As CMT gets ready to kick off its Fall 2013 Ten Toes Session this Friday, September 6th, we are also pleased to announce walking groups at 3 new locations! We hope you’ll consider joining the Ten Toes program this fall and participating in one of our new groups! For the first time, a walking group … Continued
CMT held a Tapping Into Transit Happy Hour for Young Professionals last night at Mangia Italiano on South Grand and had a great time! We enjoyed meeting so many new folks interested in transit. We are always astounded by the number of people who care about and support growing our transit system in the region. … Continued
Wow, it has been an amazing year at Citizens for Modern Transit. As we wrap up our fiscal year which ends Aug. 31, special thanks goes to the CMT Board, all the CMT members, and CMT friends for helping us to reach record numbers this year as well as pro-actively taking steps to move transit … Continued
Metro and its regional partners – the Missouri Department of Transportation, East-West Gateway Council of Governments, City of St. Louis, St. Louis County – invite another round of public comments on their long range plan called Moving Transit Forward. Upon studying factors like demographics, land use, employment patterns, regional travel demand, and best practices from … Continued
Join CMT and fellow Ten Toes participants for a special guided tour of the Ulysses S. Grant Historic Site. Park Rangers will meet the group at the bus stop and lead them along the 1.5 mile trail to the park where walkers will have the opportunity to watch a 16-minute introductory film, A Place Called … Continued
The Ten Toes Express will partner with OASIS for this special program to learn more about the changes in store for the St. Louis riverfront. Learn about the history and future of the redesign project and take a peek at the progress in place. We will start with a presentation at the Old Courthouse on … Continued
One of the best features of Metro Service in the St. Louis region is the connectivity the system provides by linking its MetroBus and train lines. In an effort to promote the many places you can go using the system, CMT has partnered with the St. Clair County Transit District to highlight destinations along MetroBus … Continued
The CMT Board of Directors voted at their Board meeting today in support of advancing the St. Louis Streetcar Project to the next level- the Environmental Impact Study (EIS). CMT’s mission is to lead efforts in the region for an integrated, affordable and convenient public transportation system with light rail as the critical component to drive … Continued
On July 31, 2013, the date of MetroLink’s 20th Anniversary, CMT received final approval for a 3 year, federal grant to launch a new education/advocacy program called, Let’s Move with Transit. The St. Louis region is rated a marginal* non-attainment area for purposes of clean air standards by the Environmental Protection Agency. One of the … Continued
Join us for our next Young Professionals Happy Hour on Wednesday, August 28 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm at Mangia on South Grand, 3145 S Grand Blvd St Louis, Missouri 63116. This will be an opportunity to meet other young professionals in the region interested in transit. It will also be an opportunity to give … Continued
APTA’s June Transit Savings Report shows that individuals who take public transportation rather than driving can save, on average, more than $812 this month, and $9,743 over the course of a year. They arrive at these numbers by figuring costs for owning and driving a vehicle, national gas prices, and national unreserved monthly parking rates. … Continued
CMT Executive Director Kimberly Cella has been re-elected to another 2 year term on the Missouri Public Transit Association (MPTA) Board of Directors. The term begins December, 2013. The Missouri Public Transit Association was established to represent the interests, policies, requirements and purposes of public transit in Missouri including promoting research and investigations toward improving public … Continued
Please mark your calendars for the OneSTL Open House CMT will co-sponsor with East West Gateway and Trailnet on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 from 7:30 – 9:30 am. This will be one in a series of meetings intended to gauge community input on the OneSTL initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban … Continued
One of the best features of Metro Service in the St. Louis region is the connectivity the system provides by linking its MetroBus and train lines. In an effort to promote the many places you can go using the system, CMT has partnered with the St. Clair County Transit District to highlight destinations along MetroBus … Continued
Citizens for Modern Transit (“CMT”) is seeking proposals from a consultant to develop and conduct a mail survey to determine baseline data on residents within a half mile radius of MetroLink on the benefits of living/working near transit. Proposals are due no later than 4:00 p.m. local time on August 29, 2013 to the following … Continued