103 00:03:37,426 --> 00:03:40,395 WERE RIGHT THERE, SO MAYBE THIS 104 00:03:40,462 --> 00:03:42,130 WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH POLITICAL 105 00:03:42,197 --> 00:03:43,365 DOG FIGHT, BUT IT'S CALLED 106 00:03:43,432 --> 00:03:45,367 COMPROMISE AND LIKE RAY SAID, 107 00:03:45,434 --> 00:03:47,536 THAT'S, I THINK, ALL THAT MOST 108 00:03:47,603 --> 00:03:49,905 OF AMERICA WANTS RIGHT NOW. 109 00:03:49,972 --> 00:03:51,740 AND IF BOTH TEAMS CAN SAY, LIKE, 110 00:03:51,807 --> 00:03:53,675 HEY, I GOT A WIN OUT OF THIS, 111 00:03:53,742 --> 00:03:55,077 THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. 112 00:03:55,143 --> 00:03:56,745 THAT'S NOT A BAD THING AT ALL. 113 00:03:56,812 --> 00:03:58,747 SO HEY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET 114 00:03:58,814 --> 00:04:02,050 THE JOB DONE, GET THE JOB DONE. 115 00:04:02,117 --> 00:04:03,986 >> WELL -- I'M SORRY, BILL. 116 00:04:04,052 --> 00:04:04,386 GO AHEAD. 117 00:04:04,453 --> 00:04:05,587 >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'M HAPPY 118 00:04:05,654 --> 00:04:09,224 WITH IT, TOO, BUT IT'S GOING TO 119 00:04:09,291 --> 00:04:12,127 BE INTERESTING TO FIGURE OUT 120 00:04:12,194 --> 00:04:15,430 WHAT 10,000 PEOPLE GET $500 121 00:04:15,497 --> 00:04:18,033 BECAUSE THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF 122 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:20,335 PEOPLE WHO COULD USE $500. 123 00:04:20,402 --> 00:04:22,938 DO YOU GIVE IT TO THE POOREST 124 00:04:23,005 --> 00:04:26,742 PEOPLE OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE 125 00:04:26,808 --> 00:04:27,943 SOMEBODY WHO WAS IMPACTED 126 00:04:28,010 --> 00:04:30,879 DIRECTLY BY COVID, SOMEONE WHO 127 00:04:30,946 --> 00:04:31,480 LOST THEIR JOB? 128 00:04:31,547 --> 00:04:32,948 I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF 129 00:04:33,015 --> 00:04:34,383 THAT, BUT IT WILL BE 130 00:04:34,449 --> 00:04:34,683 INTERESTING. 131 00:04:34,750 --> 00:04:35,817 >> REALLY BROADCASTERS SHOULD BE 132 00:04:35,884 --> 00:04:37,853 FIRST IN LINE. 133 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,590 >> WE'VE HAD STIMULUS CHECKS 134 00:04:41,657 --> 00:04:45,294 FROM PRESIDENT BUSH, PRESIDENT 135 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:46,795 TRUMP, PRESIDENT BIDEN BECAUSE 136 00:04:46,862 --> 00:04:48,830 OF COVID. 137 00:04:48,897 --> 00:04:50,265 JEFFREY BOYD AND LEWIS REED WERE 138 00:04:50,332 --> 00:04:52,234 CERTAINLY NOT IN FAVOR OF IT 139 00:04:52,301 --> 00:04:55,404 JUST ON ITS MERITS BECAUSE 140 00:04:55,470 --> 00:04:57,539 THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT'S -- YOU 141 00:04:57,606 --> 00:04:59,675 CAN'T PROVE THAT IT'S GOING TO 142 00:04:59,741 --> 00:05:01,076 MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE 143 00:05:01,143 --> 00:05:03,812 AND THAT IT WAS JUST GOOD MONEY 144 00:05:03,879 --> 00:05:06,748 AFTER BAD OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 145 00:05:06,815 --> 00:05:09,017 WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS 146 00:05:09,084 --> 00:05:12,688 MAYOR JONES SAID THAT THIS WILL 147 00:05:12,754 --> 00:05:15,424 ADDRESS THE CRIME ISSUE AT -- OR 148 00:05:15,490 --> 00:05:16,758 THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE CRIME 149 00:05:16,825 --> 00:05:19,061 ISSUE IN THE CITY AND IT WILL 150 00:05:19,127 --> 00:05:20,395 KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. 151 00:05:20,462 --> 00:05:22,798 AND I THINK THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT 152 00:05:22,864 --> 00:05:26,535 TO EXPECT OF A $500 CHECK. 153 00:05:26,602 --> 00:05:29,871 I DON'T -- I HONESTLY DON'T SEE 154 00:05:29,938 --> 00:05:31,907 HOW $500 ADDRESSES THE ROOT 155 00:05:31,974 --> 00:05:33,008 CAUSES OF CRIME IN OUR CITY. 156 00:05:33,075 --> 00:05:35,077 >> WELL, NO, THAT'S POLITICAL 157 00:05:35,143 --> 00:05:35,277 TALK. 158 00:05:35,344 --> 00:05:37,179 IT WILL ADDRESS IT. 159 00:05:37,245 --> 00:05:40,182 NOW, IT MAY BE ONE GAZILLIONth 160 00:05:40,248 --> 00:05:43,051 OF, YOU KNOW, IMPACT, BUT IT 161 00:05:43,118 --> 00:05:45,020 COULD -- IT COULD -- PROBABLY 162 00:05:45,087 --> 00:05:45,854 WILL MAKE SOME IMPACT. 163 00:05:45,921 --> 00:05:49,024 SO I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S 164 00:05:49,091 --> 00:05:49,758 GOING TO SOLVE CRIME. 165 00:05:49,825 --> 00:05:51,593 >> I THINK IT MAKES THE 166 00:05:51,660 --> 00:05:52,628 POLITICIANS POPULAR WHEN THEY 167 00:05:52,694 --> 00:05:54,129 HAND OUT MONEY, THERE'S NO 168 00:05:54,196 --> 00:05:55,697 DOUBT, AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS 169 00:05:55,764 --> 00:05:56,932 AN INTERESTING CAVEAT TO THIS 170 00:05:56,999 --> 00:05:58,200 MEASURE AND THAT WAS THAT NO 171 00:05:58,266 --> 00:06:01,536 NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS OF ANY 172 00:06:01,603 --> 00:06:02,504 POLITICIAN COULD BE ATTACHED TO 173 00:06:02,571 --> 00:06:06,475 THOSE $500 CHECKS OR TO THE GIFT 174 00:06:06,541 --> 00:06:06,842 CARDS. 175 00:06:06,908 --> 00:06:08,210 NOW, I DON'T -- DON'T GET ME 176 00:06:08,276 --> 00:06:08,443 WRONG. 177 00:06:08,510 --> 00:06:10,345 A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD USE THAT 178 00:06:10,412 --> 00:06:11,780 MONEY, BUT THERE'S ALSO A TON OF 179 00:06:11,847 --> 00:06:13,649 LITTER OUT THERE AND IN THE 180 00:06:13,715 --> 00:06:15,751 1930s, WE HAD THE WORKS PROGRESS 181 00:06:15,817 --> 00:06:16,118 ADMINISTRATION. 182 00:06:16,184 --> 00:06:17,019 I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN 183 00:06:17,085 --> 00:06:18,587 SOME SORT OF GROUP OF PEOPLE 184 00:06:18,654 --> 00:06:20,656 GETTING PAID $500 TO CLEAN UP 185 00:06:20,722 --> 00:06:23,225 SOME OF OUR HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS 186 00:06:23,291 --> 00:06:24,092 IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS. 187 00:06:24,159 --> 00:06:26,094 >> LET ME POINT OUT, THEY DO 188 00:06:26,161 --> 00:06:27,162 HAVE -- AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT 189 00:06:27,229 --> 00:06:29,364 IS, BUT THEY HAVE A FAIRLY 190 00:06:29,431 --> 00:06:30,732 SPECIFIC PLAN AND LIKE BILL 191 00:06:30,799 --> 00:06:31,733 SAYS, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO 192 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,336 SEE HOW IT IS IN PRACTICE, BUT 193 00:06:34,403 --> 00:06:35,404 IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE JUST 194 00:06:35,470 --> 00:06:36,672 SAYING -- I THINK IT'S FAMILIES 195 00:06:36,738 --> 00:06:37,939 AND THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF 196 00:06:38,006 --> 00:06:38,206 CRITERIA. 197 00:06:38,273 --> 00:06:40,175 SO MY POINT IS, THEY GOT A PLAN. 198 00:06:40,242 --> 00:06:41,810 WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF IT WORKS. 199 00:06:41,877 --> 00:06:45,047 I THINK IT DOES MATTER AND I 200 00:06:45,113 --> 00:06:49,818 THINK THAT POVERTY IS ONE OF THE 201 00:06:49,885 --> 00:06:50,886 INDICATORS OF CRIME. 202 00:06:50,952 --> 00:06:52,354 >> OKAY, BUT -- 203 00:06:52,421 --> 00:06:54,022 >> TO THE EXTENT SOME PEOPLE ARE 204 00:06:54,089 --> 00:06:55,757 ABLE -- 500 MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A 205 00:06:55,824 --> 00:06:58,093 LOT TO EVERYBODY, BUT IT MIGHT 206 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,629 BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 207 00:07:00,696 --> 00:07:01,930 KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON. 208 00:07:01,997 --> 00:07:03,632 >> READING IN THE PAPER TODAY, 209 00:07:03,699 --> 00:07:04,833 BILL McCLELLAN, THAT THERE ARE 210 00:07:04,900 --> 00:07:06,635 800 JOBS IN THE CITY OF 211 00:07:06,702 --> 00:07:07,969 ST. LOUIS THAT ARE NOT FILLED, 212 00:07:08,036 --> 00:07:09,171 AND THIS IS A STORY TAKING A 213 00:07:09,237 --> 00:07:11,073 LOOK AT HOW, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 214 00:07:11,139 --> 00:07:12,741 FIND PEOPLE TO WORK AS TRASH 215 00:07:12,808 --> 00:07:15,377 HAULERS, THE CITY IS NO LONGER 216 00:07:15,444 --> 00:07:16,178 SEPARATING THE RECYCLE MATERIAL 217 00:07:16,244 --> 00:07:17,279 FROM THE TRASH. 218 00:07:17,345 --> 00:07:19,081 IT'S ALL BEING COLLECTED 219 00:07:19,147 --> 00:07:20,148 TOGETHER, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. 220 00:07:20,215 --> 00:07:21,316 WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THIS IS GOING 221 00:07:21,383 --> 00:07:23,118 TO LAST, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS 222 00:07:23,185 --> 00:07:25,387 IS THEY CAN'T FIND TRASH 223 00:07:25,454 --> 00:07:25,721 HAULERS. 224 00:07:25,787 --> 00:07:27,589 THERE'S ABOUT 30 OPENINGS THERE, 225 00:07:27,656 --> 00:07:30,792 BUT OVERALL IN THE CITY, 800 JOB 226 00:07:30,859 --> 00:07:31,860 OPENINGS AND IT IS KIND OF 227 00:07:31,927 --> 00:07:34,029 UNUSUAL, ISN'T IT, TO BE HANDING 228 00:07:34,096 --> 00:07:35,464 OUT CHECKS TO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T 229 00:07:35,530 --> 00:07:37,399 FIND WORK WHILE THE CITY ITSELF 230 00:07:37,466 --> 00:07:39,034 HAS 800 JOBS AVAILABLE. 231 00:07:39,101 --> 00:07:42,671 >> OH, THERE'S A VERY 232 00:07:42,738 --> 00:07:43,271 INTERESTING STORY BECAUSE I 233 00:07:43,338 --> 00:07:46,141 WOULD THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE 234 00:07:46,208 --> 00:07:47,542 POLICE DEPARTMENT MIGHT HAVE 235 00:07:47,609 --> 00:07:49,478 TROUBLE FINDING ELIGIBLE CITY 236 00:07:49,544 --> 00:07:51,680 DWELLERS BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE 237 00:07:51,747 --> 00:07:53,749 RECORDS OR SOMETHING, BUT YOU 238 00:07:53,815 --> 00:07:55,050 WOULDN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM WITH 239 00:07:55,117 --> 00:07:56,785 TRASH HAULERS AND I THINK 240 00:07:56,852 --> 00:07:59,054 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 241 00:07:59,121 --> 00:08:01,723 WOULD REALLY LIKE A STEADY JOB 242 00:08:01,790 --> 00:08:03,625 WITH BENEFITS AND IT'S 243 00:08:03,692 --> 00:08:04,526 INCREDIBLE TO ME THAT WE 244 00:08:04,593 --> 00:08:06,161 HAVEN'T -- THAT THE CITY HAS NOT 245 00:08:06,228 --> 00:08:10,065 BEEN ABLE TO FILL THOSE JOBS. 246 00:08:10,132 --> 00:08:13,502 AND HEATHER NAVARRO, THE 28th 247 00:08:13,568 --> 00:08:16,772 WARD ALDERMAN, SAID SHE WENT 248 00:08:16,838 --> 00:08:18,106 ONLINE TO SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO 249 00:08:18,173 --> 00:08:20,175 APPLY FOR A JOB AND SHE COULDN'T 250 00:08:20,242 --> 00:08:20,742 DO IT. 251 00:08:20,809 --> 00:08:22,377 AND THEY QUOTED SOMEBODY SAYING 252 00:08:22,444 --> 00:08:24,446 WELL, THE SYSTEM IS FROM 1968. 253 00:08:24,513 --> 00:08:28,550 AND I REMEMBER 1968, AND I GOT 254 00:08:28,617 --> 00:08:31,953 TIES FROM 1968, BUT YOU DON'T 255 00:08:32,020 --> 00:08:33,388 WANT TO HAVE A COMPUTER SYSTEM 256 00:08:33,455 --> 00:08:34,322 FROM 1968. 257 00:08:34,389 --> 00:08:36,992 SO I THINK THE CITY OUGHT TO 258 00:08:37,058 --> 00:08:39,494 REALLY MAKE AN EFFORT TO HIRE 259 00:08:39,561 --> 00:08:41,296 PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM HONEST 260 00:08:41,363 --> 00:08:43,799 WORK, AND I'M SURE THAT THERE'S 261 00:08:43,865 --> 00:08:45,033 PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT 262 00:08:45,100 --> 00:08:47,736 THE TRASH HAULING JOBS AND SOME 263 00:08:47,803 --> 00:08:49,971 OF THE OTHER 800 JOBS. 264 00:08:50,038 --> 00:08:50,338 IT'S -- 265 00:08:50,405 --> 00:08:52,507 >> I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S A 266 00:08:52,574 --> 00:08:54,075 MATTER OF THE CITY NOT TRYING. 267 00:08:54,142 --> 00:08:56,845 I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK 268 00:08:56,912 --> 00:08:58,713 ABOUT TRASH HAULERS AND WE'RE 269 00:08:58,780 --> 00:09:00,115 TALKING ABOUT POLICE OFFICERS 270 00:09:00,182 --> 00:09:04,019 AND HOW FAR DOWN WE ARE ON THAT 271 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:09,524 SCORE AND THE I.T. NEEDS OF THE 272 00:09:09,591 --> 00:09:12,060 CITY, THERE ARE -- AS CHARLIE 273 00:09:12,127 --> 00:09:13,895 SAID, AS YOU'VE ALL AGREED, 274 00:09:13,962 --> 00:09:16,898 THERE ARE ALMOST 1,000 POSITIONS 275 00:09:16,965 --> 00:09:18,333 OPEN IN THE CITY. 276 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,369 AND THEY -- PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY 277 00:09:21,436 --> 00:09:23,572 DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF WORK. 278 00:09:23,638 --> 00:09:25,740 >> WELL, I CAN SEE I.T. -- I CAN 279 00:09:25,807 --> 00:09:27,442 SEE A SHORTAGE OF I.T. WORKERS 280 00:09:27,509 --> 00:09:28,910 BECAUSE MAYBE AN I.T. WORKER 281 00:09:28,977 --> 00:09:30,011 COULD MAKE MORE IN PRIVATE 282 00:09:30,078 --> 00:09:30,312 INDUSTRY. 283 00:09:30,378 --> 00:09:32,414 AND LIKE I SAID, I CAN SEE THE 284 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:33,615 PROBLEM WITH THE POLICE 285 00:09:33,682 --> 00:09:34,649 DEPARTMENT. 286 00:09:34,716 --> 00:09:37,886 BUT I DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM 287 00:09:37,953 --> 00:09:39,287 HIRING TRASH HAULERS. 288 00:09:39,354 --> 00:09:41,056 >> THEY DON'T WANT TO -- 289 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:44,326 >> THAT'S A GOOD JOB, WENDY. 290 00:09:44,392 --> 00:09:46,394 >> LINDA THOMAS FROM THE 291 00:09:46,461 --> 00:09:47,929 PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT, IN THE 292 00:09:47,996 --> 00:09:49,130 POST-DISPATCH A COUPLE WEEKS 293 00:09:49,197 --> 00:09:51,766 AGO, SAID BECAUSE OF FEDERAL 294 00:09:51,833 --> 00:09:52,767 BENEFITS, THEY'RE COMING FROM 295 00:09:52,834 --> 00:09:54,536 WASHINGTON, D.C., PEOPLE ARE NOT 296 00:09:54,603 --> 00:09:55,637 AS MOTIVATED TO APPLY FOR SOME 297 00:09:55,704 --> 00:09:56,938 OF THESE JOBS. 298 00:09:57,005 --> 00:09:58,673 I BELIEVE SHE MADE HER COMMENTS 299 00:09:58,740 --> 00:10:00,141 IN A POST-DISPATCH STORY WHEN IT 300 00:10:00,208 --> 00:10:02,344 WAS DESCRIBED HOW THEY COULDN'T 301 00:10:02,410 --> 00:10:04,813 FIND 911 DISPATCHERS. 