Metro St. Louis needs your help with their newest project, Metro ReImagined. The project will be a comprehensive analysis of MetroBus service that takes a look at where people travel, why people travel, and how people travel. The Metro ReImagined project will take place over 15 months and is broken up into four different parts:… Read more »
Fall Ten Toe Express Session Just Around the Corner!
The Fall 2017 Ten Toe Express session will kick off on Thursday, September 7 with a special behind-the-scenes tour of Metro’s new Civic Center Transit Center building at the Civic Center MetroLink Station. Register for the Fall 2017 session online! CMT’s Ten Toe Express program is sponsored by AARP St. Louis, and will include several… Read more »
New Partners for Smart Growth Conference set for San Fran in 2018
The 17th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference is taking place in San Francisco on Feb 1-3, 2018. The program will span three days with pre- and post-conference mobile workshops. The main program will kick off on Thursday afternoon, February 1, with a plenary starting at 1:30 PM, and continue through Saturday morning, February 4,… Read more »
Civic Center Transit Center set to open in August
As construction wraps on the new Civic Center Transit Center, Metro’s new transit hub in downtown St. Louis, Metro will host three events to celebrate the completion of the project and the opening of the new center. For those wanting to learn more about the new transit center, an informational meeting will be held at… Read more »
Transportation Update from Capitol Hill
Update as of 7/28/17: The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously backed legislation that would provide nearly $19.5 billion in discretionary funding for the DOT in fiscal 2018 — which is $978 million above current level. The Senate bill also would provide $550 million for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program, which would be… Read more »
MO Task Force looking at MO transportation funding releases schedule of meetings
The Missouri 21st Century Transportation Task Force, the task force outlined in HCR 47, met for the first time in June. The Task Force is charged with creating a proposal for Missouri state transportation funding that will be introduced in January 2018. The first meeting was an organizational meeting to discuss in greater detail the… Read more »
CMT seeking graphic design proposals for Fall Try and Ride campaign
Request for Proposals for Graphic Design to Citizens for Modern Transit For 2017 Try and Ride Program Federal Project CMAQ-5456-612 Citizens for Modern Transit (“CMT”) is seeking a graphic design consultant to assist CMT with the 2017 campaign for CMT’s Try and Ride Program to promote ridership on the transit system. The key will be… Read more »
CMT selects consultant for Fall Ten Toe program
CMT has selected Leslie Neese for the 2017 Fall Ten Toe Campaign. Leslie Neese was selected from a pool of 5 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 work being asked to be completed. Once… Read more »
Who rides public transportation?
A recently released study compiled by the American Public Transportation Association, provides details on public transit passenger demographics to help answer the questions, who rides public transportation and how do they use it? Surveys were completed from 2008-2015 across 163 different transit systems and the results help paint the picture of public transportation in the… Read more »
MetroLink Law Enforcement Task Force at work on the system
From St. Louis County release June 28, 2017 The MetroLink law enforcement task force, a joint effort to improve MetroLink security that includes officers from St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis and St. Clair County, Illinois, as well as Metro security personnel is already having a positive impact in reducing crime on MetroLink…. Read more »
Fall Ten Toe Express registration now open!
Created to inspire St. Louis area seniors, as well as any other interested individuals, to see how easy it is to integrate walking with public transit use to get around town, the CMT Ten Toe Express Walk Program also promotes the health and well-being benefits of transit commuting. The 2017 Fall session gets underway on… Read more »
Development proposals sought for North Hanley MetroLink Station and adjacent areas
University Square is seeking proposals to develop the North Hanley MetroLink Station and surrounding areas. University Square Community Development Corporation (USCDC) is working with the following Property Owners: Bi-State Development; University of Missouri; Geiger Hanley LLC, and Geiger Real Estate, Inc. to bring about the development of property at and adjacent to the North Hanley… Read more »
Team Bike takes home the bragging rights for 2017 Great Race
Team Bike took home the gold and bragging rights for the 2017 Great Race. The date was set, the teams selected and St. Louis media was on board to help promote some of the most viable transportation options offered in the region through this year’s Great Race hosted by CMT and AARP St. Louis on June… Read more »
CMT & AARP create vision of what could be around transit at 2017 Metro Market
Citizens for Modern Transit and AARP St. Louis temporarily transformed the vacant Historic Wabash Station, located at 6005 Delmar Blvd., on June 14 into an active space connecting people to products, services and green spaces. The free, pop-up Metro Market helped showcase how areas around transit stations can become focal points for activity. “Last year,… Read more »
Groundbreaking held for first new MetroLink station in more than a decade
Metro broke ground on the new Boyle Street Station, an infill station in the Cortex Innovation Community, on June 8 at the site of the new station adjacent to the @4240 Building. This station will be the first addition to the MetroLink system in the St. Louis region since the opening of the Cross County in… Read more »