The St. Clair County Transit District will transport Red Line MetroLink customers by bus from the College MetroLink Station to the Shiloh-Scott MetroLink Station after 8 p.m. tonight (July 31), tomorrow (August 1), Thursday night (August 2), and Sunday night (August 5). MetroLink trains will not operate between the College and Shiloh-Scott Stations from 8 … Continued
The long-awaited headline tells no lie! Monday, August 20, the Grand MetroLink Station will reopen and MetroBus service will resume. The station has been closed since March 2011 to replace the bridge overhead in the midtown St. Louis area. The #70 Grand, #58X Twin Oaks Express, and the #410 Eureka Express routes will return to … Continued
As Denver moves forward with a $7.4 billion expansion of its rail system, the city is looking to rectify what some see as a flaw in the original concept. The flaw being how to encourage the development of dense, walkable villages around stations so people don’t have to drive to use the system. “After the … Continued
“The Obama Administration is launching the largest transportation loan program in DOT history. Through the TIFIA (Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act) program, $1.7 billion in capital will be used to make available up to $17 billion in credit assistance for critical infrastructure projects across the country.” This is a continuation of a “trusted infrastructure … Continued
At the end of June, Los Angeles Metro completed the Metro Orange Line Extension, a four-mile addition to the popular dedicated busway between Canoga Park and Chatsworth. The Metro Orange Line is now 18 miles long, including four new stations, three new or reconfigured parking lots, three new busway bridges, new signalized busway/street crossings, street … Continued
Updates to the track for Illinois’ high-speed route between Chicago and St. Louis are on schedule to be completed by the end of 2012. As such, Illinois Department of Transportation and Amtrak are planning to preview higher speed trains starting September 2012, from Dwight to Pontiac. Elsewhere in the country, there are speed increases to … Continued
A new senior housing community which will be known as The Cottages at Cathedral Square, due to its close proximity to St. Peter’s Cathedral, will located in downtown Belleville, IL. The project is expected to cost $5 million, will host 32 1,000 square foot apartment-style living spaces and span four single-story buildings. At the center … Continued
High-speed rail (HSR) is becoming more critical to America’s economic future as highway congestion continues, the U.S. population grows, and as the daily battle to keep the air clean goes on. Thirty-two states are currently moving forward with HSR projects, and the Obama administration has provided more than $10 billion for investment in HSR and … Continued
On June 15, the Sacramento Regional Transit District celebrated the grand opening of the Green Line light rail extension to the River District. The extension added 1.1 miles of track and two new stations. The grand opening of the 7th & Richards/Township 9 station was celebrated with the arrival of the inaugural train at the … Continued
Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner’s trains 311, 314 and 316 will experience changes to service, effective July 9-October 20, due to track maintenance. Train 311 will depart all stations approximately two hours earlier. Train 314 will depart all stations approximately one hour earlier. Train 316 will depart all stations approximately one hour later. The schedule for … Continued
Want to have an insider’s tour of an exciting redevelopment project in downtown St. Louis? Come see Cupples 9! This tour, presented by ULI St. Louis Young Leaders Group and open to all, will be a wonderful opportunity to see the transformation and redevelopment of a historic (1894) warehouse project into a Class A office … Continued
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
Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) will be hosting a luncheon on the topic of the Chicago to St. Louis High Speed Rail Program this coming Thursday, May 3. Phil Pasterak, PE, from Parsons Brinckerhoff, will speak at the lunch meeting to be held at MoDOT’s Transportation Management Center at 11:15 a.m. (14302 S. Outer Forty Rd, … Continued
Great presentation this morning by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) St. Louis chapter on the possibilities for development at the UMSL South Station! CMT in partnership with Metro charged a group of local experts from the ULI St. Louis Chapter called a Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) to look at the possibilities for development at the UMSL … Continued
On March 14, theSenate passed S.1813, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) – the Senate’s two-year, $109 billion surface transportation authorization by a vote of 74 – 22. According to the American Public Transit Assocation, here are some key amendments to the bill: The amendment includes a change to the … Continued