302 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:09,017 >> BUT THEY'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM 303 00:10:09,084 --> 00:10:10,719 LONG BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, LONG 304 00:10:10,785 --> 00:10:12,053 BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT WAS GIVING 305 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,256 $300 A WEEK EXTRA ON 306 00:10:14,322 --> 00:10:14,589 UNEMPLOYMENT. 307 00:10:14,656 --> 00:10:16,825 THE 911 STUFF, THAT WENT SOUTH 308 00:10:16,892 --> 00:10:19,594 AS SOON AS THE CITY GOT CONTROL 309 00:10:19,661 --> 00:10:20,428 OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 310 00:10:20,495 --> 00:10:21,663 YOU KNOW, THEY SUDDENLY STRIPPED 311 00:10:21,730 --> 00:10:25,767 A LOT OF 911 WORKERS AND I'M 312 00:10:25,834 --> 00:10:27,669 SURE WE'VE BEEN SHORT GARBAGE 313 00:10:27,736 --> 00:10:29,871 HAULERS FOR A LONG TIME AS WELL. 314 00:10:29,938 --> 00:10:33,341 >> I THINK WHAT THEY -- IF YOU 315 00:10:33,408 --> 00:10:34,876 WAIVED THE DRUG TEST FOR A LOT 316 00:10:34,943 --> 00:10:37,145 OF JOBS, A LOT MORE PEOPLE WOULD 317 00:10:37,212 --> 00:10:37,379 APPLY. 318 00:10:37,445 --> 00:10:39,147 THAT'S JUST THE REALITY. 319 00:10:39,214 --> 00:10:39,648 >> THAT'S TRUE. 320 00:10:39,714 --> 00:10:42,617 >> AND THEN, TOO, I WANTED TO BE 321 00:10:42,684 --> 00:10:44,486 A JOURNALIST SINCE I WAS 12, BUT 322 00:10:44,552 --> 00:10:48,757 THE FIRST JOB -- AND MY MOM -- 323 00:10:48,823 --> 00:10:50,525 HI, MOM -- AS MY WITNESS, 324 00:10:50,592 --> 00:10:52,327 5-YEAR-OLD ALVIN THOUGHT THE 325 00:10:52,394 --> 00:10:55,931 COOLEST THING IN THE WORLD WOULD 326 00:10:55,997 --> 00:10:58,033 BE TO BE A GARBAGE MAN, AND I 327 00:10:58,099 --> 00:10:59,334 KNOW THEY'RE SANITATION WORKERS 328 00:10:59,401 --> 00:11:00,802 NOW, THAT'S HOW WE KNOW THEM, 329 00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:02,237 BECAUSE THEY GOT TO RIDE ON THE 330 00:11:02,304 --> 00:11:05,106 BACK OF THE TRUCK. 331 00:11:05,173 --> 00:11:06,341 NOW, TIMES HAVE CHANGED. 332 00:11:06,408 --> 00:11:08,610 NOW I'M KIND OF LIKE THIS. 333 00:11:08,677 --> 00:11:10,445 GOOD-PAYING JOB WITH BENEFITS? 334 00:11:10,512 --> 00:11:11,980 I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE 335 00:11:12,047 --> 00:11:13,748 ARE HESITANT TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE 336 00:11:13,815 --> 00:11:16,117 FULFILL SOME OF THESE JOBS. 337 00:11:16,184 --> 00:11:18,620 I MEAN, I DON'T GET IT. 338 00:11:18,687 --> 00:11:20,221 >> BUT ME -- 339 00:11:20,288 --> 00:11:21,856 >> THE COMPUTER SYSTEM GOES BACK 340 00:11:21,923 --> 00:11:22,223 TO -- 341 00:11:22,290 --> 00:11:23,758 >> WE'VE ALL SEEN THE ONLINE 342 00:11:23,825 --> 00:11:25,493 REPORT OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT 343 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:27,095 THEY'RE GIVING UP THEIR -- 344 00:11:27,162 --> 00:11:28,430 THEY'RE GIVING UP THEIR WHITE 345 00:11:28,496 --> 00:11:29,965 COLLAR JOBS, THEY'RE GIVING UP 346 00:11:30,031 --> 00:11:31,399 THEIR CORPORATE JOBS BECAUSE 347 00:11:31,466 --> 00:11:35,003 THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE 348 00:11:35,070 --> 00:11:37,172 ADVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE, AND 349 00:11:37,238 --> 00:11:39,074 I MEAN, THOSE ARE ACTUAL TERMS 350 00:11:39,140 --> 00:11:41,376 THAT ARE BEING THROWN AROUND. 351 00:11:41,443 --> 00:11:42,210 ADVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE. 352 00:11:42,277 --> 00:11:43,945 I MEAN, THAT'S -- TO ME, THAT'S 353 00:11:44,012 --> 00:11:45,380 PART OF GOING TO WORK. 354 00:11:45,447 --> 00:11:48,049 THERE'S GOING TO BE ADVERSITY, 355 00:11:48,116 --> 00:11:49,551 YOU KNOW. 356 00:11:49,617 --> 00:11:52,988 YOU'RE PAID TO DO A JOB, SO IT 357 00:11:53,054 --> 00:11:54,556 SONET DEEM TO BE AN AND -- 358 00:11:54,622 --> 00:11:55,991 DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN APPETITE 359 00:11:56,057 --> 00:11:56,424 FOR IT. 360 00:11:56,491 --> 00:11:57,525 >> HEY, WHILE WE'RE TALKING 361 00:11:57,592 --> 00:11:58,793 ABOUT THE CITY AND WE'LL MOVE ON 362 00:11:58,860 --> 00:12:00,462 TO OTHER REGIONAL ISSUES IN JUST 363 00:12:00,528 --> 00:12:03,064 A MOMENT, ALVIN REID, THIS PAST 364 00:12:03,131 --> 00:12:07,268 WEEK MAYOR TISHAURA JONES AND 365 00:12:07,335 --> 00:12:08,470 CONGRESSMAN CORI BUSH VISITED 366 00:12:08,536 --> 00:12:10,572 DENVER TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE 367 00:12:10,638 --> 00:12:12,040 STAR PROGRAM THERE. 368 00:12:12,107 --> 00:12:13,141 STAR STANDS FOR SUPPORT TEAM 369 00:12:13,208 --> 00:12:15,176 ASSISTANCE RESPONSE, A PROGRAM 370 00:12:15,243 --> 00:12:17,679 THAT SENDS SOCIAL WORKERS TO 371 00:12:17,746 --> 00:12:20,615 SOME, I GUESS -- TO SOME SITES 372 00:12:20,682 --> 00:12:21,516 THAT ORDINARILY WOULD HAVE BEEN 373 00:12:21,583 --> 00:12:22,350 VISITED BY POLICE. 374 00:12:22,417 --> 00:12:24,419 IN THIS CASE, IT'S TRESPASSING 375 00:12:24,486 --> 00:12:26,955 OR WELFARE ISSUES OR IT COULD BE 376 00:12:27,022 --> 00:12:28,189 A SYRINGE FOUND ON THE STREET, 377 00:12:28,256 --> 00:12:29,224 THINGS LIKE THAT. 378 00:12:29,290 --> 00:12:30,925 NOT THE MOST SERIOUS CRIMES. 379 00:12:30,992 --> 00:12:35,930 MAYOR LYDA KREWSON HAD TWO PILOT 380 00:12:35,997 --> 00:12:37,399 PROGRAMS ALONG THESE LINES. 381 00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:39,034 LET ME ASK YOU. 382 00:12:39,100 --> 00:12:40,702 DO YOU THINK THIS TRIP WILL BEAR 383 00:12:40,769 --> 00:12:40,902 FRUIT? 384 00:12:40,969 --> 00:12:42,137 >> I THINK IT COULD. 385 00:12:42,203 --> 00:12:49,244 I THINK YOU GO TO -- GO FOR 386 00:12:49,310 --> 00:12:50,078 WHAT'S THE SUCCESSFUL FORECAST 387 00:12:50,145 --> 00:12:51,379 AND YOU GO AND FIND OUT WHAT 388 00:12:51,446 --> 00:12:51,980 THEY'RE DOING. 389 00:12:52,047 --> 00:12:53,748 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 390 00:12:53,815 --> 00:12:54,983 THE MAYOR AND CORI BUSH AND A 391 00:12:55,050 --> 00:12:57,819 LOT OF POLITICIANS THAT ARE 392 00:12:57,886 --> 00:12:58,586 REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC 393 00:12:58,653 --> 00:12:59,754 ACTUALLY KIND OF ADHERE TO, 394 00:12:59,821 --> 00:13:01,589 MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO SEND THE 395 00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:02,557 POLICE TO EVERY SITUATION. 396 00:13:02,624 --> 00:13:04,192 AND TO FIND OUT THE BEST WAY TO 397 00:13:04,259 --> 00:13:06,895 DO IT ON A TRIP TO DENVER, I 398 00:13:06,961 --> 00:13:10,465 MEAN, EVEN IF THEY -- YOU KNOW, 399 00:13:10,532 --> 00:13:12,300 OVERNIGHT, I REALLY DON'T THINK 400 00:13:12,367 --> 00:13:14,302 THAT'S SETTING THE WHOLE BUDGET 401 00:13:14,369 --> 00:13:15,170 BACK THAT MUCH. 402 00:13:15,236 --> 00:13:17,639 NOW, DON'T HOLD ME TO THIS, BUT 403 00:13:17,705 --> 00:13:18,840 I BELIEVE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 404 00:13:18,907 --> 00:13:20,842 SOME TRIPS INVOLVED TO CHINA AND 405 00:13:20,909 --> 00:13:23,044 PLACES LIKE THAT DURING PREVIOUS 406 00:13:23,111 --> 00:13:24,712 ADMINISTRATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHEN 407 00:13:24,779 --> 00:13:28,249 WE'RE GOING TO BE THE TRADE 408 00:13:28,316 --> 00:13:30,518 PARTNER WITH CHINA AND -- 409 00:13:30,585 --> 00:13:30,985 >> CHINA HUB. 410 00:13:31,052 --> 00:13:34,789 >> YEAH, EXACTLY, AND WHERE DID 411 00:13:34,856 --> 00:13:36,424 THAT GO AND WHERE DID A LOT OF 412 00:13:36,491 --> 00:13:38,193 PROJECT WHERE I'M SURE A LOT OF 413 00:13:38,259 --> 00:13:39,694 VISITING WENT ON THAT WERE MUCH, 414 00:13:39,761 --> 00:13:41,029 MUCH MORE COSTLY THAN AN 415 00:13:41,096 --> 00:13:42,363 OVERNIGHT TRIP TO DENVER. 416 00:13:42,430 --> 00:13:43,565 >> I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S -- GO 417 00:13:43,631 --> 00:13:45,066 AHEAD, RAY, I'M SORRY. 418 00:13:45,133 --> 00:13:45,767 >> NO, YOU'RE GOOD. 419 00:13:45,834 --> 00:13:47,001 >> I DON'T THINK IT'S A MATTER 420 00:13:47,068 --> 00:13:47,969 OF MONEY. 421 00:13:48,036 --> 00:13:50,205 I JUST THINK IT'S -- I THINK 422 00:13:50,271 --> 00:13:51,606 IT'S THE APPLES/ORANGES 423 00:13:51,673 --> 00:13:51,906 COMPARISON. 424 00:13:51,973 --> 00:13:53,708 ST. LOUIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 425 00:13:53,775 --> 00:13:55,610 CRISIS IN TERMS OF CRIME AND 426 00:13:55,677 --> 00:13:57,312 HOMICIDE NUMBERS, AND DENVER IS 427 00:13:57,378 --> 00:13:59,514 NOT ON ANY OF THE FBI'S MOST 428 00:13:59,581 --> 00:14:00,949 DANGEROUS CITIES LISTS. 429 00:14:01,015 --> 00:14:02,717 SO I COULD CARE LESS WHAT IT 430 00:14:02,784 --> 00:14:04,486 COSTS TO GO OUT THERE. 431 00:14:04,552 --> 00:14:07,622 I JUST -- I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S 432 00:14:07,689 --> 00:14:08,656 AN APPLICABLE -- THE STAR 433 00:14:08,723 --> 00:14:09,691 PROGRAM IS APPLICABLE TO WHAT 434 00:14:09,757 --> 00:14:11,092 WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE IN 435 00:14:11,159 --> 00:14:11,526 ST. LOUIS. 436 00:14:11,593 --> 00:14:15,897 >> I'M SURE THEY GOT PLENTY OF 437 00:14:15,964 --> 00:14:17,198 CRIME IN DENVER AND THEY'VE 438 00:14:17,265 --> 00:14:19,868 GOT -- IF IT'S A BEST PRACTICES 439 00:14:19,934 --> 00:14:24,005 THING, YOU CAN ARGUE SOME OF 440 00:14:24,072 --> 00:14:25,306 IT'S SYMBOLIC AND POLITICAL 441 00:14:25,373 --> 00:14:27,442 FIGURES GO TO THESE THINGS, BUT 442 00:14:27,509 --> 00:14:28,510 I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD ALWAYS 443 00:14:28,576 --> 00:14:29,644 RULE OUT TRADE STUFF BECAUSE 444 00:14:29,711 --> 00:14:31,012 SOMETIMES THAT ACTUALLY, AS 445 00:14:31,079 --> 00:14:32,881 FARFETCHED AS IT MAY SEEM, 446 00:14:32,947 --> 00:14:33,581 SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR 447 00:14:33,648 --> 00:14:35,083 CHIEF EXECUTIVES, WHETHER IT'S 448 00:14:35,150 --> 00:14:37,819 THE GOVERNOR OR MAYOR, WHATEVER, 449 00:14:37,886 --> 00:14:39,888 SHOW UP AND TALK TO TRADE 450 00:14:39,954 --> 00:14:40,188 DELEGATIONS. 451 00:14:40,255 --> 00:14:42,490 I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. 452 00:14:42,557 --> 00:14:45,260 JUST BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE AN 453 00:14:45,326 --> 00:14:46,394 EXOTIC TRIP DOESN'T NECESSARILY 454 00:14:46,461 --> 00:14:47,829 MEAN YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT. 455 00:14:47,896 --> 00:14:49,731 I MEAN, BECAUSE IF OTHER CITIES 456 00:14:49,797 --> 00:14:51,966 HAVE PEOPLE GOING, THEIR MAYORS 457 00:14:52,033 --> 00:14:53,902 GOING, THEY CAN MAKE A 458 00:14:53,968 --> 00:14:54,202 DIFFERENCE. 459 00:14:54,269 --> 00:14:56,671 YOU HAVE TO PICK -- THAT'S PART 460 00:14:56,738 --> 00:14:58,473 OF -- IF GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO 461 00:14:58,540 --> 00:14:59,607 BE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 462 00:14:59,674 --> 00:15:01,476 BUSINESS, YOU CAN'T SAY, OH NO, 463 00:15:01,543 --> 00:15:04,812 WE CAN'T GO OVERSEAS BECAUSE OF 464 00:15:04,879 --> 00:15:08,016 THE COST OF THE TRIP. 465 00:15:08,082 --> 00:15:10,585 A LOT OF THOSE, THOSE ARE -- 466 00:15:10,652 --> 00:15:12,687 SOMETIMES THOSE TRIPS CAN BE 467 00:15:12,754 --> 00:15:15,190 SUBSIDIZED BY PRIVATE SECTOR 468 00:15:15,256 --> 00:15:15,523 FOLKS. 469 00:15:15,590 --> 00:15:17,425 AND I HAVE NO -- THIS IS HARDLY 470 00:15:17,492 --> 00:15:18,393 A MAJOR TRIP. 471 00:15:18,459 --> 00:15:20,094 I THINK SYMBOLICALLY, IT MAKES 472 00:15:20,161 --> 00:15:20,328 SENSE. 473 00:15:20,395 --> 00:15:22,664 >> I NEED TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO 474 00:15:22,730 --> 00:15:24,532 AND VISIT THEIR PBS STATION, SO 475 00:15:24,599 --> 00:15:27,936 CHARLIE, LET'S WORK THAT OUT, 476 00:15:28,002 --> 00:15:28,336 OKAY? 477 00:15:28,403 --> 00:15:30,605 >> WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME AT THE 478 00:15:30,672 --> 00:15:32,240 DENVER PBS STATION, IF YOU 479 00:15:32,307 --> 00:15:33,875 FOLLOW MY DRIFT. 480 00:15:33,942 --> 00:15:34,609 >> I WOULD TAKE IT. 481 00:15:34,676 --> 00:15:36,010 >> I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT 482 00:15:36,077 --> 00:15:39,714 THEY'RE LEARNING BEST PRACTICES 483 00:15:39,781 --> 00:15:40,915 AND I DON'T THINK THE COST 484 00:15:40,982 --> 00:15:42,584 MATTERS AT ALL, BUT WENDY, YOU 485 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:43,251 HAVE A POINT. 486 00:15:43,318 --> 00:15:45,253 LAST YEAR DENVER HAD ABOUT 90 487 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:46,421 HOSM SIDES. 488 00:15:46,487 --> 00:15:48,089 THEIR POPULATION IS ABOUT 489 00:15:48,156 --> 00:15:48,323 70,000. 490 00:15:48,389 --> 00:15:50,191 IN A TYPICAL YEAR, DENVER HAS 491 00:15:50,258 --> 00:15:52,594 ABOUT 60 HOMICIDE AND YEAR, SO 492 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:53,928 IT IS KIND OF APPLES AND ORANGES 493 00:15:53,995 --> 00:15:56,731 BECAUSE WE HAD 260 HOMICIDES. 494 00:15:56,798 --> 00:15:58,166 WE WERE DEALING WITH REAL 495 00:15:58,233 --> 00:15:59,100 VIOLENT CRIME THAT DENVER 496 00:15:59,167 --> 00:16:00,668 DOESN'T SEE AND THE STAR PROGRAM 497 00:16:00,735 --> 00:16:03,037 HAD ABOUT 1300 RESPONSES LAST 498 00:16:03,104 --> 00:16:04,239 YEAR WHICH, WOW, THAT'S A 499 00:16:04,305 --> 00:16:05,807 FRACTION OF THE CALLS THAT 500 00:16:05,873 --> 00:16:06,741 POLICE AT THE ST. LOUIS 501 00:16:06,808 --> 00:16:07,375 METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 502 00:16:07,442 --> 00:16:08,776 HAVE TO RESPOND TO. 503 00:16:08,843 --> 00:16:10,778 >> IF YOU WANT -- IF YOU'RE 504 00:16:10,845 --> 00:16:12,180 GOING FOR BEST PRACTICES, WOULD 505 00:16:12,247 --> 00:16:13,681 YOU WANT SOMEBODY THAT'S HAVING 506 00:16:13,748 --> 00:16:14,549 BETTER OUTCOMES? 507 00:16:14,616 --> 00:16:15,783 I DON'T THINK THAT -- THE IDEA 508 00:16:15,850 --> 00:16:18,152 THAT DENVER IS SOME PLACE WHERE, 509 00:16:18,219 --> 00:16:20,555 YOU KNOW -- I MEAN, I'VE BEEN 510 00:16:20,622 --> 00:16:21,122 THERE. 511 00:16:21,189 --> 00:16:23,458 DENVER IS GREAT. 