More than 4o CMT members and friends toured the Wellston MetroLink Station and surrounding area as a part of the CMT Wellston Walkabout in conjunction wiht Walk/Live St. Louis 2012 today. Despite searing temperatures, national TOD Walkability expert DAn Burden presented key factors that help to create livable, sustainable communities around transit as the group … Continued
Citizens for Modern Transit hosted a contest on June 21, 2012 last week to gather submission stories of how St. Louisans “Dumped the Pump” that day. Congratulations to the winner, Tina Totty, for the best “Dump the Pump” story turned in. Tina is the winner of a month-long Metro pass for July, which she can … Continued
Pagedale residents came out in May to look at the possibilities around the Rock Road Station from simple things such as better landscaping to longterm goals of mixed-use, multi-family development on the site. On the morning of May 24, 2012, more than twenty people attended the Rock Road MetroLink Station Walkabout. This event, sponsored by CMT … Continued
Starting July 1, 2012, Metro will be changing some of their fares to ride MetroLink and MetroBus. The changes will be: the two hour pass will go from $2.75 to $3; a weekly pass will be $25; a monthly pass will be $72; and a semester pass will be $150. So don’t forget!
A Loop Trolley Open House is set for Wednesday, June 20 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at U City Library. Questions and concerns can be addressed and answered by members from East West Gateway and the Loop Trolley Company with its engineers. For more information about the project, visit www.looptrolley.org
Denver’s latest light rail extension, the west rail line, is scheduled to open 8 months early in April 2013, but even before it opens it has helped to bolster the city’s economy and create jobs. The new 12.1 mile light rail line will stretch from Denver’s redeveloped Union Station through Lakewood, Jefferson County to the … Continued
On June 21, 2012, transportation systems across the country including Metro will celebrate Dump the Pump Day! In these tough economic times with high gas prices, everyone is looking for a way to save money. National Dump the Pump Day encourages people to ride public transportation (instead of driving) and save money. Let us know … Continued
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 South Station. This is the second TAP that CMT and Metro have commissioned – the first at the Belleville MetroLink Station. Thanks to … Continued
The St. Louis County Council is currently looking at Metro’s annual appropropriation collected from mass transit sales taxes that County residents supported . The County’s appropriations makes up more than 40 percent of Metro’s FY12 budget. As supporters of public transit, we are asking CMT members and friends to contact your representative on the Council … Continued
Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley formed a Blue Ribbon Citizens Committe on Missouri’s Transportation needs this past Spring which has four meetings left. 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 imperative that supporters of public transit voice their … Continued
Way to Go Metro! Following a great month of transit promotions for CMT’s Make your Move on Metro which garnered significant local media coverage, Metro charges in to June with record bus ridership numbers for the first quarter of 2012 (highest percentage increase nationally), significant increases in light rail ridership, and now TOP HONORS at … Continued
A vital component of the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development, the HUD Grant funded project in the St. Lousi region, is the focus on sub-regional analysis. By examining closely the housing, transportation, environmental and economic needs of selected Community Planning Areas (CPAs), we hope to draw lessons and to highlight best practices that can be … Continued
The #99 Downtown Trolley will be expanding service to Sundays beginning the week of June 12. The current service will be modified to 12 minute headways during the week to accomodate Sunday service. Saturday and Sunday service will operate on 16 minute headways. The Downtown Trolley provides service fromthe Civic Center Station and Transfer Center … Continued
Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) is hosting a Walkabout at the Wellston MetroLink Station on Thursday, June 28, to look at the possibilities for the surrounding neighborhood around MetroLink with national walkability expert, Dan Burden. Please join us! This is a part of Walk/Live St. Louis 2012. CMT received a grant from the Missouri Foundation … Continued
Is a modern streetcar system headed to Downtown St. Louis? The Partnership for Downtown St. Louis (Partnership) released a Request for Qualifications today for a streetcar feasibility study for connecting the areas of Downtown, Midtown, Central West End, and Skinker-DeBaliviere in the City of St. Louis. The feasibility study will include the process of planning, … Continued