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Metro makes plans for service restoration
4/16/10

The passage of Proposition A in St. Louis County on April 6, 2010 now provides Metro the necessary revenue to restore and enhance transit service in St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis. The revenue generated by Prop-A will first be applied to maintaining existing service operating today, including service temporarily restored on August 3, 2009. Metro will also begin the process of restoring service levels to approximately what the region enjoyed prior to March 30, 2009.

The most immediate objectives of service restoration are to return service levels including frequency and geographic coverage so that current demand is met, and opportunities for future growth are created. Metro will begin the process of restoring service tentatively scheduled for June 28, 2010. The restoration will occur in three phases June, September and November. Once a MetroBus line has been restored it wil lnot be changed in any subsequent phases of restoration.

Phase I addresses the Metro System's most pressing needs, including the need for additional service on the most heavily-utilized routes in both St. Louis City and County and MetroLink. Phase II and Phase III will implement enhancements to bring the MetroBus System's geographic coverage and service levels back to pre-March 2009 levels. The new system will not be identical to the pre-cut MetroBus network because this proposed restoration plan also seeks to maximize efficiencies and route productivity. For example, Metro may "split" some of the longer MetroBus routes to accommodate the use of smaller buses and longer headways on lesser-used portions of the route. The proposed restoration plan also identifies potential new routes, as well as the combination or rerouting of existing lines.

MetroLink frequency will be reduced to 12 minute headways during peak hours until the completion of the Eads Bridge project when it will be reduced to 10 minute headways during peak times.

Phase I of MetroBus (June 28, 2010):

  • MetroLink
  • Call-A-Ride
  • #11 Chippewa: peak-hour service would be added.
  • #34 Earth City: daytime service would be added.
  • #48 & 49 South and North Lindbergh: would be split into two new routes. The "#49 North Lindbergh" route would operate between the North Hanley Station and Ballas Transit Center. The "#48 South Lindbergh" route would run between Ballas Transit Center and Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital.
  • #58 Clayton Ballas
  • #64 Lucas Hunt: peak-hour service would be added. Metro 2010 Draft Service Restoration Plan Board of Commissioners April 16, 2010
  • #70 Grand: would operate at ten minute headways during peak hours.
  • #90 Hampton: peak-hour service would be added, but service between the Hampton-Gravois Transit Center and Catalan Loop would be terminated. Existing service along Germania would be provided by the new #6 River City route.
  • #95 Kingshighway: would operate at 15-minute headways during peak hours.
  • #99 Downtown Circulator
  • #158 Hospital Connector
  • #210 Fenton Gravois: would be rerouted between the Shrewsbury Metro Station and I-270 @ Gravois. The new route would operate via Mackenzie Road and Gravois.
  • #240x Bissell HIlls Express
  • #03 Forest Park -CWE Circulator

Phase II: September 6, 2010

  • #10 Gravois-Lindell: service would be restored to Heege Road during peak hours.
  • #32 M.L. King - Chouteau: would be renamed "#32 M.L.King-Chouteau" and split at the Rock Road Metro Station. The new #32 would operate between the Rock Road, Civic Center and Maplewood Metro Stations. Service west of Rock Road Metro Station would be provided by the new #35 Rock Road Mills route.
  • #34 Earth City: would be rerouted to serve only Earth City, Riverport and Harrah's Casino.
  • #35 Rock Road Mills: would be a new route operating west of Rock Road Metro Station via St. Charles Rock Road, serving Depaul Hospital, Macy's Call Center, St. Louis Mills, Boeing Headquarters and the Hanley Metro Station.
  • #36 Spanish Lake: would be rerouted eastward to serve Bermuda Avenue and Trampe Avenue.
  • #40 Broadway: would be rerouted to serve the Convention Center Metro Station via Broadway and 7th Street, between Howard and Arsenal.
  • #44 Hazelwood
  • #45 Hazelwood-Ferguson: would be rerouted to serve the proposed North County Transit Center. The line would be rerouted via Florissant Road, Waterman, and Dunn Road to Florissant Valley Community College. The route would no longer serve Boeing Headquarters; that service would be provided by the new #35 Rock Road Mills route.
  • #47 North Hanley: would be rerouted to serve the proposed North County Transit Center via Halls Ferry Road. Service would return to Lindbergh Boulevard and Washington Avenue.
  • #57 Manchester: would be split at Maplewood Metro Station to accommodate the use of smaller buses west of Hanley Road. Service west of Maplewood Metro Station would be rerouted north along Clarkson and east along Clayton Road to Ballas Transfer Center. Service east of Maplewood Metro Station would be provided by the new #32 M. L. King-Chouteau.
  • #61 Chambers Road: peak-hour service would be added.
  • #73 Carondelet: would be rerouted to serve 12th Street between Arsenal and the Civic Center Metro Station, which is currently served by the #40 Broadway, and extended west along Cherokee Street to Grand Avenue.
  • #74 Florissant: would be rerouted to serve the proposed North County Transit Center. The route would no longer run north of Florissant Valley Community College; that service would be provided by the #45 Hazelwood-Ferguson and #47 North Hanley.
Phase III: November 29, 2010
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