512 00:16:23,524 --> 00:16:25,893 THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PRACTICES 513 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,529 THAT GO INTO PRIMARY, BUT THE 514 00:16:28,596 --> 00:16:29,897 FACT THAT THEY HAVE A LOW ONE IS 515 00:16:29,964 --> 00:16:32,900 NOT AN ARGUMENT NOT TO GO. 516 00:16:32,967 --> 00:16:34,902 >> THEY HAVE 700,000 PEOPLE, WE 517 00:16:34,969 --> 00:16:37,405 HAVE 300,000 IN OUR CITY. 518 00:16:37,472 --> 00:16:39,207 >> IT'S NOT APPLES AND ORANGES. 519 00:16:39,274 --> 00:16:40,541 >> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 520 00:16:40,608 --> 00:16:42,410 ISN'T THERE A GUY BY THE NAME OF 521 00:16:42,477 --> 00:16:44,178 WILL PINCKNEY WITH THE MAYOR'S 522 00:16:44,245 --> 00:16:44,479 OFFICE? 523 00:16:44,545 --> 00:16:45,613 HE LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAM A 524 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,048 COUPLE OF TIMES IN ST. LOUIS AND 525 00:16:47,115 --> 00:16:48,449 HE'S A FORMER NEW YORK COP WHO I 526 00:16:48,516 --> 00:16:50,151 THINK WAS PROFILED IN ONE LOCAL 527 00:16:50,218 --> 00:16:51,986 PAPER RECENTLY IF I'M NOT 528 00:16:52,053 --> 00:16:52,353 MISTAKEN. 529 00:16:52,420 --> 00:16:54,455 HEY, LET'S TALK TO YOU, WENDY 530 00:16:54,522 --> 00:16:56,557 WIESE, ABOUT WHAT I THINK IS A 531 00:16:56,624 --> 00:16:59,827 TRULY UNPRECEDENTED STORY. 532 00:16:59,894 --> 00:17:01,829 THIS IS A BATTLE BETWEEN THE 533 00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:03,331 NATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL 534 00:17:03,398 --> 00:17:04,165 AND FIRE. 535 00:17:04,232 --> 00:17:07,168 FIRE HAS A SUBSIDIARY THAT RUNS 536 00:17:07,235 --> 00:17:08,836 A PIPELINE BETWEEN HERE AND IT 537 00:17:08,903 --> 00:17:10,405 GOES THROUGH ILLINOIS, UP NORTH 538 00:17:10,471 --> 00:17:13,574 TO GET SOME OF THAT FRACKING 539 00:17:13,641 --> 00:17:16,044 NATURAL GAS, AND THAT FIRE 540 00:17:16,110 --> 00:17:20,014 PIPELINE WAS REVIEWED BY THE 541 00:17:20,081 --> 00:17:20,548 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY 542 00:17:20,615 --> 00:17:21,883 COMMISSION AND APPROVED. 543 00:17:21,949 --> 00:17:25,586 HOWEVER, JUST RECENTLY, THE 544 00:17:25,653 --> 00:17:28,022 WASHINGTON, D.C., COURT OF 545 00:17:28,089 --> 00:17:29,324 APPEALS DECIDED TO REVOKE THE 546 00:17:29,390 --> 00:17:30,258 CERTIFICATION FOR THAT PIPELINE, 547 00:17:30,325 --> 00:17:32,827 SAYING THAT FERC, THE REGULATORY 548 00:17:32,894 --> 00:17:35,563 BODY, DID NOT FOLLOW ITS OWN 549 00:17:35,630 --> 00:17:37,332 RULES. 550 00:17:37,398 --> 00:17:40,301 AND AS A RESULT, THERE'S A STORY 551 00:17:40,368 --> 00:17:41,969 IN SUNDAY'S POST-DISPATCH THAT 552 00:17:42,036 --> 00:17:44,872 THIS PIPELINE BRINGING NATURAL 553 00:17:44,939 --> 00:17:46,808 GAS TO ST. LOUIS MIGHT BE 554 00:17:46,874 --> 00:17:47,709 MOTHBALLED AND THEY'RE EVEN 555 00:17:47,775 --> 00:17:49,577 TALKING ABOUT FILLING IT WITH 556 00:17:49,644 --> 00:17:52,046 SAND BECAUSE IMPLODING IT WOULD 557 00:17:52,113 --> 00:17:54,015 BE ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL 558 00:17:54,082 --> 00:17:54,282 DISASTER. 559 00:17:54,349 --> 00:17:55,249 HOW DO YOU FEEL? 560 00:17:55,316 --> 00:17:57,285 DO YOU THINK THAT SINCE THE 561 00:17:57,352 --> 00:17:58,519 REGULATORY BODY VIOLATED ITS OWN 562 00:17:58,586 --> 00:18:00,888 RULES, ALLEGEDLY, THAT THE 563 00:18:00,955 --> 00:18:01,856 PIPELINE SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN? 564 00:18:01,923 --> 00:18:04,158 >> WELL, I MEAN, SHAME ON THE 565 00:18:04,225 --> 00:18:05,493 REGULATORY BODY THEN. 566 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,428 BUT YOU DON'T PENALIZE THE 567 00:18:07,495 --> 00:18:10,131 NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS HERE IN 568 00:18:10,198 --> 00:18:11,466 THE MIDWEST. 569 00:18:11,532 --> 00:18:16,738 THE WHOLE POINT WAS TO AVOID A 570 00:18:16,804 --> 00:18:18,840 SITUATION OR THEY HAD AVOIDED A 571 00:18:18,906 --> 00:18:20,408 SITUATION SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW 572 00:18:20,475 --> 00:18:21,976 IN TEXAS IN FEBRUARY DURING A 573 00:18:22,043 --> 00:18:24,645 DEEP FREEZE IN WHICH PEOPLE LOST 574 00:18:24,712 --> 00:18:26,581 THEIR LIVES, PEOPLE WERE FOR A 575 00:18:26,647 --> 00:18:27,815 VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS AND 576 00:18:27,882 --> 00:18:29,016 THINGS THAT THEY HAD SIGNED UP 577 00:18:29,083 --> 00:18:32,186 FOR IN TERMS OF BUDGET BILLING, 578 00:18:32,253 --> 00:18:35,223 THEY WERE RECEIVING 12 AND 579 00:18:35,289 --> 00:18:38,459 $15,000 UTILITY BILLS. 580 00:18:38,526 --> 00:18:42,697 AND I'M SORRY THAT SOME OF THE 581 00:18:42,764 --> 00:18:44,098 MARKET ANALYSIS THAT SHOULD HAVE 582 00:18:44,165 --> 00:18:46,167 BEEN PERFORMED WASN'T PERFORMED, 583 00:18:46,234 --> 00:18:47,735 BUT THAT'S NOT, IN MY WAY OF 584 00:18:47,802 --> 00:18:50,071 LOOKING AT THINGS, THAT'S NOT ON 585 00:18:50,138 --> 00:18:50,338 FIRE. 586 00:18:50,405 --> 00:18:52,006 THAT'S ON FERC. 587 00:18:52,073 --> 00:18:55,276 >> WELL, THAT'S -- I MEAN, THIS 588 00:18:55,343 --> 00:18:57,278 ISN'T SOME, LIKE, LIBERAL THINK 589 00:18:57,345 --> 00:18:58,513 TANK THAT MADE THIS DECISION. 590 00:18:58,579 --> 00:19:00,882 THE COURT OF APPEALS, OKAY? 591 00:19:00,948 --> 00:19:02,283 THESE ARE JUDGES LOOKING AT THE 592 00:19:02,350 --> 00:19:04,852 LAW AS TO HOW -- AND OBVIOUSLY 593 00:19:04,919 --> 00:19:06,654 THEY WERE REVIEWING IT IF 594 00:19:06,721 --> 00:19:08,556 THEY'RE APPELLATE JUDGES. 595 00:19:08,623 --> 00:19:09,590 I DON'T KNOW WHICH SIDE 596 00:19:09,657 --> 00:19:11,559 APPEALED, BUT THEY LOOKED AT THE 597 00:19:11,626 --> 00:19:14,128 LAW AS IT WAS APPLIED BY LOWER 598 00:19:14,195 --> 00:19:16,898 COURT JUDGES AND MADE A 599 00:19:16,964 --> 00:19:17,231 DECISION. 600 00:19:17,298 --> 00:19:18,399 YOU CAN SAY SHAME ON THEM. 601 00:19:18,466 --> 00:19:21,402 IF THEY DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT, THEN 602 00:19:21,469 --> 00:19:23,438 THE JUDGES ARE SAYING YOU GOT TO 603 00:19:23,504 --> 00:19:24,372 DO IT RIGHT. 604 00:19:24,439 --> 00:19:26,274 IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S SOME 605 00:19:26,340 --> 00:19:27,742 WRONGDOING BY THE APPELLATE 606 00:19:27,809 --> 00:19:27,975 COURT. 607 00:19:28,042 --> 00:19:29,577 >> I THINK THIS IS INTENDED TO 608 00:19:29,644 --> 00:19:30,678 HAVE A CHILLING IMPACT ON 609 00:19:30,745 --> 00:19:32,780 ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO INVEST IN 610 00:19:32,847 --> 00:19:33,815 PIPELINES, PERIOD. 611 00:19:33,881 --> 00:19:34,048 PERIOD. 612 00:19:34,115 --> 00:19:35,683 >> YOU CAN'T REFUTE THE LAW, 613 00:19:35,750 --> 00:19:35,917 WENDY. 614 00:19:35,983 --> 00:19:36,984 THESE ARE JUDGES. 615 00:19:37,051 --> 00:19:39,454 THE APPELLATE COURT HAS GOT TO 616 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:40,955 BE REVIEWING BY DEFINITION A 617 00:19:41,022 --> 00:19:43,624 LOWER COURT THAT FOUND THAT THE 618 00:19:43,691 --> 00:19:45,059 REGULATORS -- AND IT'S NOT 619 00:19:45,126 --> 00:19:46,727 EXACTLY A NEWS FLASH THAT IN THE 620 00:19:46,794 --> 00:19:49,997 TRUMP ERA, THE REGULATORS WERE 621 00:19:50,064 --> 00:19:51,299 LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. 622 00:19:51,365 --> 00:19:53,534 THEY'RE SAYING YOU CAN'T DO 623 00:19:53,601 --> 00:19:55,236 THAT, AND SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND 624 00:19:55,303 --> 00:19:57,738 WHAT THE ARGUMENT IS WITH -- IS 625 00:19:57,805 --> 00:19:58,506 THE ARGUMENT THAT THE JUDGES 626 00:19:58,573 --> 00:20:01,008 SHOULD LOOK THE OTHER WAY TOO? 627 00:20:01,075 --> 00:20:03,244 THEY JUST ENFORCE THE LAW. 628 00:20:03,311 --> 00:20:04,111 >> DONE! 629 00:20:04,178 --> 00:20:04,612 IT'S DONE. 630 00:20:04,679 --> 00:20:08,549 THE PIPELINE -- I MEAN, IT'S 631 00:20:08,616 --> 00:20:08,983 COMPLETED. 632 00:20:09,050 --> 00:20:11,118 IT'S DELIVERING NATURAL GAS. 633 00:20:11,185 --> 00:20:12,820 >> WELL, THEY FOLLOWED THE LAW 634 00:20:12,887 --> 00:20:14,922 AND IF THE REGULATORS DIDN'T, 635 00:20:14,989 --> 00:20:17,191 THEN IT'S THE RIGHT DECISION AND 636 00:20:17,258 --> 00:20:18,860 WE -- WE CAN'T HAVE EVERY 637 00:20:18,926 --> 00:20:21,195 DECISION COME DOWN TO, WELL, YOU 638 00:20:21,262 --> 00:20:25,199 KNOW, IT'S BETTER FOR OUR 639 00:20:25,266 --> 00:20:25,433 ECONOMY. 640 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:26,000 THERE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL 641 00:20:26,067 --> 00:20:27,168 CONCERNS AND THEY'RE THERE FOR A 642 00:20:27,235 --> 00:20:28,402 REASON AND IF THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW 643 00:20:28,469 --> 00:20:30,137 THE RULES, THEN THIS IS THE 644 00:20:30,204 --> 00:20:30,705 RIGHT DECISION. 645 00:20:30,771 --> 00:20:31,439 >> POLITICS DOESN'T PLAY INTO 646 00:20:31,506 --> 00:20:33,808 THIS AT ALL, RIGHT, RAY? 647 00:20:33,875 --> 00:20:34,742 THIS IS PURELY LEGAL. 648 00:20:34,809 --> 00:20:36,377 >> WITH THE COURT OF APPEALS? 649 00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:37,011 I DON'T THINK SO. 650 00:20:37,078 --> 00:20:37,845 MAYBE IT DID. 651 00:20:37,912 --> 00:20:38,479 >> OKAY, OKAY. 652 00:20:38,546 --> 00:20:39,547 >> I DON'T KNOW. 653 00:20:39,614 --> 00:20:41,415 AGAIN, THE COURT OF APPEALS, 654 00:20:41,482 --> 00:20:43,351 WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY 655 00:20:43,417 --> 00:20:44,385 KNOWN AS BEING ALL THAT 656 00:20:44,452 --> 00:20:44,986 LIBERAL -- 657 00:20:45,052 --> 00:20:47,154 >> LET ME JUST JUMP IN. 658 00:20:47,221 --> 00:20:48,656 >> REVIEWING A LOWER COURT'S 659 00:20:48,723 --> 00:20:49,557 DECISION ABOUT WHETHER THE LAW 660 00:20:49,624 --> 00:20:50,358 WAS FOLLOWED. 661 00:20:50,424 --> 00:20:53,961 IF IT WASN'T, THEN YOU GOT TO 662 00:20:54,028 --> 00:20:55,162 EITHER FOLLOW THE LAW OR DUMP 663 00:20:55,229 --> 00:20:56,664 SAND IN IT, I GUESS. 664 00:20:56,731 --> 00:20:58,199 >> WELL, TRULY UNPRECEDENTED. 665 00:20:58,266 --> 00:20:59,901 I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A GAS 666 00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:00,635 PIPELINE BEING MOTH BALLED. 667 00:21:00,701 --> 00:21:04,338 WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, RAY. 668 00:21:04,405 --> 00:21:05,673 WHILE WE HAVE YOU FRONT AND 669 00:21:05,740 --> 00:21:07,975 CENTER, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE 670 00:21:08,042 --> 00:21:13,381 SENTENCE THIS WEEK OF RANDY 671 00:21:13,447 --> 00:21:14,515 HAYES, THE ST. LOUIS POLICE 672 00:21:14,582 --> 00:21:15,349 OFFICER WHO PUBLIC HEALTH 673 00:21:15,416 --> 00:21:16,918 PLEADED GUILTY IN THE BEATING OF 674 00:21:16,984 --> 00:21:19,086 HIS COLLEAGUE, MR. LUTHER HALL, 675 00:21:19,153 --> 00:21:20,321 AND HE RECEIVED FOUR YEARS. 676 00:21:20,388 --> 00:21:21,756 A JUST SENTENCE? 677 00:21:21,822 --> 00:21:24,091 >> WELL, IT GOES BY -- IT'S A 678 00:21:24,158 --> 00:21:26,460 FEDERAL CASE, SO IT GOES BY THE 679 00:21:26,527 --> 00:21:27,094 POINT SYSTEM. 680 00:21:27,161 --> 00:21:28,396 THERE'S POINTS ADDED FOR 681 00:21:28,462 --> 00:21:30,731 COOPERATION, POINTS TAKEN AWAY 682 00:21:30,798 --> 00:21:32,433 FOR THIS AND POINTS ADDED FOR 683 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:32,667 THAT. 684 00:21:32,733 --> 00:21:34,769 THEY START WITH A RANGE AND, YOU 685 00:21:34,835 --> 00:21:36,771 KNOW, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH 686 00:21:36,837 --> 00:21:37,104 SUBJECTIVITY. 687 00:21:37,171 --> 00:21:38,973 THERE'S SOME, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE 688 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:40,641 JUDGE -- I HAVE TO SAY, I WAS 689 00:21:40,708 --> 00:21:41,275 SURPRISED BY IT. 690 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:43,010 I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE THAN I 691 00:21:43,077 --> 00:21:44,879 THOUGHT HE WOULD GET. 692 00:21:44,946 --> 00:21:47,915 I WOULD BE CONCERNED IF I WAS 693 00:21:47,982 --> 00:21:49,250 DUSTIN BOONE WHO BASICALLY WAS 694 00:21:49,317 --> 00:21:50,518 TRIED FOR THE SAME -- IF THE 695 00:21:50,585 --> 00:21:53,721 PAPER HAD IT RIGHT, PRETTY MUCH 696 00:21:53,788 --> 00:21:55,723 TRIED ON THE SAME CHARGES THAT 697 00:21:55,790 --> 00:21:57,558 MR. HAYES WAS JUST SENTENCED, 698 00:21:57,625 --> 00:21:59,026 AND HE COOPERATED. 699 00:21:59,093 --> 00:22:00,294 I WOULDN'T BE SLEEPING TOO WELL 700 00:22:00,361 --> 00:22:01,963 IF I WAS, YOU KNOW, HAD THIS 701 00:22:02,029 --> 00:22:04,365 GONE TO A JURY TRIAL AND BEEN 702 00:22:04,432 --> 00:22:05,566 FOUND GUILTY OF THOSE. 703 00:22:05,633 --> 00:22:08,002 BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU DON'T KNOW 704 00:22:08,069 --> 00:22:09,370 WHERE BOONE VERSUS HAYES ARE ON 705 00:22:09,437 --> 00:22:12,406 THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES. 706 00:22:12,473 --> 00:22:14,976 IT'S A LOT OF -- A LOT OF IT IS 707 00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:15,409 NOT SUBJECTIVE. 708 00:22:15,476 --> 00:22:17,345 SOME OF IT IS, BUT THEY'VE GOT A 709 00:22:17,411 --> 00:22:18,913 RANGE AND HE STAYED WITHIN THE 710 00:22:18,980 --> 00:22:19,113 RANGE. 711 00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:21,415 THE PROSECUTORS WANTED SIX. 712 00:22:21,482 --> 00:22:22,883 AGAIN, I WAS SURPRISED BY IT, 713 00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:23,317 BUT -- 714 00:22:23,384 --> 00:22:24,518 >> HOW ABOUT YOU, BILL 715 00:22:24,585 --> 00:22:25,019 McCLELLAN? 716 00:22:25,086 --> 00:22:29,357 >> I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE 717 00:22:29,423 --> 00:22:33,394 SUBJECTIVE PART, I DON'T -- THE 718 00:22:33,461 --> 00:22:35,997 WHOLE POINT OF GETTING PEOPLE TO 719 00:22:36,063 --> 00:22:37,231 TESTIFY IS YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE 720 00:22:37,298 --> 00:22:39,000 THEM A BREAK ON THE SENTENCING, 721 00:22:39,066 --> 00:22:41,836 ESPECIALLY IN A CASE LIKE THIS 722 00:22:41,902 --> 00:22:44,305 WHERE IT'S A COP TESTIFYING 723 00:22:44,372 --> 00:22:46,040 AGAINST OTHER COPS, AND I HATE 724 00:22:46,107 --> 00:22:49,410 TO SEE THE GUY WHO TESTIFIED 725 00:22:49,477 --> 00:22:50,611 GETTING MORE TIME THAN THE 726 00:22:50,678 --> 00:22:55,349 PEOPLE WHO WITH -- PEOPLE WHO 727 00:22:55,416 --> 00:22:56,150 WENT TO TRIAL. 