Blog: News, Updates, and Reports from CMT

  As part of the 2023 CMT Ten Toe Express Spring Season, Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) welcomes Rick Rosen as the program’s newest walk leader. Rick will be leading three walks during the Spring 2023 Season starting at the Union Station MetroLink Station and ending at the Civic Center Transit Center. His tours include … Continued

To help underscore the benefits of public transit and encourage consistent use among the St. Louis area’s college students, faculty and staff, Citizens for Modern Transit, Metro Transit and St. Clair County Transit District recently held a weeklong “College Transit Challenge” initiative with partnering institutions St. Louis Community College, Saint Louis University, Southwestern Illinois College, … Continued

Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) has elected Catina Howard, vice-president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 788 (ATU 788), to its Board of Directors. She will serve a two-year term. Howard has more than two decades of transit industry experience. As Vice President of ATU Local 788, she represents MetroBus operators, Metro Transit Call-A-Ride, clerical, maintenance, … Continued

On April 10, 2023, Metro Call-A-Ride will make a significant change to its service area map. This is the first change to Call-A-Ride’s service area since 2016. Trips that are currently eligible for Call-A-Ride service will no longer be eligible after April 10 if the start or end point of the trip is outside of … Continued

The Gateway Go Youth Transit Program, which provides free MetroLink and MetroBus rides to young people 13-25 years of age in the City of St. Louis has been extended through 2024.  The program is a partnership between the City of St. Louis and Metro Transit.  Using $250,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, the … Continued

Effort Kicked Off with Mascot Meetup on MetroLink  To help underscore the benefits of public transit and encourage consistent use among the St. Louis area’s college students, faculty and staff, Citizens for Modern Transit, Metro Transit and St. Clair County Transit District – in partnership with St. Louis Community College, Saint Louis University, Southwestern Illinois … Continued

Thousands of sports fans will pack the streets of downtown St. Louis this weekend, and Metro Transit is the perfect way to get to all of the fun and excitement of St. Louis City SC’s first home opener and the Arch Madness basketball tournament. The action starts on Thursday, March 2, with the start of … Continued

On Monday, April 10, 2023, Metro’s Call-A-Ride Service will change its service area map to improve overall paratransit service for customers while continuing to follow federal guidelines. The Metro Call-A-Ride’s service area is defined as areas that are 3/4 of a mile around an existing MetroBus route or MetroLink service.  The Metro Call-A-Ride service is … Continued

Effort Designed to Encourage MetroLink and MetroBus Usage, While Reinforcing Transit Benefits and Availability of Metro U-Pass Program   To help underscore the benefits of public transit and encourage consistent use among the St. Louis area’s college students, faculty and staff, Citizens for Modern Transit, Metro Transit and St. Clair County Transit District are teaming … Continued

During his State of the State address in January, Governor Parson outlined his budget requests omitting investment in transit. This omission directly impacts the State’s bottom line as transit delivers more than $3.67 billion annually in Missouri. We are asking supporters of Missouri transit to reach out to members of the MO Senate Appropriations Committee … Continued

The Bi-State Board of Commissioners approved a three-year contract with Masabi at their Feb. 17 Board of Commissioners meeting for an electronic fare collection system, in the not-to-exceed amount of $4,000,000.00. Originally, Bi-State  issued a request for proposals for an electronic fare collecting system on January 14, 2021, seeking vendor proposals for an account-based electronic … Continued

The Bi-State Board of Commissioners approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Operating and Capital Budget at the Feb. 17 Board of Commissioners’ meeting. Transit projected operating costs for FY 2024 are $315,093,748. This is an increase of 1.3% percent from the prior year budgeted operating costs of $310,959,903. Funding breakdown for FY2024 include the following: … Continued

Metro Transit has announced schedule and route adjustments to 30 MetroBus routes in Missouri and Illinois on Monday, March 13, as part of a quarterly service change. These changes include: Schedule adjustments to 18 Missouri MetroBus route to improve on-time performance and MetroBus-MetroLink connections. Schedule and route adjustments to 12 Illinois MetroBus routes, including the introduction of the new #3 … Continued

Citizens for Modern Transit (“CMT”) is seeking a graphic design consultant to assist CMT with a summer campaign for CMT’s Try & Ride education program to promote ridership on the transit system. The goal will be to increase ridership on the system through the enticement of new riders to the system. Work products will include … Continued