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Election Day Presents Opportunities for Transportation Investment

Nineteen transportation measures will be on the ballot in 12 different states tomorrow, offering voters an opportunity to invest in their communities by investing in transportation.  A variety of transportation projects will be on the ballot across the country, including a number of measures specifically targeted at financing public transit expansion.  Los Angeles, Memphis, and Orange County, NC … Continued

Riding “The Tide”

A recent article in Progressive Railroading highlighted that in Norfolk, Virginia, if the light rail system, Hampton Roads Transit’s The Tide, did not exist, 44% of the riders would be using cars instead.  The Tide began service just over a year ago and “In just over a year, light rail has demonstrated its importance to … Continued

The Future of High Speed Rail in the Midwest

Dr. Tsung-Chung Kao, a professor and scholar from the Railroad Transportation & Engineering Center at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign visited St. Louis this week and gave a highly enlightening glimpse into what High Speed Rail (HSR) in the United States-more specifically the Midwest region-would look like. Drawing from his experience in his home country … Continued

Keynote speaker highlights Place-Based economics of Denver’s FasTracks program

CMT’s keynote speaker, Laura Aldrete, spoke about the impacts of Denver’s transit program on the local economy and development. Aldrete oversses the Denver office of Parsons Brinckerhoff’s PlaceMaking Group. Prior to her position at Parsons Brinckerhoff, she served as the assistant director of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority, working to realize community revitilazation in blighted … Continued

CMT Transit Happy Hours offer Refreshing change for area commuters

Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) is hosting two “Commuter Happy Hour” events to reinforce the system’s ease of usability and benefits. All area residents, including longtime MetroLink users and potential new riders, are invited to stop by the Belleville MetroLink Station on Wednesday, Sept. 5 and the Shrewsbury MetroLink station on Monday, Sept. 17 anytime … Continued

Team Carshare wins first ever Great Race by seconds

Less than one minute separated first and second place as TEAM CARSHARE crossed the finish line at C.J. Muggs in downtown Clayton, officially earning bragging rights as the winner of the first-ever Great Race event. Hosted by Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), in partnership with Trailnet and WeCar by Enterprise the May 17 event was … Continued

MO Public Transit Association releases report on state of public transit

With the recently formed Blue Ribbon Citizens Committee on Missouri’s Transportation needs  holding one its first public meetings next week in St. Louis, the release of Planning for the Future of Transit by the Missouri Public Transit Association could not be more timely.  The report looks at the current state of public transit in Missouri, funding for … Continued

Missouri Blue Ribbon Citizens Committee on Transportation Needs formed

Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley recently formed a Blue Ribbon Citizens Committe on Missouri’s Transportation needs which will be holding public meetings across the state in the next several weeks.  The committee is being chaired by Rod Jetton and Bill McKenna, and they will be looking at total transportation needs in the state. It is … Continued

House approves 90 day extension to the transportation bill

The House of Representatives approved a 90-day extension to the federal transportation bill which provides federal funding for road, bridge and mass transit projects. The bill was set to expire on March 31, 2012. This is the 9th extension to this bill.    The extension will run through June 30 at which time if a new … Continued

Senate passes transportation bill with bi-partisan support

The Senate passed a two-year, $109 billion bipartisan transportation bill in a 74-22 vote today.   According to Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Senate bill, cosponsored by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), would help fix 70,000 failing bridges and save or create 2.8 million jobs. The bill keeps federal public transportation funding level while … Continued

Amendment potentially adds funding back for transit for HR7

Discussions continue on Capitol Hill on funding for the transportation bill.  Today, the Senate Transportation bill is up for a vote.   In addition this week, Congressman Nadler (D-NY), a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, offered a bipartisan amendment designed to restore transit funding to H.R. 7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. … Continued

St. Louis needs to engage in transportation discussion

Transportation infrastructure and funding are taking center stage locally and nationally.  The House just released its 5 year, $260 billion reauthorization bill at the federal level. Locally, discussions turn to state support of transit, a possible future station at Cortex and the need to move the next light rail extension forward in the region.  Why should St. Louisans be talking … Continued

Only a few days left to vote for TRANSIT/CMT to GROW St. Louis!

There are only 4 days lefts to vote for CMT and its Ten Toe Program in the Monsanto Grow St. Louis Contest.  In this economic time, it takes more and more effort to find ways to fund programs for not-for-profits like Citizens for Modern Transit.  The Ten Toe Express Program, a hugely successful transit/walking program  … Continued

WeCar Doubles Usage & Adds Civic Hybrids

Today we had our quarterly meeting with the St. Louis WeCar representative. Nothing but good news to report for this ever-growing program.  The program 300+ members have doubled usage over the last year.  Washington University has 10 WeCars on their campus, and subsidizes the hourly rate so that it’s only $5 per hour for students.  … Continued


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