728 00:22:56,217 --> 00:22:57,952 IF WHAT WE WANT IN THE FUTURE IS 729 00:22:58,019 --> 00:23:00,187 OTHER COPS TO TESTIFY ABOUT BAD 730 00:23:00,254 --> 00:23:01,555 CONDUCT OF THEIR COLLEAGUES, 731 00:23:01,622 --> 00:23:04,058 THIS ISN'T A VERY GOOD WAY TO DO 732 00:23:04,125 --> 00:23:04,225 IT. 733 00:23:04,291 --> 00:23:05,626 >> IF A JUDGE GOES ABOVE OR 734 00:23:05,693 --> 00:23:07,662 BELOW THE -- THE WAY I 735 00:23:07,728 --> 00:23:09,563 UNDERSTAND IT, PARTICULARLY 736 00:23:09,630 --> 00:23:11,098 ABOVE IT, YOU -- AND I AGREE 737 00:23:11,165 --> 00:23:12,633 WITH YOU, BASICALLY. 738 00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:13,567 SURE, YOU WOULD EXPECT. 739 00:23:13,634 --> 00:23:15,236 THAT'S WHY I SAY I WOULD THINK 740 00:23:15,302 --> 00:23:16,771 MR. BOON HAS GOT TO BE CONCERNED 741 00:23:16,837 --> 00:23:18,506 ABOUT THAT PERHAPS, ALTHOUGH I 742 00:23:18,572 --> 00:23:21,242 DON'T KNOW IF IT WORKS THAT WAY. 743 00:23:21,308 --> 00:23:23,611 IT IS THE POINT SYSTEM. 744 00:23:23,678 --> 00:23:25,413 IT IS THE GUIDELINES. 745 00:23:25,479 --> 00:23:27,281 IF THE JUDGE VIOLATES -- 746 00:23:27,348 --> 00:23:28,482 >> BUT THEY CAN GO ABOVE AND 747 00:23:28,549 --> 00:23:29,083 BELOW, RAY. 748 00:23:29,150 --> 00:23:32,586 >> BUT IF THEY DO -- 749 00:23:32,653 --> 00:23:35,289 >> NOT ONLY CAN THEY GO ABOVE OR 750 00:23:35,356 --> 00:23:38,759 BELOW, BUT LIKE JOHN RALLO, IF 751 00:23:38,826 --> 00:23:40,027 LATER RANDY HAYES HAS HE HAS 752 00:23:40,094 --> 00:23:42,196 SOME SORT OF ILLNESS, WHO KNOWS 753 00:23:42,263 --> 00:23:43,798 IF HE'LL GET OUT OR IF HE GOES 754 00:23:43,864 --> 00:23:46,600 TO SOME SORT OF REHAB PROGRAM 755 00:23:46,667 --> 00:23:47,635 LIKE STEVE STENGER DID, MAYBE 756 00:23:47,702 --> 00:23:49,036 HE'LL BE OUT IN TWO YEARS. 757 00:23:49,103 --> 00:23:50,538 >> I'M NOT EVEN DEFENDING THE 758 00:23:50,604 --> 00:23:50,738 JUDGE. 759 00:23:50,805 --> 00:23:52,640 I'M JUST SAYING IF THEY DO, 760 00:23:52,707 --> 00:23:54,175 THEY'RE MORE SUBJECT TO GETTING 761 00:23:54,241 --> 00:23:56,277 OVERTURN TO APPEAL AND A LOT OF 762 00:23:56,343 --> 00:23:57,511 JUDGES DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN 763 00:23:57,578 --> 00:23:58,212 TO THEM. 764 00:23:58,279 --> 00:24:04,185 >> OKAY, SPEAKING OF THE COURTS, 765 00:24:04,251 --> 00:24:12,259 BILL, EUGENE KROGG JR. RELEASED 766 00:24:12,326 --> 00:24:17,398 A EXPLETIVE IN COURT, BASICALLY 767 00:24:17,465 --> 00:24:18,933 EXPLETIVE YOU, THIS JUDGE GAVE 768 00:24:18,999 --> 00:24:20,534 THE ATTORNEY A WEEK IN JAIL FOR 769 00:24:20,601 --> 00:24:21,736 CURSING AT HIM. 770 00:24:21,802 --> 00:24:22,570 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 771 00:24:22,636 --> 00:24:23,771 >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW EITHER OF 772 00:24:23,838 --> 00:24:24,905 THOSE FELLOWS. 773 00:24:24,972 --> 00:24:26,674 I CALLED UP A GOOD FRIEND OF 774 00:24:26,741 --> 00:24:28,175 MINE AND HE DIDN'T KNOW THE 775 00:24:28,242 --> 00:24:31,879 LAWYER AND HE DIDN'T KNOW THE 776 00:24:31,946 --> 00:24:33,781 JUDGE, BUT HE KNEW THE CURSOR 777 00:24:33,848 --> 00:24:36,717 AND HE SAID THAT YOU -- 75 YEARS 778 00:24:36,784 --> 00:24:40,454 OLD, YOUNG MAN IN HIS PRIME, AND 779 00:24:40,521 --> 00:24:42,256 HE SAID THAT HE'S A GOOD FELLOW 780 00:24:42,323 --> 00:24:46,861 AND HE SAID, I'D REALLY LIKE TO 781 00:24:46,927 --> 00:24:47,828 KNOW WHAT WAS BEHIND THIS. 782 00:24:47,895 --> 00:24:50,598 BUT AS FAR AS THE JUDGE PUTTING 783 00:24:50,664 --> 00:24:52,733 THE GUY IN JAIL, I THINK THAT 784 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,102 THERE SHOULD BE DECORUM IN COURT 785 00:24:55,169 --> 00:24:56,804 AND LIKE I THINK A JUDGE, YOU 786 00:24:56,871 --> 00:24:59,006 KNOW, OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO 787 00:24:59,073 --> 00:24:59,774 SOMEBODY, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY 788 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:01,041 YOU'RE DRESSED. 789 00:25:01,108 --> 00:25:02,643 THAT'S NOT RESPECTFUL TO THE 790 00:25:02,710 --> 00:25:02,877 COURT. 791 00:25:02,943 --> 00:25:05,146 AND IF SOMEBODY CURSES AT A 792 00:25:05,212 --> 00:25:07,014 JUDGE, I THINK THE JUDGE IS WELL 793 00:25:07,081 --> 00:25:09,416 WITHIN HIS OR HER RIGHTS TO SAY 794 00:25:09,483 --> 00:25:11,952 I'M NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THAT 795 00:25:12,019 --> 00:25:13,821 AND TO THROW THE GUY IN JAIL. 796 00:25:13,888 --> 00:25:14,955 I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 797 00:25:15,022 --> 00:25:15,823 THAT. 798 00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:18,459 >> WELL, I JUST THINK A WEEK IS 799 00:25:18,526 --> 00:25:20,728 TOO MUCH. 800 00:25:20,795 --> 00:25:23,831 IF HE TOLD HIM, HEY, GO TO HADES 801 00:25:23,898 --> 00:25:25,800 AND GET ONE DAY, TOLD HIM TO 802 00:25:25,866 --> 00:25:28,836 KISS SOMETHING, YOU GET THREE 803 00:25:28,903 --> 00:25:29,036 DAYS. 804 00:25:29,103 --> 00:25:29,904 IT WASN'T JUST THE EXTREME 805 00:25:29,970 --> 00:25:31,405 LANGUAGE HE USED. 806 00:25:31,472 --> 00:25:33,274 I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HAD JURY 807 00:25:33,340 --> 00:25:34,608 DUTY THIS WEEK AND SOMEBODY IN 808 00:25:34,675 --> 00:25:37,077 THE LARGE JURY FOOL REFUSED TO 809 00:25:37,144 --> 00:25:38,979 PUT -- POOL REFUSED TO PUT A 810 00:25:39,046 --> 00:25:39,814 MASK ON. 811 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,415 APPARENTLY THEY TALKED TO HIM 812 00:25:41,482 --> 00:25:43,184 AND JUST ESCORTED HIM OUT OF THE 813 00:25:43,250 --> 00:25:43,484 BUILDING. 814 00:25:43,551 --> 00:25:45,319 TO ME, HE SHOULD HAVE GOT A 815 00:25:45,386 --> 00:25:45,619 WEEK. 816 00:25:45,686 --> 00:25:47,521 >> MAYBE A WEEK IS A LITTLE 817 00:25:47,588 --> 00:25:50,357 LONG, ALVIN, BUT IF I WAS A 818 00:25:50,424 --> 00:25:53,494 JUDGE, I'D WANT IT KNOWN THAT 819 00:25:53,561 --> 00:25:55,196 YOU DON'T COME IN AND CURSE AT 820 00:25:55,262 --> 00:25:59,300 ME BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE MY 821 00:25:59,366 --> 00:25:59,767 DECISIONS. 822 00:25:59,834 --> 00:26:08,309 >> WHY DID -- WHO CUSSED OUT 823 00:26:08,375 --> 00:26:10,277 THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE DURING 824 00:26:10,344 --> 00:26:11,045 THE ERIC GREITENS STUFF? 825 00:26:11,111 --> 00:26:12,713 WHAT ATTORNEY WAS THAT? 826 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:14,081 WAS IT AL WATKINS? 827 00:26:14,148 --> 00:26:15,115 NOTHING HAPPENED TO HIM. 828 00:26:15,182 --> 00:26:17,685 >> I AGREE WITH ALVIN THAT IT 829 00:26:17,751 --> 00:26:19,386 SEEMS A LITTLE MUCH, A WEEK. 830 00:26:19,453 --> 00:26:20,487 A LITTLE SHOCK TIME FOR 24 831 00:26:20,554 --> 00:26:22,957 HOURS, BUT I THINK YOU MAKE A 832 00:26:23,023 --> 00:26:24,458 CASE FOR MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE 833 00:26:24,525 --> 00:26:26,894 SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR CURSE 834 00:26:26,961 --> 00:26:29,396 WORDS, YOU KNOW. 835 00:26:29,463 --> 00:26:31,699 LIKE HAVE A SCALE. 836 00:26:31,765 --> 00:26:33,367 GEORGE CARLIN'S SEVEN DIRTY 837 00:26:33,434 --> 00:26:34,635 WORDS GET A CERTAIN -- 838 00:26:34,702 --> 00:26:36,003 >> I REMEMBER BEING IN COURT 839 00:26:36,070 --> 00:26:38,873 WHEN A DEFENDANT SAID TO THE 840 00:26:38,939 --> 00:26:40,808 JUDGE, YOU'RE A LYING SOB AND 841 00:26:40,875 --> 00:26:44,144 THE JUDGE JUST IGNORED HIM AND 842 00:26:44,211 --> 00:26:55,022 HE SAID YOU'RE A PERSIDIOUS SOB 843 00:26:55,089 --> 00:26:57,091 AND THE JUDGE SENT HIM TO JAIL. 844 00:26:57,157 --> 00:26:59,426 I ASKED THE JUDGE ABOUT IT AND 845 00:26:59,493 --> 00:27:01,428 HE SAID I CAN IGNORE IT, BUT IF 846 00:27:01,495 --> 00:27:02,963 I HAVE TO LOOK UP A WORD, HE'S 847 00:27:03,030 --> 00:27:04,231 GOING TO JAIL. 848 00:27:04,298 --> 00:27:06,333 >> WELL, JUSTICE IS SACRED. 849 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:07,935 YOU HAVE THESE COURTHOUSE 850 00:27:08,002 --> 00:27:10,571 SHOOTINGS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT 851 00:27:10,638 --> 00:27:11,572 DECORUM, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE 852 00:27:11,639 --> 00:27:13,274 SOCKED HIM WITH A FINE AS WELL. 853 00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:14,408 >> SO MUCH FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH 854 00:27:14,475 --> 00:27:15,276 IN A COURTROOM. 855 00:27:15,342 --> 00:27:16,877 THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR 856 00:27:16,944 --> 00:27:17,111 OPINION. 857 00:27:17,177 --> 00:27:18,045 DON'T GO AWAY. 858 00:27:18,112 --> 00:27:19,980 IN A MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK 859 00:27:20,047 --> 00:27:21,415 ABOUT MAKING OUR AREA WALKABLE 860 00:27:21,482 --> 00:27:23,417 AND BIKEABLE AND HOW THAT NIGHT 861 00:27:23,484 --> 00:27:25,019 NEED TO MORE ECONOMIC 862 00:27:25,085 --> 00:27:25,419 DEVELOPMENT. 863 00:27:25,486 --> 00:27:27,821 CINDY MENSE OF TRAILNET AND 864 00:27:27,888 --> 00:27:28,522 SARAH ARNOSKY OF GREATER 865 00:27:28,589 --> 00:27:30,324 ST. LOUIS INC. ARE JOINING OUR 866 00:27:30,391 --> 00:27:31,992 FOUNDERS, BILL McCLELLAN AND RAY 867 00:27:32,059 --> 00:27:33,627 HARTMANN, ON DONNYBROOK NEXT UP. 868 00:27:33,694 --> 00:27:34,261 >> Announcer: DONNYBROOK IS MADE 869 00:27:34,328 --> 00:27:35,195 POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF THE 870 00:27:35,262 --> 00:27:35,763 BETSY AND THOMAS PATTERSON 871 00:27:35,829 --> 00:27:36,363 FOUNDATION AND THE MEMBERS OF 872 00:27:36,430 --> 00:27:39,133 NINE PBS. 873 00:28:05,664 --> 00:28:08,066 >> WELCOME TO NEXT UP. 874 00:28:08,133 --> 00:28:09,701 WE'RE JOINED TONIGHT BY CINDY 875 00:28:09,768 --> 00:28:11,870 MENSE OF TRAILNET AND SARAH 876 00:28:11,937 --> 00:28:13,805 ARNOSKY OF GREATER ST. LOUIS, 877 00:28:13,872 --> 00:28:13,972 INC. 878 00:28:14,039 --> 00:28:15,807 WELCOME TO YOU BOTH. 879 00:28:15,874 --> 00:28:16,408 >> THANK YOU. 880 00:28:16,475 --> 00:28:16,875 >> THANK YOU. 881 00:28:16,942 --> 00:28:18,810 >> SO TELL US, YOU'RE INVOLVED 882 00:28:18,877 --> 00:28:21,746 IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING 883 00:28:21,813 --> 00:28:25,117 ST. LOUIS A BIKING AND WALKABLE 884 00:28:25,183 --> 00:28:25,984 REGION. 885 00:28:26,051 --> 00:28:27,486 TELL US HOW YOU'RE GOING ABOUT 886 00:28:27,552 --> 00:28:27,953 DOING THAT. 887 00:28:28,019 --> 00:28:28,587 >> GREAT. 888 00:28:28,653 --> 00:28:29,187 THANKS, RAY. 889 00:28:29,254 --> 00:28:30,122 I'LL GET STARTED. 890 00:28:30,188 --> 00:28:31,857 I'M CINDY MENSE, THE CEO OF 891 00:28:31,923 --> 00:28:34,593 TRAILNET, AND TRAIL NET, WE'RE A 892 00:28:34,659 --> 00:28:36,928 32-YEAR-OLD ORGANIZATION IN 893 00:28:36,995 --> 00:28:41,466 ST. LOUIS, A BIKEABLE/PEDESTRIAN 894 00:28:41,533 --> 00:28:42,000 ADVOCACY ORG. 895 00:28:42,067 --> 00:28:43,835 IT WORKS TO MAKE THE STREETS 896 00:28:43,902 --> 00:28:45,070 SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO WALKING 897 00:28:45,137 --> 00:28:47,172 BIKE, AND USE TRANSIT AS A WAY 898 00:28:47,239 --> 00:28:47,839 OF LIFE. 899 00:28:47,906 --> 00:28:48,840 WE HAVE A TERRIFIC PARTNERSHIP 900 00:28:48,907 --> 00:28:53,145 WITH GREATER ST. LOUIS, INC., ON 901 00:28:53,211 --> 00:28:54,112 TRYING TO MOVE BETTER 902 00:28:54,179 --> 00:28:55,013 INFRASTRUCTURE FORWARD. 903 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,081 SARAH? 904 00:28:56,148 --> 00:28:57,716 >> THANKS, CINDY. 905 00:28:57,782 --> 00:29:00,352 YEAH, MY NAME IS SARAH ARNOSKY, 906 00:29:00,418 --> 00:29:01,386 I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF GREATER 907 00:29:01,453 --> 00:29:01,887 ST. LOUIS INC. 908 00:29:01,953 --> 00:29:03,788 I BELIEVE YOU HAD OUR CEO, JASON 909 00:29:03,855 --> 00:29:05,557 HALL, ON THE SHOW A COUPLE WEEKS 910 00:29:05,624 --> 00:29:05,891 AGO. 911 00:29:05,957 --> 00:29:06,691 HAPPY TO BE HERE. 912 00:29:06,758 --> 00:29:08,660 AS CINDY MENTIONED, FROM OUR 913 00:29:08,727 --> 00:29:09,461 PERSPECTIVE OF GREATER 914 00:29:09,528 --> 00:29:11,563 ST. LOUIS, INC., WHICH IS AN 915 00:29:11,630 --> 00:29:12,931 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CIVIC 916 00:29:12,998 --> 00:29:14,132 ORGANIZATION, WE RECOGNIZE THE 917 00:29:14,199 --> 00:29:16,401 VALUE OF HAVING A BIKE AND 918 00:29:16,468 --> 00:29:17,569 PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY COMMUNITY 919 00:29:17,636 --> 00:29:20,705 AND HOW THAT CONTRIBUTES IN MANY 920 00:29:20,772 --> 00:29:21,973 WAYS, BUT PARTICULARLY IT'S 921 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:22,741 ECONOMIC IMPACT. 922 00:29:22,807 --> 00:29:25,277 AND SO REALLY WANTING TO PLAY A 923 00:29:25,343 --> 00:29:28,180 CRITICAL ROLE AND HELP GET 924 00:29:28,246 --> 00:29:29,848 THINGS MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE 925 00:29:29,915 --> 00:29:31,283 SURE WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH OUR 926 00:29:31,349 --> 00:29:32,918 PEER CITIES AND MAKING ST. LOUIS 927 00:29:32,984 --> 00:29:34,786 ONE OF THE BEST BIKING 928 00:29:34,853 --> 00:29:38,056 COMMUNITIES AND CITIES AROUND 929 00:29:38,123 --> 00:29:39,624 THE -- REGIONS, REALLY, AROUND 930 00:29:39,691 --> 00:29:40,492 THE COUNTRY. 931 00:29:40,559 --> 00:29:43,228 >> YOU INDICATED YOU'RE 32 -- 932 00:29:43,295 --> 00:29:44,029 BILL, GO AHEAD. 933 00:29:44,095 --> 00:29:45,263 >> NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, 934 00:29:45,330 --> 00:29:46,198 I LOVE TO WALK. 935 00:29:46,264 --> 00:29:48,300 I'M A WALKER, AND WHEN I WAS 936 00:29:48,366 --> 00:29:49,968 WORKING DOWNTOWN ALL THE TIME, I 937 00:29:50,035 --> 00:29:51,803 WOULD OFTEN GO AND WALK ALONG 938 00:29:51,870 --> 00:29:53,205 THE RIVER. 939 00:29:53,271 --> 00:29:55,740 THERE'S A RIVER TRAIL JUST NORTH 940 00:29:55,807 --> 00:29:59,144 OF DOWNTOWN, AND I'D WALK DOWN 941 00:29:59,211 --> 00:30:01,112 TO PRODUCE ROW SOMETIMES, AND 942 00:30:01,179 --> 00:30:04,816 THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THE FLOOD 943 00:30:04,883 --> 00:30:06,484 WALL GENERALLY SEPARATES THE 944 00:30:06,551 --> 00:30:10,288 WALKER OR THE BIKER. 