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Companies Can Win a Best Workplaces for Commuter Membership with CMT

Do you work for a Workplace where how you get to work is important? Do you receive benefits, subsidies, or flexibility in order to make a choice for your commute?Thanks to a 2014 APTA grant, CMT will award one company in the St. Louis Region a membership to the Best Workplaces for Commuters (BWC) program … Continued

A Couple Spots Left on CMT's MetroQuest Team! Would You Like to Join Us?

CMT has co-sponsored NPR’s MetroQuest on Saturday, September 21, 2013, and invites CMT’s young transit professionals to join our team for a day of fun and challenges while exploring our city in St. Louis Public Radio’s combination scavenger hunt, pub crawl, and trivia contest. Travel the course by foot or ride the rails St. Louis … Continued

CMT Announces New Ten Toes Walking Groups This Fall!

As CMT gets ready to kick off its Fall 2013 Ten Toes Session this Friday, September 6th, we are also pleased to announce walking groups at 3 new locations!  We hope you’ll consider joining the Ten Toes program this fall and participating in one of our new groups! For the first time, a walking group … Continued

Tapping Into Transit on the Grand bus line

CMT held a Tapping Into Transit Happy Hour for Young Professionals last night at Mangia Italiano on South Grand and had a great time!  We enjoyed meeting so many new folks interested in transit.  We are always astounded by the number of people who care about and support growing our transit system in the region. … Continued

Weigh in on Bus Rapid Transit for region at upcoming public meetings

Metro and its regional partners – the Missouri Department of Transportation, East-West Gateway Council of Governments, City of St. Louis, St. Louis County – invite another round of public comments on their long range plan called Moving Transit Forward. Upon studying factors like demographics, land use, employment patterns, regional travel demand, and best practices from … Continued

CMT awarded new federal grant to introduce new riders to transit

On July 31, 2013, the date of MetroLink’s 20th Anniversary, CMT received final approval for a 3 year, federal grant to launch a new education/advocacy program called, Let’s Move with Transit.  The St. Louis region is rated a marginal* non-attainment area for purposes of clean air standards by the Environmental Protection Agency. One of the … Continued

Join us for a OneSTL Open House this September

Please mark your calendars for the OneSTL Open House CMT will co-sponsor with East West Gateway and Trailnet on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 from 7:30 – 9:30 am. This will be one in a series of meetings intended to gauge community input on the OneSTL initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban … Continued

Re-Imagining the Burbs

Access to nearby, walkable amenities is increasingly becoming the norm for communities across the country.  People want easier access to commercial, cultural, leisure, and work environments.  The difficulty is that most surburban regions were designed specifically to accommodate cars.  With this challenge in mind, the Urban Land Institute took a look at what makes successful … Continued

What Would Transit Look Like if it Was Built Using Business Principles?

More and more we are hearing that public transit agencies need to mirror private sector industries in their practices.  The latest article,  “Public Transit 101: read a ‘how to start a business book,’” written by Kevin C. Brown, is an interesting look at doing just that. In answer to the “no one uses transit, so why should … Continued

Tony Transit Returns for MetroLink’s 20th Anniversary on July 31.

WHERE ON THE METRO IS TONY PATRICO? Spot Patrico on the MetroLink on Wednesday, July 31st and you could get a $50 Visa gift card provided by Citizens for Modern Transit. Help CMT celebrate 20 years of MetroLink in St. Louis by following Tony TRansit today! Follow Patrico on Twitter @PatricoWAR, and on Wednesday during … Continued

2013 Survey shows that 73% of Americans Favor Investing in Public Transportation

The Mineta Transportation Institute and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently ran a survey showing that 73.6% of Americans strongly agree that tax dollars should be used for, “expanding and improving public transportation” in their communities.  1,501 people completed the survey and support for/appreciation of transit was higher in 2013, in all categories measured.  … Continued

CMT Announces a Young Transit Professionals Initiative

We’ve seen a lot of recent coverage in the news about the interest that young professionals have in transit.  Story after story cites the draw to transit oriented, walkable communities that allow young professionals to navigate their lives without a car.  As St. Louis strives to retain and seek top young talent and become a … Continued

June 20, 2013 is National Dump the Pump Day!

CMT and Metro St. Louis invite you to Dump the Pump on Thursday, June 20, 2013! With transportation making up more and more of families’ and individual’s monthly budget, saving money is on everyone’s mind. The price of gas, the cost to park, vehicle maintenance and insurance are costing us more money than ever. Now … Continued


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