The Illinois DOT and AMtrak are making plans to preview the higher speed trains this fall between Dwight and Pontiac. Final construction is underway with bus bridges every other week to allow the construction to be finished on time. New Station for Bloomington-Normal Starting July 15, Amtrak will begin serving Bloomington-Normal passengers at its new … 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
June 29, both the House and Senate voted to pass the Conference Report to the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21/H.R.4348) legislation, the surface transportation authorization bill. The House passed the conference report by a vote of 373 to 52 and shortly thereafter, the Senate passed the conference report by a vote of … Continued
What do you think about the idea of building around MetroLink in the region? Would you like to see housing? would you like to see more retail options or restaurants? Would you like to see more job opportunities around the stations?? Would you use the system more if one or more of these options came … Continued
After numerous extensions to the federal transportation bill over the last several years, the surface transportation bill deal may get done today. The new two-year bill, H.R. 4348, or MAP-21 – Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21stCentury (the name from the previous Senate bill), would include $82B for the highway program and $21.3B for the transit program. It … Continued
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
Choices we make every day impact our air quality and the health of our region. It’s true! We are in the middle of ozone season in St. Louis right now. The way you commute has a definite impact on our air quality. Have you ever considered giving transit a try? Riding the bus to work? … Continued
Tomorrow, transportation systems across the country including Metro will celebrate Dump the Pump Day! National Dump the Pump Day encourages people to ride public transportation (instead of driving) and save money. Let us know how you plan to dump the pump this year at info@cmt-stl.org or on CMT’s Facebook page. The most creative commute submitted … Continued
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
In the next five years, Forth Worth, TX residents and visitors will be able to use TEX Rail to travel from one end of Tarrant County to the other. The Forth Worth Transportation Authority (The T) staff and its engineering consultants aim to begin operating the new line in 2016. In March, the FTA approved … Continued
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
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