945 00:30:10,355 --> 00:30:12,791 THERE WOULD BE BICYCLISTS, FROM 946 00:30:12,857 --> 00:30:13,458 THE RIVER. 947 00:30:13,525 --> 00:30:14,926 I THINK TO MYSELF, HERE'S THIS 948 00:30:14,993 --> 00:30:17,028 GREAT RESOURCE, THE RIVER, AND 949 00:30:17,095 --> 00:30:18,296 I'M ON THE RIVER TRAIL, BUT I 950 00:30:18,363 --> 00:30:19,798 CAN'T SEE THE RIVER MOST OF THE 951 00:30:19,864 --> 00:30:20,298 TIME. 952 00:30:20,365 --> 00:30:24,336 I MEAN, HOW CAN WE UTILIZE OUR 953 00:30:24,402 --> 00:30:25,437 RIVER A LITTLE BIT BETTER? 954 00:30:25,503 --> 00:30:27,439 >> YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT 955 00:30:27,505 --> 00:30:27,706 QUESTION. 956 00:30:27,772 --> 00:30:29,007 SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW -- ONE 957 00:30:29,074 --> 00:30:29,841 OF THE THINGS THAT GREATER 958 00:30:29,908 --> 00:30:31,776 ST. LOUIS, INC., HAS ALSO PAR 959 00:30:31,843 --> 00:30:34,980 TAKEN IN THE DESIGN OF DOWNTOWN 960 00:30:35,046 --> 00:30:36,982 ST. LOUIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 961 00:30:37,048 --> 00:30:38,049 ONE OF THE KEY STRATEGIES THAT 962 00:30:38,116 --> 00:30:41,086 WAS IDENTIFIED WAS HOW DO WE 963 00:30:41,152 --> 00:30:42,120 RE-ENGAGE AND CELEBRATE OUR 964 00:30:42,187 --> 00:30:43,288 CONNECTION TO THE RIVER. 965 00:30:43,355 --> 00:30:44,756 SO YOU DO HAVE THE GREENWAY THAT 966 00:30:44,823 --> 00:30:47,025 GOES ALONG THE RIVER, BUT I 967 00:30:47,092 --> 00:30:48,460 TOTALLY HEAR YOU THAT THERE'S A 968 00:30:48,526 --> 00:30:50,161 WALL THAT DOES BLOCK THE VIEW 969 00:30:50,228 --> 00:30:51,463 AND THAT CONNECTION TO THE 970 00:30:51,529 --> 00:30:51,896 RIVER. 971 00:30:51,963 --> 00:30:53,231 I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT 972 00:30:53,298 --> 00:30:54,299 OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES. 973 00:30:54,366 --> 00:30:57,168 I KNOW THAT CINDY AT TRAILNET, 974 00:30:57,235 --> 00:30:58,870 THEY HELP COLLECT FOLKS TO GO ON 975 00:30:58,937 --> 00:31:00,105 RIVER RIDES. 976 00:31:00,171 --> 00:31:01,673 I DON'T KNOW IF, CINDY, YOU WANT 977 00:31:01,740 --> 00:31:03,141 TO SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL. 978 00:31:03,208 --> 00:31:03,475 >> SURE. 979 00:31:03,541 --> 00:31:05,944 I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 980 00:31:06,011 --> 00:31:09,080 THE RIVERFRONT TRAIL IS A TRAIL 981 00:31:09,147 --> 00:31:10,482 THAT TRAILNET ESTABLISHED IN 982 00:31:10,548 --> 00:31:11,283 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF 983 00:31:11,349 --> 00:31:12,484 ST. LOUIS MANY YEARS AGO, SO 984 00:31:12,550 --> 00:31:14,886 THAT'S A LEGACY PROJECT OF OURS. 985 00:31:14,953 --> 00:31:16,288 IT DOES NEED -- IT NEEDS CARE 986 00:31:16,354 --> 00:31:17,455 AND ATTENTION SO THAT PEOPLE 987 00:31:17,522 --> 00:31:20,392 CONTINUE TO USE IT AND FEEL SAFE 988 00:31:20,458 --> 00:31:21,526 IN THAT AREA. 989 00:31:21,593 --> 00:31:23,962 IT DOES CONTINUE TO BE A BIT OF 990 00:31:24,029 --> 00:31:24,863 A CHALLENGE. 991 00:31:24,929 --> 00:31:26,831 WHEN THE RIVERFRONT WAS REDONE, 992 00:31:26,898 --> 00:31:29,501 WE DO HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT 993 00:31:29,567 --> 00:31:33,238 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT TRB PUT IN 994 00:31:33,305 --> 00:31:35,006 ALONG LEWIS K. SULLIVAN DRIVE 995 00:31:35,073 --> 00:31:36,241 AND THAT CERTAINLY HAS HELPED 996 00:31:36,308 --> 00:31:37,242 WITH THAT CONNECTION. 997 00:31:37,309 --> 00:31:40,512 >> FOR THOSE THAT DON'T FOLLOW 998 00:31:40,578 --> 00:31:41,980 YOUR WORK, HOW MUCH -- THERE'S 999 00:31:42,047 --> 00:31:42,647 TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT DON'T 1000 00:31:42,714 --> 00:31:45,283 REALLY KEEP UP WITH EVERYTHING 1001 00:31:45,350 --> 00:31:47,452 THAT'S GOING ON. 1002 00:31:47,519 --> 00:31:49,621 HOW MUCH DIFFERENT IS ST. LOUIS 1003 00:31:49,688 --> 00:31:51,890 TODAY THAN IN 1989 WHEN TRAILNET 1004 00:31:51,956 --> 00:31:53,158 WAS FOUNDED? 1005 00:31:53,224 --> 00:31:56,628 WHAT -- CAN YOU POINT TO, WHAT 1006 00:31:56,695 --> 00:31:57,495 HAVE WE DONE TO DEVELOP OVER 1007 00:31:57,562 --> 00:31:59,130 THAT PERIOD? 1008 00:31:59,197 --> 00:31:59,931 >> SURE. 1009 00:31:59,998 --> 00:32:02,067 SO ST. LOUIS HAS REALLY CHANGED 1010 00:32:02,133 --> 00:32:02,834 OVER THE YEARS. 1011 00:32:02,901 --> 00:32:06,338 ONE THING THAT WE KNOW IS THAT 1012 00:32:06,404 --> 00:32:07,439 POPULATION-WISE, THIS CITY WAS 1013 00:32:07,505 --> 00:32:09,507 BUILT FOR ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE 1014 00:32:09,574 --> 00:32:11,609 AND AS WE LOSE POPULATION, WE 1015 00:32:11,676 --> 00:32:14,846 STILL HAVE THESE ROADWAYS, THESE 1016 00:32:14,913 --> 00:32:16,348 BIG WIDE ROADWAYS WHERE THE 1017 00:32:16,414 --> 00:32:17,749 STREETCARS USED TO BE, SO YOU'VE 1018 00:32:17,816 --> 00:32:20,418 GOT STREETS THAT ARE 40 AND 50 1019 00:32:20,485 --> 00:32:21,820 FEET WIDE THAT ARE ACTUALLY 1020 00:32:21,886 --> 00:32:23,655 CONNECTING JUST NEIGHBORHOODS. 1021 00:32:23,722 --> 00:32:27,225 AND SO WE HAVE THIS GREAT STREET 1022 00:32:27,292 --> 00:32:29,527 GRID THAT ALSO CAN BE -- THE 1023 00:32:29,594 --> 00:32:31,596 STREET GRID COULD BE USED IN A 1024 00:32:31,663 --> 00:32:33,798 WAY TO MAKE SURE ROOM FOR 1025 00:32:33,865 --> 00:32:35,900 PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS TO FEEL 1026 00:32:35,967 --> 00:32:37,102 SAFER ON THE ROADWAYS. 1027 00:32:37,168 --> 00:32:38,570 SO WE'RE MAINTAINING A LOT OF 1028 00:32:38,636 --> 00:32:40,672 ROADWAY AND THERE'S ROOM TO ADD 1029 00:32:40,739 --> 00:32:41,473 IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD 1030 00:32:41,539 --> 00:32:44,042 MAKE IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE WALKING 1031 00:32:44,109 --> 00:32:45,143 AND BIKING. 1032 00:32:45,210 --> 00:32:46,311 SO THE CHANGES THAT HAVE 1033 00:32:46,378 --> 00:32:47,746 HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS, WE USED 1034 00:32:47,812 --> 00:32:50,615 TO BE HAPPY WITH JUST A PAINTED 1035 00:32:50,682 --> 00:32:53,918 BIKE LANE ON THE ROAD OR SOME 1036 00:32:53,985 --> 00:32:56,588 SHARROWS, BUT THE NATIONAL 1037 00:32:56,654 --> 00:32:57,222 ASSOCIATION OF TRANSPORTATION 1038 00:32:57,288 --> 00:32:58,490 OFFICIALS HAVE UPGRADED THE TYPE 1039 00:32:58,556 --> 00:32:59,924 OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS GOING 1040 00:32:59,991 --> 00:33:01,292 TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFEST. 1041 00:33:01,359 --> 00:33:02,694 AND SO NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING 1042 00:33:02,761 --> 00:33:05,029 FOR ARE WHAT WE CALL PROTECTED 1043 00:33:05,096 --> 00:33:06,798 BIKE LANES OR CYCLE TRACKS. 1044 00:33:06,865 --> 00:33:09,734 SO THAT WAS -- THAT'S A PROJECT 1045 00:33:09,801 --> 00:33:11,603 THAT, TOGETHER WITH GREATER 1046 00:33:11,669 --> 00:33:15,573 ST. LOUIS, INC., TRAILNET HELPED 1047 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,642 PROMOTE THIS TOWER GROVE 1048 00:33:17,709 --> 00:33:17,976 CONNECTOR. 1049 00:33:18,042 --> 00:33:19,277 YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE 1050 00:33:19,344 --> 00:33:21,146 BEST INFRASTRUCTURE IN ST. LOUIS 1051 00:33:21,212 --> 00:33:22,614 FOR KEEPING FOLKS SAFE WHILE 1052 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,115 WALKING AND BIKING WHERE THEY'RE 1053 00:33:24,182 --> 00:33:26,351 PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FROM 1054 00:33:26,418 --> 00:33:26,584 TRAFFIC. 1055 00:33:26,651 --> 00:33:27,452 THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF 1056 00:33:27,519 --> 00:33:28,186 INFRASTRUCTURE NOW THAT WE'RE 1057 00:33:28,253 --> 00:33:29,754 SEEING MORE AND MORE OF. 1058 00:33:29,821 --> 00:33:31,890 THERE'S ONE PLANNED FOR 20th 1059 00:33:31,956 --> 00:33:33,558 STREET, ONE PLANNED FOR TUCKER 1060 00:33:33,625 --> 00:33:33,958 BOULEVARD. 1061 00:33:34,025 --> 00:33:35,527 BOTH OF THOSE ARE FUNDED AS WELL 1062 00:33:35,593 --> 00:33:37,962 AS TOWER GROVE, THE TOWER GROVER 1063 00:33:38,029 --> 00:33:38,296 CONNECTOR. 1064 00:33:38,363 --> 00:33:39,931 SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A SHIFT 1065 00:33:39,998 --> 00:33:41,533 IN THAT DIRECTION. 1066 00:33:41,599 --> 00:33:42,767 MAYBE YOU LIVE BY UNION 1067 00:33:42,834 --> 00:33:43,034 BOULEVARD. 1068 00:33:43,101 --> 00:33:46,438 THE CITY HAS PUT IN A PROTECTED 1069 00:33:46,504 --> 00:33:48,273 BIKEWAY AND THEY'RE TESTING OUT 1070 00:33:48,339 --> 00:33:49,174 NEW INFRASTRUCTURE. 1071 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,810 THESE THINGS ARE CALLED 1072 00:33:51,876 --> 00:33:53,812 ARMADILLOS, THESE RUBBER 1073 00:33:53,878 --> 00:33:54,913 PROTECTORS THAT ARE IN THE 1074 00:33:54,979 --> 00:33:56,414 STREET OR THESE MOUNDS THAT 1075 00:33:56,481 --> 00:33:57,949 WOULD KEEP CARS FROM GOING INTO 1076 00:33:58,016 --> 00:33:59,250 THE BIKE LANE. 1077 00:33:59,317 --> 00:34:00,552 SO IT USED TO BE ENOUGH JUST TO 1078 00:34:00,618 --> 00:34:02,587 HAVE ROOM FOR A BIKE, BUT NOW 1079 00:34:02,654 --> 00:34:04,389 WITH THE SIZE OF CARS AND 1080 00:34:04,456 --> 00:34:06,458 DISTRACTED DRIVING, WHAT PEOPLE 1081 00:34:06,524 --> 00:34:08,993 REALLY ARE DESIRING IS MORE 1082 00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:09,828 PROTECTED INFRASTRUCTURE AND 1083 00:34:09,894 --> 00:34:11,496 IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO SEE 1084 00:34:11,563 --> 00:34:13,064 AN ORGANIZATION LIKE GREATER 1085 00:34:13,131 --> 00:34:15,400 ST. LOUIS, INC., EMBRACE THIS 1086 00:34:15,467 --> 00:34:17,068 TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 1087 00:34:17,135 --> 00:34:18,903 >> YEAH, I MEAN, WE'D LOVE TO 1088 00:34:18,970 --> 00:34:21,973 SEE -- YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT 1089 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:23,508 THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE MDA IS 1090 00:34:23,575 --> 00:34:25,877 GOING TO, 20th STREET IS A 1091 00:34:25,944 --> 00:34:27,345 DIRECT ROUTE UP TO THAT. 1092 00:34:27,412 --> 00:34:29,781 THE NEW JOBS AT THE MDA, BUT 1093 00:34:29,848 --> 00:34:31,149 ALSO HOW THAT'S GOING TO SPUR 1094 00:34:31,216 --> 00:34:32,684 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALONG 20th 1095 00:34:32,750 --> 00:34:32,917 STREET. 1096 00:34:32,984 --> 00:34:34,352 WE'VE SEEN THAT IN A LOT OF 1097 00:34:34,419 --> 00:34:35,787 OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE YOU'RE 1098 00:34:35,854 --> 00:34:37,288 CREATING THIS AMENITY THAT IS 1099 00:34:37,355 --> 00:34:38,189 EXCITING FOR PEOPLE THAT ALREADY 1100 00:34:38,256 --> 00:34:40,825 LIVE THERE, BUT ALSO ATTRACTS 1101 00:34:40,892 --> 00:34:43,461 NEW RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES, 1102 00:34:43,528 --> 00:34:45,163 WHICH THEN ATTRACTS EMPLOYERS, 1103 00:34:45,230 --> 00:34:46,998 WHICH THEN ATTRACTS INVESTMENT 1104 00:34:47,065 --> 00:34:48,233 AND MORE TAX REVENUE. 1105 00:34:48,299 --> 00:34:50,168 IT'S REALLY A CYCLICAL PROCESS 1106 00:34:50,235 --> 00:34:51,369 THAT DOES HAVE MULTIPLE BENEFITS 1107 00:34:51,436 --> 00:34:54,005 IN ADDITION TO CREATING A SAFE 1108 00:34:54,072 --> 00:34:55,607 ROUTE TO GET FROM POINT A TO 1109 00:34:55,673 --> 00:34:56,207 POINT B. 1110 00:34:56,274 --> 00:34:57,976 >> AND RAY, MOST OF THESE 1111 00:34:58,042 --> 00:34:59,744 CONNECTIONS ARE CONNECTING NORTH 1112 00:34:59,811 --> 00:35:01,713 AND SOUTH INTO AREAS OF 1113 00:35:01,779 --> 00:35:01,980 STRENGTH. 1114 00:35:02,046 --> 00:35:03,615 SO ST. LOUIS TENDS TO BE AN 1115 00:35:03,681 --> 00:35:05,350 EAST-WEST CITY, RIGHT? 1116 00:35:05,416 --> 00:35:06,451 OUR BEST CONNECTIONS, YOU'RE 1117 00:35:06,518 --> 00:35:08,052 GOING TO SEE GOING EAST TO WEST. 1118 00:35:08,119 --> 00:35:09,621 SO A LOT OF TIMES NORTH AND 1119 00:35:09,687 --> 00:35:11,155 SOUTH IS CUT OUT. 1120 00:35:11,222 --> 00:35:13,391 SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THIS TYPE 1121 00:35:13,458 --> 00:35:14,392 OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONNECT 1122 00:35:14,459 --> 00:35:16,461 PEOPLE INTO AREAS OF STRENGTH, 1123 00:35:16,528 --> 00:35:17,896 CONNECT THEM INTO TRANSIT, CAN 1124 00:35:17,962 --> 00:35:19,163 REALLY BE A GAME CHANGER. 1125 00:35:19,230 --> 00:35:20,832 >> WILL YOU BE, LIKE, RUNNING 1126 00:35:20,899 --> 00:35:23,501 BIKE PATHS LIKE WHERE THE MDA 1127 00:35:23,568 --> 00:35:23,701 IS? 1128 00:35:23,768 --> 00:35:24,469 IS THAT -- 1129 00:35:24,536 --> 00:35:26,004 >> 20th STREET IS -- 1130 00:35:26,070 --> 00:35:27,505 >> WHAT'S THAT? 1131 00:35:27,572 --> 00:35:29,374 >> 20th STREET HAS BEEN FUNDED. 1132 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,309 >> HOW FAR NORTH DOES IT GO? 1133 00:35:31,376 --> 00:35:36,781 >> IT WILL REACH THE MDA. 1134 00:35:36,848 --> 00:35:38,917 STARTING NOW IN JEFFERSON AND 1135 00:35:38,983 --> 00:35:41,219 20th STREET AND PRIMARILY IT 1136 00:35:41,286 --> 00:35:45,256 WILL BE A PROTECTED CYCLE TRACK, 1137 00:35:45,323 --> 00:35:46,491 BUT THEIR DESIGN STILL NEEDS TO 1138 00:35:46,558 --> 00:35:46,724 HAPPEN. 1139 00:35:46,791 --> 00:35:47,792 >> AND HOW FAR SOUTH -- 1140 00:35:47,859 --> 00:35:49,027 >> WE NEED TO MEET WITH THE 1141 00:35:49,093 --> 00:35:51,129 COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 1142 00:35:51,195 --> 00:35:52,330 WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. 1143 00:35:52,397 --> 00:35:53,531 >> AND HOW ABOUT SOUTH? 1144 00:35:53,598 --> 00:35:55,233 THE SAME WAY, DID YOU DETERMINE 1145 00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:55,900 HOW FAR -- 1146 00:35:55,967 --> 00:35:56,901 >> THAT WILL BE TO UNION 1147 00:35:56,968 --> 00:35:57,168 STATION. 