CMT has selected Design Lab 443 for its Guaranteed Ride Home Campaign to build ridership on transit. Design Lab 443 was selected from a pool of 4 proposals – evaluated based on the following established criteria: Qualifications of person/firm conducting the work Proposal Quality Product samples – samples provided and/or on firm website need to be relevant … Continued
Transportation is one of the biggest contributors to air pollution. In conjunction with the start of the St. Louis Regional Clean Air Partnership’s daily air quality forecasting season, more than half a dozen partners, who collectively provide an array of transportation options that extend beyond driving in single-occupancy vehicles along with resources and incentives for … Continued
Changes in place for four months due to bridge replacement project Two MetroBus routes will be impacted starting Monday, May 2, by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) bridge replacement project on Manchester Road. MoDOT will close Manchester Road west of Hanley Road to replace the bridge over Black Creek, and the road closure is … Continued
Bi-State Board Approves Intergovernmental Agreement to expand Northside-Southside Study to include St. Louis County The Bi-State Board of Commissioners today approved an intergovernmental agreement with the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County for the Northside-Southside Corridor Study. The study will expand and build on previous information in order to provide a complete assessment … Continued
Construction to Commence in May and be Completed in June 2022 After getting input from transit riders, area residents, elected officials and stakeholders through a series of in-person and virtual opportunities, Citizens for Modern Transit, has approved a finalized design concept for the “Transit Stop Transformation” project at the Belleville Transit Center, located at 800 … Continued
While the last several years have seen dramatic changes to daily life, there are a few things that remained unchanged – including the essential nature of public transit. With that said, we are happy to announce the Citizens for Modern Transit 38th Annual Meeting will be back in person this year on September 8, 2022. … Continued
Temps are rising, days are getting longer, people are getting back out and about – and the spring session of the Ten Toe Express® is officially underway. This award-winning program, hosted by Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) in conjunction with AARP in St. Louis, helps older adults and other interested individuals lead healthier lives by … Continued
Driving through St. Louis City’s central corridor one will see construction cranes throughout the area as new buildings rise, bringing thousands of new apartments and condos to the city. Near the Forest Park – DeBaliviere Metrolink Station the Expo at Forest Park is nearing completion, bringing with it 287 market-rate luxury apartments. Just across DeBaliviere … Continued
Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) and AARP in St. Louis in partnership with Metro Transit have turned their sights to the North Hanley Transit Center for the next transformation project. Transit riders, area residents, elected officials and stakeholders have the opportunity to provide insight on what they would like to see at the site via … Continued
President Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a more than $20 billion investment in American transit, thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding levels, detailed by FTA in apportionment tables for each of 30 programs for Fiscal Year 2022, will provide 58% more funding, enabling transit agencies to modernize … Continued
Significant changes have been made to the Metro Public Safety Program over the last two years, and now Metro Transit Public Safety has a new tool to demonstrating significant coverage of the system each month by the public safety team. The Metro Transit Public Safety team detailed the ‘tag up’ program at a CMT Metro … Continued
Citizens for Modern Transit (“CMT”) is seeking a graphic design consultant to assist CMT with the refresh of the Guaranteed Ride Home Program to promote ridership on the transit system. The goal will be to increase ridership on the system through this incentive/benefit program. Click here for the full RFP.
St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD) today announced it has approved $355,051 to be used toward engineering for Phase I of the Fairview Heights – Swansea Trail. This proposed 1.7-mile bike and pedestrian pathway will extend from the traffic signal at the intersection of Illinois Route 161 and Sullivan Drive in Belleville to Frank Scott … Continued
Design Lab 443 was selected for the 2022 Passport to Music on Metro campaign. Design Lab 443 was selected from a pool of four proposals – evaluated based on the following established criteria: Qualifications of person/firm conducting the work Proposal Quality Product samples – samples provided and/or on firm website need to be relevant to … Continued
Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) and AARP in St. Louis are now focusing on the North Hanley Transit Center which will be the location of its next transformation project in partnership with Bi-State Development/Metro Transit. CMT is now seeking a team to be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing the N. Hanley Transit program vision … Continued