1148 00:35:57,235 --> 00:36:00,004 >> YEAH, THAT WILL BE A NICE 1149 00:36:00,071 --> 00:36:03,641 CONNECTION INTO THE OTHER MAJOR 1150 00:36:03,708 --> 00:36:05,643 GREENWAY, THE BROOKLINE 1151 00:36:05,710 --> 00:36:06,744 GREENWAY, SO REALLY THINKING AS 1152 00:36:06,811 --> 00:36:08,613 CINDY MENTIONED, HOW ARE WE 1153 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:09,614 KNITTING NEIGHBORHOODS NORTH AND 1154 00:36:09,681 --> 00:36:11,349 SOUTH AND BEING IN CLOSE 1155 00:36:11,416 --> 00:36:12,951 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOLKS OVER 1156 00:36:13,017 --> 00:36:14,786 AT THE GREENWAY TO MAKE SURE 1157 00:36:14,852 --> 00:36:17,388 THESE ALL COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER 1158 00:36:17,455 --> 00:36:19,023 AND CREATE A BROADER NETWORK 1159 00:36:19,090 --> 00:36:20,892 THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 1160 00:36:20,959 --> 00:36:23,361 >> TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER 1161 00:36:23,428 --> 00:36:24,762 AFIELD, THERE'S THE KATY TRAIL, 1162 00:36:24,829 --> 00:36:29,734 CHI LIKE IT IMMENSELY -- WHICH 1163 00:36:29,801 --> 00:36:31,502 I LIKE THE KATY TRAIL IMMENSELY 1164 00:36:31,569 --> 00:36:33,404 AND I'VE WALKED IT A LONG WAY, 1165 00:36:33,471 --> 00:36:37,075 BUT DO WE HAVE A WAY TO 1166 00:36:37,141 --> 00:36:38,576 BICYCLISTS TO GET FROM ST. LOUIS 1167 00:36:38,643 --> 00:36:40,211 TO THE KATY TRAIL EASILY? 1168 00:36:40,278 --> 00:36:43,715 I'M NOT A BICYCLIST, BUT FOR THE 1169 00:36:43,781 --> 00:36:45,984 BICYCLIST TO GET TO THE KATY 1170 00:36:46,050 --> 00:36:48,219 TRAIL AND ZIP DOWN TO DEFIANCE 1171 00:36:48,286 --> 00:36:51,889 OR HERMAN SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT 1172 00:36:51,956 --> 00:36:52,857 TRIP AND I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY 1173 00:36:52,924 --> 00:36:54,192 IT IS TO GET FROM THE CITY TO 1174 00:36:54,258 --> 00:36:55,893 THE KATY TRAIL ON A BICYCLE. 1175 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:57,228 >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, 1176 00:36:57,295 --> 00:36:57,962 BILL. 1177 00:36:58,029 --> 00:37:02,767 OBVIOUSLY IF YOU START IN 1178 00:37:02,834 --> 00:37:04,135 ST. CHARLES WHERE THE TRAIL 1179 00:37:04,202 --> 00:37:04,469 STARTS -- 1180 00:37:04,535 --> 00:37:06,604 >> THAT'S WHERE I START WALKING, 1181 00:37:06,671 --> 00:37:09,340 BUT I DRIVE TO ST. CHARLES. 1182 00:37:09,407 --> 00:37:11,509 FRIENDS WHO ARE CYCLISTS, HOW 1183 00:37:11,576 --> 00:37:14,278 WOULD YOU BICYCLE THERE? 1184 00:37:14,345 --> 00:37:15,947 >> PERSONALLY, I'VE TAKEN THE 1185 00:37:16,014 --> 00:37:17,115 BUS TO CHESTERFIELD AND HOPPED 1186 00:37:17,181 --> 00:37:18,049 ON TO THE TRAIL IN CHESTERFIELD 1187 00:37:18,116 --> 00:37:20,585 TO GET THERE, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, 1188 00:37:20,652 --> 00:37:21,953 IT COULD CERTAINLY BE 1189 00:37:22,020 --> 00:37:22,487 PRIORITIZED. 1190 00:37:22,553 --> 00:37:24,822 SOME PEOPLE WILL USE THE TRAIN 1191 00:37:24,889 --> 00:37:28,826 AND THEY'LL TAKE THE TRAIN TO 1192 00:37:28,893 --> 00:37:30,194 WASHINGTON, MISSOURI, AND THEN 1193 00:37:30,261 --> 00:37:36,234 TRY AND GET TO THE TRAIL FROM 1194 00:37:36,300 --> 00:37:37,835 THERE IF FOLKS DON'T WANT TO GET 1195 00:37:37,902 --> 00:37:38,636 IN THE CAR. 1196 00:37:38,703 --> 00:37:40,104 HOW HAVE YOU DONE IT, SARAH? 1197 00:37:40,171 --> 00:37:42,407 >> UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S NOT A 1198 00:37:42,473 --> 00:37:43,541 GREAT CYCLING OR PEDESTRIAN 1199 00:37:43,608 --> 00:37:45,677 ROUTE FROM THE CITY ITSELF, BUT 1200 00:37:45,743 --> 00:37:46,878 YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT WITH 1201 00:37:46,944 --> 00:37:49,280 THE KATY TRAIL, WHAT A WONDERFUL 1202 00:37:49,347 --> 00:37:52,050 ASSET IT IS FOR THE REGION AND 1203 00:37:52,116 --> 00:37:55,286 WE DO KNOW, COMPETING WITH SITE 1204 00:37:55,353 --> 00:37:56,554 SELECTORS, EVERYTHING FROM THE 1205 00:37:56,621 --> 00:37:58,923 KATY TRAIL DOWN TO THESE SECOND 1206 00:37:58,990 --> 00:38:00,391 BIKEWAYS ARE JUST IMPORTANT 1207 00:38:00,458 --> 00:38:02,994 ASSETS SO I THINK AS YOU'RE 1208 00:38:03,061 --> 00:38:04,028 MENTIONING, LINKING THEM 1209 00:38:04,095 --> 00:38:05,263 TOGETHER WOULD BE A GREAT FUTURE 1210 00:38:05,329 --> 00:38:05,530 PROJECT. 1211 00:38:05,596 --> 00:38:06,698 >> HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHERE TO 1212 00:38:06,764 --> 00:38:07,265 PUT THESE? 1213 00:38:07,331 --> 00:38:08,766 IN OTHER WORDS, IS IT -- YOU 1214 00:38:08,833 --> 00:38:10,134 TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 1215 00:38:10,201 --> 00:38:12,336 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS 1216 00:38:12,403 --> 00:38:13,604 GREAT, BUT THESE -- IT'S SORT OF 1217 00:38:13,671 --> 00:38:15,606 A CHICKEN AND AN EGG QUESTION. 1218 00:38:15,673 --> 00:38:19,310 DO YOU LOOK FOR PLACES THAT HAVE 1219 00:38:19,377 --> 00:38:21,746 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT 1220 00:38:21,813 --> 00:38:23,381 AND COVER SUCH AS LIKE FOR 1221 00:38:23,448 --> 00:38:25,850 EXAMPLE WHEN THE NGA IS BUILT, 1222 00:38:25,917 --> 00:38:27,118 YOU OBVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE A PLACE 1223 00:38:27,185 --> 00:38:29,153 TO GO TO, OR DOES IT GO IN THE 1224 00:38:29,220 --> 00:38:30,254 OTHER DIRECTION WHERE YOU JUST 1225 00:38:30,321 --> 00:38:33,524 DECIDE WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO AND 1226 00:38:33,591 --> 00:38:35,927 HOPE THAT DEVELOPMENT SPRINGS UP 1227 00:38:35,993 --> 00:38:36,661 AROUND IT? 1228 00:38:36,728 --> 00:38:39,797 >> RAY, IT REALLY BEGAN -- SO 1229 00:38:39,864 --> 00:38:42,200 TRAILNET BEGAN THIS EFFORT IN 1230 00:38:42,266 --> 00:38:42,467 2016. 1231 00:38:42,533 --> 00:38:44,702 WE LAUNCHED THIS BOLD VISION FOR 1232 00:38:44,769 --> 00:38:46,270 HOW DO WE CONNECT ST. LOUIS FOR 1233 00:38:46,337 --> 00:38:48,239 BETTER AND SAFER WALKING AND 1234 00:38:48,306 --> 00:38:48,473 BIKING. 1235 00:38:48,539 --> 00:38:50,575 THE PLAN WAS CALLED CONNECTING 1236 00:38:50,641 --> 00:38:51,075 ST. LOUIS. 1237 00:38:51,142 --> 00:38:53,578 IT WASN'T FUNDED BY ANYONE 1238 00:38:53,644 --> 00:38:56,114 EXCEPT TRAILNET MEMBERS, AND 1239 00:38:56,180 --> 00:38:57,515 JUST THROUGH TRAILNET GENERAL 1240 00:38:57,582 --> 00:38:59,117 FUNDRAISING TO DO THIS PROJECT. 1241 00:38:59,183 --> 00:39:01,853 AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THE 1242 00:39:01,919 --> 00:39:03,921 PEOPLE -- PUT THE PEOPLE'S IDEAS 1243 00:39:03,988 --> 00:39:04,155 FIRST. 1244 00:39:04,222 --> 00:39:05,690 WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF 1245 00:39:05,757 --> 00:39:06,124 ST. LOUIS. 1246 00:39:06,190 --> 00:39:08,025 WE HAD EIGHT DIFFERENT 1247 00:39:08,092 --> 00:39:09,961 DEPARTMENTS FROM THE CITY OF 1248 00:39:10,027 --> 00:39:10,862 ST. LOUIS JOINING US. 1249 00:39:10,928 --> 00:39:12,063 JASON HALL JOINED US ON ONE OF 1250 00:39:12,130 --> 00:39:14,832 OUR COMMITTEES AS WELL, GREAT 1251 00:39:14,899 --> 00:39:15,900 RIVERS GREENWAY. 1252 00:39:15,967 --> 00:39:17,301 SOME OF THE UNIVERSITIES JOINED 1253 00:39:17,368 --> 00:39:18,002 US. 1254 00:39:18,069 --> 00:39:19,437 WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS 1255 00:39:19,504 --> 00:39:20,371 INTERESTS IN THIS. 1256 00:39:20,438 --> 00:39:22,173 IT WAS REALLY JUST ORGANIZATIONS 1257 00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:23,307 LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF 1258 00:39:23,374 --> 00:39:24,742 INFRASTRUCTURE DO WE NEED AND 1259 00:39:24,809 --> 00:39:28,513 WHERE DO PEOPLE NEED TO CONNECT 1260 00:39:28,579 --> 00:39:31,382 FOR ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND TO 1261 00:39:31,449 --> 00:39:31,983 OPPORTUNITIES. 1262 00:39:32,049 --> 00:39:34,619 WE HAD OVER 4,000 RESPONDENTS TO 1263 00:39:34,685 --> 00:39:36,320 HELP US SORT THROUGH WHERE ARE 1264 00:39:36,387 --> 00:39:37,321 THESE OPPORTUNITY STREETS AND 1265 00:39:37,388 --> 00:39:38,589 WHERE DO THEY EXIST. 1266 00:39:38,656 --> 00:39:41,092 AND SO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT 1267 00:39:41,159 --> 00:39:43,294 TOOK US ABOUT TWO YEARS. 1268 00:39:43,361 --> 00:39:44,562 SEVERAL PROJECTS, SEVERAL 1269 00:39:44,629 --> 00:39:46,864 STREETS CAME FORWARD. 1270 00:39:46,931 --> 00:39:49,033 WE HAVE ABOUT 12 MILES OF 1271 00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:53,037 CONNECTIONS THAT WE PROPOSED, 1272 00:39:53,104 --> 00:39:54,372 AND THAT'S WHERE OUR PARTNERS 1273 00:39:54,438 --> 00:39:55,740 LIKE GREATER ST. LOUIS, INC., 1274 00:39:55,807 --> 00:39:58,442 CAME IN AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT. 1275 00:39:58,509 --> 00:40:00,711 THIS CONNECTION HERE TO TOWER 1276 00:40:00,778 --> 00:40:01,345 GROVE PARK IS SOMETHING THAT 1277 00:40:01,412 --> 00:40:03,080 APPEALED TO THEM. 1278 00:40:03,147 --> 00:40:05,149 SO I CAN LET SARAH TALK MORE 1279 00:40:05,216 --> 00:40:06,684 ABOUT THAT, BUT CURRENTLY WE 1280 00:40:06,751 --> 00:40:09,153 HAVE ABOUT 40% OF THE ROUTES WE 1281 00:40:09,220 --> 00:40:11,455 PROPOSED EITHER FUNDED FOR 1282 00:40:11,522 --> 00:40:12,723 FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION OR THEY'RE 1283 00:40:12,790 --> 00:40:14,292 ABLE TO BE TAKEN UP BY ENTITIES 1284 00:40:14,358 --> 00:40:16,694 WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD THEM. 1285 00:40:16,761 --> 00:40:18,196 SO THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS MIGHT 1286 00:40:18,262 --> 00:40:20,464 BE LEADING THE EFFORT, FOR 1287 00:40:20,531 --> 00:40:22,800 INSTANCE, ON 20th STREET AND 1288 00:40:22,867 --> 00:40:24,635 GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY ADOPTING A 1289 00:40:24,702 --> 00:40:26,404 CONNECTION UP TO FAIRGROUNDS 1290 00:40:26,470 --> 00:40:28,339 PARK AS WELL. 1291 00:40:28,406 --> 00:40:29,740 SO IT'S REALLY AN IDEA THAT'S 1292 00:40:29,807 --> 00:40:31,976 RESONATING. 1293 00:40:32,043 --> 00:40:33,544 >> YEAH, PERFECT. 1294 00:40:33,611 --> 00:40:34,412 SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO THE 1295 00:40:34,478 --> 00:40:36,447 TOWER GROVE CONNECTOR, AGAIN, 1296 00:40:36,514 --> 00:40:39,917 THAT'S A 1.4-MILE PROTECTED BIKE 1297 00:40:39,984 --> 00:40:41,485 LANE FROM TOWER GROVE PARK ALL 1298 00:40:41,552 --> 00:40:43,387 THE WAY UP TO THE GROVE. 1299 00:40:43,454 --> 00:40:44,889 SO YOU ASK THE QUESTION, IS IT 1300 00:40:44,956 --> 00:40:46,190 ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IS 1301 00:40:46,257 --> 00:40:47,625 IT ABOUT NEEDS. 1302 00:40:47,692 --> 00:40:49,360 THIS WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY 1303 00:40:49,427 --> 00:40:50,761 WONDERFUL ROUTE BECAUSE IT 1304 00:40:50,828 --> 00:40:52,463 ALREADY IS IN ONE OF THE MOST 1305 00:40:52,530 --> 00:40:53,631 TRAVELED BIKE ROUTES IN THE 1306 00:40:53,698 --> 00:40:53,831 CITY. 1307 00:40:53,898 --> 00:40:57,368 A LOT OF FOLKS ARE USING THAT TO 1308 00:40:57,435 --> 00:41:00,238 GET TO THEIR JOBS AT THE EJC 1309 00:41:00,304 --> 00:41:02,707 CAMPUS OR TO CORTEX, SO YOU KIND 1310 00:41:02,773 --> 00:41:04,175 OF ALREADY HAD A GOOD LEVEL OF 1311 00:41:04,242 --> 00:41:05,843 TRAFFIC HAPPENING, SO PEOPLE 1312 00:41:05,910 --> 00:41:07,812 WANTED TO SEE AN EVEN BETTER 1313 00:41:07,879 --> 00:41:08,946 INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. 1314 00:41:09,013 --> 00:41:10,848 SO THEN WHAT WE ALSO LOVED ABOUT 1315 00:41:10,915 --> 00:41:13,618 ROUTE IS YOU'RE CONNECTING TOWER 1316 00:41:13,684 --> 00:41:15,286 GROVE PARK TO THE BOTANICAL 1317 00:41:15,353 --> 00:41:15,586 GARDEN. 1318 00:41:15,653 --> 00:41:18,256 ALL THE NEW LITTLE SHOPS THAT 1319 00:41:18,322 --> 00:41:21,993 ARE POPPING UP ON BOTANICAL 1320 00:41:22,059 --> 00:41:24,028 HEIGHTS, YOU HAVE ENDO AND UNION 1321 00:41:24,095 --> 00:41:26,831 LOAFERS AND IT'S BRAND NEW ICE 1322 00:41:26,898 --> 00:41:29,300 CREAM SANDWICH PLACE, ALL THESE 1323 00:41:29,367 --> 00:41:31,435 LITTLE INTERSECTION AND THEN YOU 1324 00:41:31,502 --> 00:41:33,871 GO FURTHER NORTH ITEM ALONG 1325 00:41:33,938 --> 00:41:35,473 VANDEVENTER, IT'S JUST RIPE WITH 1326 00:41:35,539 --> 00:41:35,873 POTENTIAL. 1327 00:41:35,940 --> 00:41:37,041 YOU ALREADY HAVE ROCKWELL 1328 00:41:37,108 --> 00:41:38,376 BREWERY RIGHT THERE, AND THEN 1329 00:41:38,442 --> 00:41:40,144 THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER IDEAS 1330 00:41:40,211 --> 00:41:41,679 FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WHEN YOU 1331 00:41:41,746 --> 00:41:43,047 ADD SOMETHING LIKE A CYCLE TRACK 1332 00:41:43,114 --> 00:41:46,050 TO IT, IT JUST GETS PEOPLE EVEN 1333 00:41:46,117 --> 00:41:47,852 MORE EXCITED AND THEY WANT TO 1334 00:41:47,919 --> 00:41:49,553 INVEST AND BE A PART OF THIS 1335 00:41:49,620 --> 00:41:50,721 MOMENTUM THAT'S HAPPENING. 1336 00:41:50,788 --> 00:41:52,556 >> AND THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT 1337 00:41:52,623 --> 00:41:53,557 THEY SPEND MORE MONEY. 1338 00:41:53,624 --> 00:41:55,826 SO PEOPLE ON BIKES STOP MORE 1339 00:41:55,893 --> 00:41:57,628 FREQUENTLY AND THEY SPEND MORE 1340 00:41:57,695 --> 00:41:59,130 MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE SHOPPING 1341 00:41:59,196 --> 00:42:00,364 MORE FREQUENTLY AND GETTING TO 1342 00:42:00,431 --> 00:42:02,099 KNOW THINGS ON A HUMAN SCALE. 1343 00:42:02,166 --> 00:42:05,736 SO THEY'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S 1344 00:42:05,803 --> 00:42:08,973 ON SALE AT THE SHOPS BECAUSE 1345 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:10,207 THEY'RE MOVING SLOWLY ENOUGH TO 1346 00:42:10,274 --> 00:42:11,876 SEE ALL THAT AS THEY GO THROUGH. 1347 00:42:11,943 --> 00:42:15,880 >> SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THERE WERE 1348 00:42:15,947 --> 00:42:17,281 COMPETING BICYCLE RENTAL PLACES 1349 00:42:17,348 --> 00:42:18,516 WHERE YOU'D SEE THESE BIKES 1350 00:42:18,582 --> 00:42:19,784 LAYING AROUND ALL THE TIME. 1351 00:42:19,850 --> 00:42:22,887 I MEAN, ONE WAS LIME GREEN AND 1352 00:42:22,954 --> 00:42:23,955 ANOTHER WAS SOMETHING ELSE, AND 1353 00:42:24,021 --> 00:42:27,358 I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS KIND OF 1354 00:42:27,425 --> 00:42:27,725 EXCITING. 1355 00:42:27,792 --> 00:42:30,428 MORE PEOPLE BICYCLING, AND ALL 1356 00:42:30,494 --> 00:42:32,663 OF A SUDDEN, THEY WERE GONE. 1357 00:42:32,730 --> 00:42:34,865 WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? 1358 00:42:34,932 --> 00:42:36,167 >> I MISS THOSE BIKES. 1359 00:42:36,233 --> 00:42:37,668 BUT GO AHEAD, CINDY. 1360 00:42:37,735 --> 00:42:39,670 >> WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT. 1361 00:42:39,737 --> 00:42:41,105 I'VE ALWAYS HEARD REALLY GREAT 1362 00:42:41,172 --> 00:42:42,606 THINGS WHEN PEOPLE SAW THE BIKE 1363 00:42:42,673 --> 00:42:44,408 SHARE BIKES, EVEN THE CRABBY 1364 00:42:44,475 --> 00:42:51,349 PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE, YOU BIKE 1365 00:42:51,415 --> 00:42:52,683 PEOPLE, WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE 1366 00:42:52,750 --> 00:42:54,185 BIKE SHARE BIKES. 1367 00:42:54,251 --> 00:42:56,120 WHAT SEEMED TO HAPPEN IS IT LAID 1368 00:42:56,187 --> 00:42:58,055 THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE SCOOTERS, 1369 00:42:58,122 --> 00:42:58,589 WHICH ARE EASIER FOR THE 1370 00:42:58,656 --> 00:42:59,223 COMPANIES TO PLACE. 1371 00:42:59,290 --> 00:43:00,458 THEY CAN PUT MORE OF THE 1372 00:43:00,524 --> 00:43:01,826 SCOOTERS OUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE 1373 00:43:01,892 --> 00:43:04,628 TO BE ABLE TO RIDE A BIKE. 1374 00:43:04,695 --> 00:43:06,097 SOME MORE DENSE CITIES ARE 1375 00:43:06,163 --> 00:43:08,632 SEEING ELECTRIC BIKES AS PART OF 1376 00:43:08,699 --> 00:43:10,534 THE ASSET -- THE RESOURCES THAT 1377 00:43:10,601 --> 00:43:12,236 ARE COMING TO THEIR CITIES. 1378 00:43:12,303 --> 00:43:14,338 ST. LOUIS YET HASN'T BEEN ON 1379 00:43:14,405 --> 00:43:17,641 THAT LIST TO GET ELECTRIC BIKES 1380 00:43:17,708 --> 00:43:18,776 INCLUDED AS PART OF THE 1381 00:43:18,843 --> 00:43:19,043 OFFERINGS. 1382 00:43:19,110 --> 00:43:20,644 I'M SURE YOU SAW THE SCOERS 1383 00:43:20,711 --> 00:43:22,079 COMING BACK ON THE STREETS AND 1384 00:43:22,146 --> 00:43:24,415 SCOOTERS, YOU KNOW, WE CALL THEM 1385 00:43:24,482 --> 00:43:25,950 BIKE LANES, BUT THESE LANES, 1386 00:43:26,017 --> 00:43:29,453 THEY'RE MULTI-USE LANES FOR 1387 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,556 PEOPLE USING MOTORIZED DEVICES 1388 00:43:32,623 --> 00:43:35,693 LIKE WHEELCHAIRS AND ALSO FOR 1389 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:35,960 SCOOTERS. 1390 00:43:36,027 --> 00:43:39,663 SO THE BIKES, I THINK THAT THEY 1391 00:43:39,730 --> 00:43:40,898 BECAME JUST TOO EXPENSIVE FOR 1392 00:43:40,965 --> 00:43:42,400 THE COMPANIES TO KEEP UP AND 1393 00:43:42,466 --> 00:43:44,568 THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY ON THE 1394 00:43:44,635 --> 00:43:44,835 SCOOTERS. 1395 00:43:44,902 --> 00:43:47,538 >> ARE THE BICYCLES WORKING 1396 00:43:47,605 --> 00:43:47,805 ANYWHERE? 1397 00:43:47,872 --> 00:43:49,340 I MEAN, THE RENTAL BIKES THAT 1398 00:43:49,407 --> 00:43:50,775 SEEMED LIKE WAS SUCH A GROWING 1399 00:43:50,841 --> 00:43:51,108 THING? 1400 00:43:51,175 --> 00:43:53,444 >> WELL, IN INDIANAPOLIS THEY'RE 1401 00:43:53,511 --> 00:43:55,146 WORKING GREAT AROUND THE 1402 00:43:55,212 --> 00:43:56,914 INDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL. 1403 00:43:56,981 --> 00:43:59,950 THEY'RE STILL USING THEM IN 1404 00:44:00,017 --> 00:44:01,952 KANSAS CITY, BIKE WALK KC, 1405 00:44:02,019 --> 00:44:03,487 SIMILAR TO TRAILNET. 1406 00:44:03,554 --> 00:44:06,424 THEY ACTUALLY RUN IT WITH SOME 1407 00:44:06,490 --> 00:44:07,858 FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR FUNDING, FOR 1408 00:44:07,925 --> 00:44:10,327 DOING THAT. 1409 00:44:10,394 --> 00:44:12,163 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM IN D.C. 1410 00:44:12,229 --> 00:44:12,763 AND CHICAGO. 1411 00:44:12,830 --> 00:44:15,533 IN D.C., YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A 1412 00:44:15,599 --> 00:44:17,101 CAR THAT'S GOING TO TAKE -- 1413 00:44:17,168 --> 00:44:19,537 >> WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THAT HERE? 1414 00:44:19,603 --> 00:44:21,038 WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS? 1415 00:44:21,105 --> 00:44:23,040 >> I THINK BILL WANTS TO RENT A 1416 00:44:23,107 --> 00:44:23,240 BIKE. 1417 00:44:23,307 --> 00:44:26,177 >> YEAH, HAVING A SMOOTH 1418 00:44:26,243 --> 00:44:27,344 TRANSITION FROM USING TRANSIT TO 1419 00:44:27,411 --> 00:44:31,615 BEING ABLE TO USE SCOOTER OR A 1420 00:44:31,682 --> 00:44:33,250 BIKE, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR 1421 00:44:33,317 --> 00:44:35,386 CMT, BUT I KNOW -- I MEAN FOR 1422 00:44:35,453 --> 00:44:36,587 METRO TRANSIT, I KNOW THEY'RE 1423 00:44:36,654 --> 00:44:38,622 NOT AGAINST IT AND THOSE ARE 1424 00:44:38,689 --> 00:44:40,825 CERTAINLY ADVANCES THAT WILL 1425 00:44:40,891 --> 00:44:42,359 MAKE THE SYSTEM EASIER FOR THAT 1426 00:44:42,426 --> 00:44:43,761 LAST MILE CONNECTION. 1427 00:44:43,828 --> 00:44:46,497 >> AND I THINK THE OTHER PIECE, 1428 00:44:46,564 --> 00:44:48,365 TOO, AS WE BUILD OUT THE BIKE 1429 00:44:48,432 --> 00:44:50,301 NETWORK AND WE GET MORE CYCLISTS 1430 00:44:50,367 --> 00:44:52,069 OUT THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS -- YOU 1431 00:44:52,136 --> 00:44:53,437 KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO 1432 00:44:53,504 --> 00:44:54,572 BIKE A LOT IN ST. LOUIS WILL 1433 00:44:54,638 --> 00:44:57,374 TELL YOU THERE'S A LOT OF 1434 00:44:57,441 --> 00:44:59,110 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSISTS OF 1435 00:44:59,176 --> 00:44:59,443 CARS. 1436 00:44:59,510 --> 00:45:00,878 IT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT 1437 00:45:00,945 --> 00:45:02,646 NEEDS TO BE MORE NORMALIZED FOR 1438 00:45:02,713 --> 00:45:04,748 LACK OF A BETTER TERM, FOR 1439 00:45:04,815 --> 00:45:06,083 PEOPLE RIDING BIKES AROUND. 1440 00:45:06,150 --> 00:45:07,785 YOU SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE NICE 1441 00:45:07,852 --> 00:45:09,420 THINGS AND THEN PEOPLE TAKE CARE 1442 00:45:09,487 --> 00:45:10,988 OF THEM AND THEY CONTINUE TO USE 1443 00:45:11,055 --> 00:45:13,023 THEM. 1444 00:45:13,090 --> 00:45:15,025 >> YOU MENTIONED JASON HALL 1445 00:45:15,092 --> 00:45:15,860 EARLIER, WHO OF COURSE, IS THE 1446 00:45:15,926 --> 00:45:17,761 CEO OF GREATER ST. LOUIS, INC. 1447 00:45:17,828 --> 00:45:19,196 I ASSUME WHEN HE WAS TAKING PART 1448 00:45:19,263 --> 00:45:21,398 IN THIS, THAT WAS PART OF ARTS 1449 00:45:21,465 --> 00:45:23,767 TO THE PARK, CORRECT? 1450 00:45:23,834 --> 00:45:26,137 >> YES, I HAD WORKED UNDER JASON 1451 00:45:26,203 --> 00:45:27,705 AS ARCH TO THE PARK AND WE 1452 00:45:27,771 --> 00:45:30,708 KICKED OFF THIS PROJECT AND 1453 00:45:30,774 --> 00:45:31,742 CARRIED IT FORWARD. 1454 00:45:31,809 --> 00:45:33,310 >> IS IT THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT 1455 00:45:33,377 --> 00:45:35,179 ARCH TO THE PARK IS INVESTING IT 1456 00:45:35,246 --> 00:45:38,115 OR IS IT MORE OF A COMMUTER -- 1457 00:45:38,182 --> 00:45:38,949 IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T KNOW HOW 1458 00:45:39,016 --> 00:45:40,017 MUCH INVESTMENT IS INVOLVED IN 1459 00:45:40,084 --> 00:45:41,085 BUILDING THESE AND WHETHER THE 1460 00:45:41,152 --> 00:45:42,286 PRIVATE SECTOR IS INVOLVED OR 1461 00:45:42,353 --> 00:45:43,854 THE PUBLIC OR BOTH IN MAKING 1462 00:45:43,921 --> 00:45:45,756 DECISIONS WHERE TO INVEST IN 1463 00:45:45,823 --> 00:45:48,592 THESE TRAILS AND SO FORTH. 1464 00:45:48,659 --> 00:45:50,227 >> YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. 1465 00:45:50,294 --> 00:45:52,930 SO BECAUSE THIS PROJECT 1466 00:45:52,997 --> 00:45:53,898 INITIALLY LAUNCHED WITH -- 1467 00:45:53,964 --> 00:45:56,200 EXCUSE ME, WITH APPLYING TO 1468 00:45:56,267 --> 00:45:58,569 FEDERAL GRANT MONEY, SO THIS IS 1469 00:45:58,636 --> 00:46:00,938 VERY MUCH A PRIVATE-PUBLIC 1470 00:46:01,005 --> 00:46:02,439 PARTNERSHIP, SO THIS PARTICULAR 1471 00:46:02,506 --> 00:46:03,541 STRETCH, THE TOWER GROVE 1472 00:46:03,607 --> 00:46:05,843 CONNECTOR, DOES HAVE A 1473 00:46:05,910 --> 00:46:07,144 $5.6 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT THAT 1474 00:46:07,211 --> 00:46:09,180 IS GOING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION. 1475 00:46:09,246 --> 00:46:11,348 BUT WE HAD AS ARCH TO PARK AND 1476 00:46:11,415 --> 00:46:13,717 NOW GREATER ST. LOUIS, INC., HAS 1477 00:46:13,784 --> 00:46:16,020 ALSO COMMITTED FUNDING FOR THE 1478 00:46:16,086 --> 00:46:17,688 PRIVATE MATCH IN ADDITION TO THE 1479 00:46:17,755 --> 00:46:19,623 APPLICATION PROCESS, IN ADDITION 1480 00:46:19,690 --> 00:46:20,824 TO THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 1481 00:46:20,891 --> 00:46:22,326 PHASE OF THIS PROJECT. 1482 00:46:22,393 --> 00:46:26,397 SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ONE OF MANY 1483 00:46:26,463 --> 00:46:28,132 PARTNERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING 1484 00:46:28,199 --> 00:46:29,733 IN THE PROJECT, BUT WE ARE ONE 1485 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:31,202 OF THE LEAD FUNDERS TO MAKE IT 1486 00:46:31,268 --> 00:46:31,602 HAPPEN. 1487 00:46:31,669 --> 00:46:33,003 BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE HOW 1488 00:46:33,070 --> 00:46:34,238 IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR REGION 1489 00:46:34,305 --> 00:46:36,273 TO GROW, TO HAVE THESE KINDS OF 1490 00:46:36,340 --> 00:46:36,574 AMENITIES. 1491 00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:40,611 >> CAN I SAY, HOW MUCH IS THAT 1492 00:46:40,678 --> 00:46:41,078 INVESTMENT? 1493 00:46:41,145 --> 00:46:43,347 >> ALL IN, IT'S -- I'M GOING 1494 00:46:43,414 --> 00:46:45,749 TO -- I THINK IT'S ABOUT 1495 00:46:45,816 --> 00:46:47,051 2.6 MILLION. 1496 00:46:47,117 --> 00:46:48,586 >> FROM THE PRIVATE -- FROM ARCH 1497 00:46:48,652 --> 00:46:50,754 TO PARK OR GREATER ST. LOUIS? 1498 00:46:50,821 --> 00:46:51,488 >> CORRECT. 1499 00:46:51,555 --> 00:46:52,890 >> I GUESS IT -- OKAY. 1500 00:46:52,957 --> 00:46:54,658 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT EARLY 1501 00:46:54,725 --> 00:46:56,894 ON WHEN ARCH TO THE PARK 1502 00:46:56,961 --> 00:46:59,163 EMBRACED THIS PROJECT, THEY PAID 1503 00:46:59,230 --> 00:47:00,698 FOR AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO JUST 1504 00:47:00,764 --> 00:47:03,467 MAKE US READY TO APPLY FOR THE 1505 00:47:03,534 --> 00:47:04,702 FUNDS THROUGH THE CITY. 1506 00:47:04,768 --> 00:47:05,636 SO THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS HAS 1507 00:47:05,703 --> 00:47:07,137 BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WORKING 1508 00:47:07,204 --> 00:47:08,639 THROUGH THIS AND WE'VE HAD 1509 00:47:08,706 --> 00:47:11,008 ALDERMEN WHO DEDICATED SOME OF 1510 00:47:11,075 --> 00:47:12,176 THEIR FUNDING TOWARD GETTING 1511 00:47:12,243 --> 00:47:14,645 THIS DONE, SO MANY PARTNERS HAVE 1512 00:47:14,712 --> 00:47:16,046 COME TOGETHER TO REALLY MAKE 1513 00:47:16,113 --> 00:47:18,048 THIS A SUCCESS. 1514 00:47:18,115 --> 00:47:20,217 >> YEAH, AND JUST TO REITERATE 1515 00:47:20,284 --> 00:47:21,385 AGAIN, THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, 1516 00:47:21,452 --> 00:47:22,820 THAT'S HOW WE -- THEY'RE THE 1517 00:47:22,886 --> 00:47:24,355 MAIN PARTNER ON THIS BECAUSE WE 1518 00:47:24,421 --> 00:47:27,224 CAN'T APPLY FOR FUNDS FROM THE 1519 00:47:27,291 --> 00:47:28,092 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITHOUT THE 1520 00:47:28,158 --> 00:47:29,326 PARTNERSHIP OF THE CITY, SO THEY 1521 00:47:29,393 --> 00:47:31,061 REALLY HAVE BEEN ADVOCATES IN 1522 00:47:31,128 --> 00:47:32,329 WANTING TO SEE THESE KINDS OF 1523 00:47:32,396 --> 00:47:34,698 PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD ALL 1524 00:47:34,765 --> 00:47:36,066 THROUGHOUT. 1525 00:47:36,133 --> 00:47:39,570 >> DO YOU THINK WE HAVE MORE 1526 00:47:39,637 --> 00:47:41,038 HOSTILITY FROM DRIVERS TOWARD 1527 00:47:41,105 --> 00:47:42,840 BICYCLES IN THIS CITY THAN IN 1528 00:47:42,906 --> 00:47:43,440 MOST CITIES? 1529 00:47:43,507 --> 00:47:46,143 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE 1530 00:47:46,210 --> 00:47:47,144 WHENEVER THERE'S A CONVERSATION 1531 00:47:47,211 --> 00:47:50,981 ABOUT BICYCLISTS, SOME GRUMPY 1532 00:47:51,048 --> 00:47:53,250 OLD GUY USUALLY WILL SAY, OH, 1533 00:47:53,317 --> 00:47:56,654 THOSE BICYCLISTS, THEY'RE ON 1534 00:47:56,720 --> 00:47:59,223 CLAYTON ROAD, TAKING UP AN 1535 00:47:59,290 --> 00:47:59,690 ENTIRE LANE. 1536 00:47:59,757 --> 00:48:01,292 AND IF YOU SAY, SIR, WITH EVER 1537 00:48:01,358 --> 00:48:04,395 TO SHARE THE ROAD, PEOPLE GET 1538 00:48:04,461 --> 00:48:05,529 UPSET AND COMPLAIN ABOUT 1539 00:48:05,596 --> 00:48:07,998 BICYCLISTS. 1540 00:48:08,065 --> 00:48:10,901 IS THAT COMMON EVERYWHERE OR IS 1541 00:48:10,968 --> 00:48:12,670 THAT MORE PREVALENT HERE? 1542 00:48:12,736 --> 00:48:15,706 >> CAN WE EMPHASIZE, WE ARE NOT 1543 00:48:15,773 --> 00:48:17,474 THE GRUMPY OLD GUYS. 1544 00:48:17,541 --> 00:48:19,576 YOU JUST PUT IT -- 1545 00:48:19,643 --> 00:48:21,712 >> YOU'RE NOT EVEN THE OLD GUYS. 1546 00:48:21,779 --> 00:48:23,080 STILL A YOUNG GUY. 1547 00:48:23,147 --> 00:48:25,149 >> I THINK YOU'RE KIND OF 1548 00:48:25,215 --> 00:48:26,583 SORTING OUT THERE THINGS. 1549 00:48:26,650 --> 00:48:28,218 THE ACTIVITY YOU SEE A CLAYTON 1550 00:48:28,285 --> 00:48:29,853 ROAD, THAT'S OFTEN ON THE 1551 00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:30,721 WEEKENDS, RIGHT? 1552 00:48:30,788 --> 00:48:30,988 >> YES. 1553 00:48:31,055 --> 00:48:34,291 >> AND YOU MIGHT SEE LARGER 1554 00:48:34,358 --> 00:48:37,027 GROUPS OF FOLKS RECREATING 1555 00:48:37,094 --> 00:48:37,461 AND -- 1556 00:48:37,528 --> 00:48:38,829 >> SOMETIMES YOU JUST SEE TWO 1557 00:48:38,896 --> 00:48:40,431 PEOPLE AND THEY'LL BE RIDING 1558 00:48:40,497 --> 00:48:41,799 ALONG IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE, 1559 00:48:41,865 --> 00:48:42,966 BUT NOT SINGLE FILE. 1560 00:48:43,033 --> 00:48:45,302 SO PEOPLE DO HAVE TO GO AROUND 1561 00:48:45,369 --> 00:48:45,502 THEM. 1562 00:48:45,569 --> 00:48:48,105 I MEAN, I'M -- I'M NOT 1563 00:48:48,172 --> 00:48:51,642 IMPATIENT, BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE. 1564 00:48:51,709 --> 00:48:52,476 >> YES. 1565 00:48:52,543 --> 00:48:54,244 >> TWO PEOPLE SIDE BY SIDE 1566 00:48:54,311 --> 00:48:56,347 PROBABLY TAKE LESS ROOM THAN AN 1567 00:48:56,413 --> 00:48:56,547 SUV. 1568 00:48:56,613 --> 00:48:58,549 >> OH, ABSOLUTELY, BUT THEY GO 1569 00:48:58,615 --> 00:48:59,583 MUCH SLOWER THAN AN SUV. 1570 00:48:59,650 --> 00:49:01,352 >> I WOULD SAY, I'M A BIKE 1571 00:49:01,418 --> 00:49:02,586 COMMUTER, SO I LIVE IN YOUR 1572 00:49:02,653 --> 00:49:05,422 NEIGHBORHOOD, BILL, AND I BIKE 1573 00:49:05,489 --> 00:49:06,390 TO DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS AND I 1574 00:49:06,457 --> 00:49:08,392 WOULD SAY OVER THE LAST SEVEN 1575 00:49:08,459 --> 00:49:11,295 YEARS, IN BIKING TO WORK, MAYBE 1576 00:49:11,362 --> 00:49:12,730 TWO OR THREE TIMES I MIGHT HAVE 1577 00:49:12,796 --> 00:49:14,131 BEEN YELLED AT AND TOLD TO GET 1578 00:49:14,198 --> 00:49:14,832 ON THE SIDEWALK. 1579 00:49:14,898 --> 00:49:16,033 >> THAT'S NOT SO BAD. 1580 00:49:16,100 --> 00:49:17,868 >> BUT NOT BY BILL. 1581 00:49:17,935 --> 00:49:18,702 NOT BY BILL. 1582 00:49:18,769 --> 00:49:20,471 >> THAT'S NOT THAT BAD. 1583 00:49:20,537 --> 00:49:22,840 >> I DON'T THINK IT WAS BILL. 1584 00:49:22,906 --> 00:49:25,476 >> OKAY. 1585 00:49:25,542 --> 00:49:26,844 NO, IT WASN'T ME. 1586 00:49:26,910 --> 00:49:28,946 >> HE'S MORE LIKELY TO SAY GET 1587 00:49:29,012 --> 00:49:29,380 OFF MY LINE. 1588 00:49:29,446 --> 00:49:31,582 >> AT TRAILNET, WE ALSO WORK ON 1589 00:49:31,648 --> 00:49:33,617 POLICY, AND SO WE HELP TO 1590 00:49:33,684 --> 00:49:34,852 ESTABLISH AN ANTI-HARASSMENT 1591 00:49:34,918 --> 00:49:37,454 POLICY SO THAT CYCLISTS CANNOT 1592 00:49:37,521 --> 00:49:38,122 BE HARASSED. 1593 00:49:38,188 --> 00:49:40,157 SOMEBODY CAN BE PROSECUTED FOR 1594 00:49:40,224 --> 00:49:40,891 HARASSING A CYCLIST. 1595 00:49:40,958 --> 00:49:41,525 >> REALLY? 1596 00:49:41,592 --> 00:49:43,227 >> YOU KNOW, THROWING A PIECE OF 1597 00:49:43,293 --> 00:49:46,130 PIZZA AT THEM HAPPENED TO ONE OF 1598 00:49:46,196 --> 00:49:48,065 MY INTERNS, BUT WE DID ESTABLISH 1599 00:49:48,132 --> 00:49:51,201 THAT BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO 1600 00:49:51,268 --> 00:49:53,437 FEEL SAFE USING TRANSIT, WALKING 1601 00:49:53,504 --> 00:49:54,605 BIKING, USING OTHER FORMS OF 1602 00:49:54,671 --> 00:49:56,073 TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION AND 1603 00:49:56,140 --> 00:49:58,275 NOT BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. 1604 00:49:58,342 --> 00:50:02,179 WOMEN FIND THAT A LOT, THAT THEY 1605 00:50:02,246 --> 00:50:05,582 CAN BE A TARGET WHILE THEY'RE 1606 00:50:05,649 --> 00:50:08,552 WALKING OR BIKING, AND SO WE 1607 00:50:08,619 --> 00:50:10,020 HELPED ESTABLISH THAT POLICY IN 1608 00:50:10,087 --> 00:50:10,421 ST. LOUIS. 1609 00:50:10,487 --> 00:50:11,822 >> WELL, CINDY, IF YOU'RE A 1610 00:50:11,889 --> 00:50:14,324 NEIGHBOR OF MINE, I TAKE IT YOU 1611 00:50:14,391 --> 00:50:16,026 BICYCLE A LOT IN FOREST PARK? 1612 00:50:16,093 --> 00:50:16,560 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1613 00:50:16,627 --> 00:50:17,261 >> RIGHT. 1614 00:50:17,327 --> 00:50:18,862 I MEAN, WHAT A GREAT PLACE THAT 1615 00:50:18,929 --> 00:50:20,697 IS. 1616 00:50:20,764 --> 00:50:23,033 >> AND PART OF THAT IS THAT IT'S 1617 00:50:23,100 --> 00:50:24,601 PROTECTED, TOO, RIGHT? 1618 00:50:24,668 --> 00:50:26,103 BOTH FOREST PARK HAS PROTECT TD 1619 00:50:26,170 --> 00:50:28,505 LANES AND THIS NEW ONE WITH 1620 00:50:28,572 --> 00:50:30,073 TOWER GROVE CONNECTOR IS 1621 00:50:30,140 --> 00:50:31,041 PROTECTED TO HELP REDUCE SOME OF 1622 00:50:31,108 --> 00:50:33,143 THE CONFLICT WITH CARS, BUT THE 1623 00:50:33,210 --> 00:50:35,012 OTHER PIECE THAT'S KIND OF 1624 00:50:35,078 --> 00:50:35,746 EXCITING ABOUT THESE NEW 1625 00:50:35,813 --> 00:50:37,181 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, NOT 1626 00:50:37,247 --> 00:50:38,782 ONLY SIT BETTER FOR BIKES AND 1627 00:50:38,849 --> 00:50:40,417 PEDS, IT'S BETTER FOR CARS TOO 1628 00:50:40,484 --> 00:50:41,585 BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO UPGRADING 1629 00:50:41,652 --> 00:50:42,419 SOME OF THE SIGNALS. 1630 00:50:42,486 --> 00:50:44,555 YOU'RE NO LONGER SITTING AT RED 1631 00:50:44,621 --> 00:50:45,923 LIGHTS EVERY TIME YOU HIT A 1632 00:50:45,989 --> 00:50:47,691 LIGHT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE 1633 00:50:47,758 --> 00:50:49,193 COORDINATED TO HELP WITH THE 1634 00:50:49,259 --> 00:50:51,195 FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND REDUCE ANY 1635 00:50:51,261 --> 00:50:52,129 IDLING TO HELP IMPROVE THE AIR 1636 00:50:52,196 --> 00:50:52,930 QUALITY AS WELL. 1637 00:50:52,996 --> 00:50:54,598 I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE 1638 00:50:54,665 --> 00:50:56,733 FOCUS A LOT ON THE BIKE/PED, IT 1639 00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:58,101 ACTUALLY DOES HAVE IMPROVEMENTS 1640 00:50:58,168 --> 00:51:00,804 FOR CARS AS WELL. 1641 00:51:00,871 --> 00:51:02,005 >> OKAY. 1642 00:51:02,072 --> 00:51:08,312 >> AND IT'S WONDERFUL WORK. 1643 00:51:08,378 --> 00:51:10,180 HAVE YOU EVER QUAUN IF I TI FIDE 1644 00:51:10,247 --> 00:51:12,049 THE IMPACT -- QUANTIFIED THE 1645 00:51:12,115 --> 00:51:13,217 IMPACT YOU'RE HAVING? 1646 00:51:13,283 --> 00:51:14,485 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MEASURE HOW 1647 00:51:14,551 --> 00:51:17,721 MANY PEOPLE ARE CYCLING, BUT 1648 00:51:17,788 --> 00:51:21,091 THERE IS A WAY TO DO THAT, TO 1649 00:51:21,158 --> 00:51:24,661 SAY WE HAVE THIS MANY MORE 1650 00:51:24,728 --> 00:51:25,729 CYCLISTS THAN WE DID? 1651 00:51:25,796 --> 00:51:28,465 >> THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS WE 1652 00:51:28,532 --> 00:51:28,832 MEASURE. 1653 00:51:28,899 --> 00:51:30,834 ONE OF THOSE IS APPLYING TO 1654 00:51:30,901 --> 00:51:32,936 BECOME A BIKE FRIENDLY STEP. 1655 00:51:33,003 --> 00:51:34,805 ST. LOUIS HAS A SILVER LEVEL, 1656 00:51:34,872 --> 00:51:36,440 THEY MOVED UP FROM BRONZE AND 1657 00:51:36,507 --> 00:51:38,041 WORKING TOWARD A GOLD LEVEL 1658 00:51:38,108 --> 00:51:39,843 RECOGNITION OR PLATINUM. 1659 00:51:39,910 --> 00:51:43,013 WE ALSO -- TRAILNET HOSTS, EACH 1660 00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:45,182 YEAR WE DO A BIKE COUNT A 1661 00:51:45,249 --> 00:51:46,650 BIKE/PED COUNT IN SEPTEMBER, SO 1662 00:51:46,717 --> 00:51:48,952 WE'LL SPEND TWO DAYS OUT THERE 1663 00:51:49,019 --> 00:51:50,153 COUNTING PEOPLE WALKING AND 1664 00:51:50,220 --> 00:51:51,655 BIKING AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. 1665 00:51:51,722 --> 00:51:53,357 WE SECURE A BURCH OF VOLUNTEERS 1666 00:51:53,423 --> 00:51:55,192 AND -- A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS AND 1667 00:51:55,259 --> 00:51:57,961 YOU'LL SEE US OUT THERE WITH OUR 1668 00:51:58,028 --> 00:51:59,363 CLIPBOARDS LOOKING NOSY AND 1669 00:51:59,429 --> 00:52:00,898 COUNTING PEOPLE WALKING AND 1670 00:52:00,964 --> 00:52:02,466 BIKING SO WE CAN GET A BETTER 1671 00:52:02,533 --> 00:52:04,167 INDICATION WITH OUR OWN DATA OF 1672 00:52:04,234 --> 00:52:06,136 HOW TRAVELED THESE AREAS ARE. 1673 00:52:06,203 --> 00:52:07,871 AND WE CAN ALSO COMPARE IT TO 1674 00:52:07,938 --> 00:52:09,106 CRAFT DATA. 1675 00:52:09,172 --> 00:52:10,707 WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF CRASH DATA 1676 00:52:10,774 --> 00:52:12,743 ON WHERE WE'RE SEEING MORE 1677 00:52:12,809 --> 00:52:14,978 CRASHES THAT ARE FATAL FOR 1678 00:52:15,045 --> 00:52:17,948 PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, TO 1679 00:52:18,015 --> 00:52:19,283 HELP THE CITY PRIORITIZE WHERE 1680 00:52:19,349 --> 00:52:21,485 THEY PUT IN IMPROVEMENTS. 1681 00:52:21,552 --> 00:52:22,219 >> OKAY. 1682 00:52:22,286 --> 00:52:24,755 SARAH, A MINUTE AGO YOU 1683 00:52:24,821 --> 00:52:26,323 MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT 1684 00:52:26,390 --> 00:52:27,858 TRAFFIC LIGHTS, THAT THEY'RE 1685 00:52:27,925 --> 00:52:31,395 BEING TIMED BETTER OR SOMETHING. 1686 00:52:31,461 --> 00:52:32,829 WHERE DO YOU STAND ON BICYCLISTS 1687 00:52:32,896 --> 00:52:35,332 WHO COME UP TO A RED LIGHT AND 1688 00:52:35,399 --> 00:52:37,768 LOOK AND MAKE SURE NOBODY'S 1689 00:52:37,834 --> 00:52:39,036 COMING, BUT THEN CROSS. 1690 00:52:39,102 --> 00:52:41,171 I MEAN, I LOOK AT IT AND I THINK 1691 00:52:41,238 --> 00:52:42,339 THAT'S PROBABLY A SAFE THING TO 1692 00:52:42,406 --> 00:52:44,241 DO, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY 1693 00:52:44,308 --> 00:52:46,209 THOSE DARN CYCLISTS, THEY DON'T 1694 00:52:46,276 --> 00:52:48,579 PAY ATTENTION TO THE RULES OF 1695 00:52:48,645 --> 00:52:50,080 THE ROAD. 1696 00:52:50,147 --> 00:52:51,915 WHERE ARE YOU ON THAT? 1697 00:52:51,982 --> 00:52:54,151 >> IT'S FUNNY WE HAD A PUBLIC 1698 00:52:54,217 --> 00:52:55,485 OPEN HOUSE ON THE TOWER GROVE 1699 00:52:55,552 --> 00:52:57,187 CONNECTOR YESTERDAY AND I HAD A 1700 00:52:57,254 --> 00:52:58,555 GENTLEMAN COME IN, HE WAS AN 1701 00:52:58,622 --> 00:53:02,359 AVID CYCLIST AND HE WAS VERY 1702 00:53:02,426 --> 00:53:04,361 ADAMANT THAT IT WAS VERY 1703 00:53:04,428 --> 00:53:05,896 IMPORTANT FOR CYCLISTS TO FOLLOW 1704 00:53:05,963 --> 00:53:06,997 ALL TRAFFIC RULES BECAUSE AS 1705 00:53:07,064 --> 00:53:09,232 SOON AS PEOPLE START BREAKING 1706 00:53:09,299 --> 00:53:10,400 THEM, THAT'S WHEN ACCIDENTS 1707 00:53:10,467 --> 00:53:13,270 HAPPEN AND PEOPLE GET UPSET. 1708 00:53:13,337 --> 00:53:15,038 IT REALLY IS BEST PRACTICE TO 1709 00:53:15,105 --> 00:53:16,173 FOLLOW TRAFFIC RULES EVEN THOUGH 1710 00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:17,341 IT DOES LOOK CAREER. 1711 00:53:17,407 --> 00:53:19,009 DO I FOLLOW THAT EVERY TIME, 1712 00:53:19,076 --> 00:53:20,544 I'M -- YOU KNOW. 1713 00:53:20,611 --> 00:53:22,579 >> ACTUALLY, THERE IS A STATUTE 1714 00:53:22,646 --> 00:53:24,348 FOR A BICYCLIST THAT YOU CAN 1715 00:53:24,414 --> 00:53:26,583 STOP FOR A DEAD -- IF A RED 1716 00:53:26,650 --> 00:53:29,186 LIGHT ISN'T REGISTERING YOU AS A 1717 00:53:29,252 --> 00:53:30,587 CYCLIST, SO KIND OF A FUZZY 1718 00:53:30,654 --> 00:53:32,589 AREA, BUT LET'S SAY IT'S ONE OF 1719 00:53:32,656 --> 00:53:34,157 THOSE LIGHTS THAT ONLY DETECTS 1720 00:53:34,224 --> 00:53:37,728 CARS AND THE LIGHT DOESN'T TURN, 1721 00:53:37,794 --> 00:53:39,763 LIKE AT JEFFERSON AND LOCUST, IT 1722 00:53:39,830 --> 00:53:41,665 WON'T REGISTER YOU AS A CYCLIST, 1723 00:53:41,732 --> 00:53:43,600 SO YOU WON'T GET THE LIGHT. 1724 00:53:43,667 --> 00:53:46,069 AND SO THERE IS A LAW THAT 1725 00:53:46,136 --> 00:53:48,605 CYCLIST GO THROUGH A DEAD RED BY 1726 00:53:48,672 --> 00:53:50,073 COMING TO A STOP. 1727 00:53:50,140 --> 00:53:50,807 IF THE RED LIGHT DOESN'T 1728 00:53:50,874 --> 00:53:53,910 RECOGNIZE THEM, THEY CAN GO 1729 00:53:53,977 --> 00:53:54,611 THROUGH IT. 1730 00:53:54,678 --> 00:53:55,178 SO YEAH. 1731 00:53:55,245 --> 00:53:56,880 >> NOW WE KNOW. 1732 00:53:56,947 --> 00:53:57,714 >> YEAH. 1733 00:53:57,781 --> 00:53:58,649 IT IS LEGAL IF IT'S NOT 1734 00:53:58,715 --> 00:54:00,984 REGISTERING YOU. 1735 00:54:01,051 --> 00:54:02,653 >> WELL, I CAN SEE WHERE IT'S 1736 00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:04,187 EVEN A SAFE THING TO DO 1737 00:54:04,254 --> 00:54:04,488 SOMETIMES. 1738 00:54:04,554 --> 00:54:08,025 I SEE A BICYCLIST COME UP AND HE 1739 00:54:08,091 --> 00:54:10,460 OR SHE KNOWS THAT IN A FEW 1740 00:54:10,527 --> 00:54:11,428 MINUTES SOMEBODY MIGHT BE COMING 1741 00:54:11,495 --> 00:54:13,030 DOWN, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S CLEAR, 1742 00:54:13,096 --> 00:54:14,097 BUT THE DRIVER SITTING THERE 1743 00:54:14,164 --> 00:54:15,165 NEXT TO HIM OR HER -- 1744 00:54:15,232 --> 00:54:16,833 >> WELL, IF A DRIVER WAS THERE 1745 00:54:16,900 --> 00:54:23,106 WITH THE CYCLIST, THAT DOESN'T 1746 00:54:23,173 --> 00:54:23,440 QUALIFY. 1747 00:54:23,507 --> 00:54:25,409 I'M SAYING IF THE CYCLIST -- 1748 00:54:25,475 --> 00:54:26,576 >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE 1749 00:54:26,643 --> 00:54:26,810 SAYING. 1750 00:54:26,877 --> 00:54:28,445 >> WE'RE OUT OF TIME, RUNNING 1751 00:54:28,512 --> 00:54:29,579 OUT OF TIME. 1752 00:54:29,646 --> 00:54:31,348 REALLY QUICKLY, WHERE CAN PEOPLE 1753 00:54:31,415 --> 00:54:32,516 FIND THESE RULES OF THE ROAD? 1754 00:54:32,582 --> 00:54:35,652 CAN YOU TELL US IN TEN SECONDS? 1755 00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:37,487 >> YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY FIND THEM 1756 00:54:37,554 --> 00:54:41,491 ON TRAILNET'S WEBSITE AT 1757 00:54:41,558 --> 00:54:41,825 TRAILNET.ORG. 1758 00:54:41,892 --> 00:54:45,262 >> ALL THE RULES OF CYCLING? 1759 00:54:45,328 --> 00:54:48,065 WE WANT TO THANK YOU, SARAH 1760 00:54:48,131 --> 00:54:49,900 ARNOSKY OF GREATER ST. LOUIS, 1761 00:54:49,966 --> 00:54:51,234 INC., AND CINDY MENSE OF 1762 00:54:51,301 --> 00:54:52,602 TRAILNET FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT 1763 00:54:52,669 --> 00:54:55,338 JOB OF TOLERATING OUR QUESTIONS. 1764 00:54:55,405 --> 00:54:56,873 YOU'RE WELCOME BACK ANYTIME ON 1765 00:54:56,940 --> 00:54:57,641 NEXT UP. 1766 00:54:57,708 --> 00:54:59,443 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR 1767 00:54:59,509 --> 00:54:59,710 INSIGHTS. 1768 00:54:59,776 --> 00:55:01,445 WE APPRECIATE IT AND TO OUR 1769 00:55:01,511 --> 00:55:03,213 DONNYBROOK AUDIENCE, WE WILL SEE 1770 00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:04,414 YOU AGAIN NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT. 1771 00:55:04,481 --> 00:55:06,883 >> WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE 1772 00:55:06,950 --> 00:55:09,586 MOONLIGHT RAMBLE AUGUST 21st. 1773 00:55:09,653 --> 00:55:11,488 WE'LL BE IN TOWER GROVE. 1774 00:55:11,555 --> 00:55:11,822 >> THANK YOU. 1775 00:55:11,888 --> 00:55:13,256 >> BYE. 1776 00:55:13,323 --> 00:55:13,890 >> Announcer: DONNYBROOK IS MADE 1777 00:55:13,957 --> 00:55:14,825 POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF THE 1778 00:55:14,891 --> 00:55:15,926 BETSY AND THOMAS PATTERSON 1779 00:55:15,992 --> 00:55:16,993 FOUNDATION AND THE MEMBERS OF 1780 00:55:17,060 --> 00:55:20,130 NINE PBS.