Transit-oriented development (TOD) offers a mix of housing, employment, shopping, and transportation choices that can help reduce air pollution and development on open lands and improve water quality and access to jobs. Yet the infrastructure required to create TOD is expensive and funding for infrastructure for new TOD can be difficult to obtain. This webinar, … Continued
Philadelphia has caught the transit bug. A new report called “How Philadelphia Gets to Work” finds that 70.5% of Philadelphians get to work using transit. The report, released by the Center City District and Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, was prepared to inform strategic investments in transportation infrastructure based on the understanding that: “Sustained job and … Continued
As you have read and heard, Metro is in the final stages of the Rapid Connector Study they’ve been running over the past year. They have narrowed their study focus to BRT routes along 4 corridors through the St. Louis region. Metro is only able to pursue financing for 2 of the routes, and are … Continued
Just one more reason Transit needs to be a top priority for the State of Missouri. Missouri remains a state with some of the highest miles traveled per capita as evidenced in the table below. Currently, public transit receives a very small percentage of funding from the state of MO. This year, $560,000 was appropriated … Continued
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently announced the award of $474 million in TIGER grants to 52 projects in 37 states. This year there were 585 applications requesting more than $9 billion in funding. In total, the program, in its fifth year of awards, has provided more than $3.6 billion to 270 projects. Kansas … Continued
Citizens for Modern Transit is pleased to announce that Reid Ewing will be the featured Keynote at the CMT Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony on Sept. 13. Professor Ewing will present on the research for his new book, Pedestrian and Transit Oriented Design. Professor Ewing is a Professor of City and Metropolitan Planning at the … Continued
There has been buzz about bringing smartcards to the St. Louis’s Metro system, and this week Metro rolls out new fareboxes that would make smartcards a possibility for the future. The new fareboxes are the first step in that direction. Metro explains that “the new fareboxes will replace old fare equipment that is becoming expensive … Continued
Wow, it has been an amazing year at Citizens for Modern Transit. As we wrap up our fiscal year which ends Aug. 31, special thanks goes to the CMT Board, all the CMT members, and CMT friends for helping us to reach record numbers this year as well as pro-actively taking steps to move transit … Continued
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
Join CMT and fellow Ten Toes participants for a special guided tour of the Ulysses S. Grant Historic Site. Park Rangers will meet the group at the bus stop and lead them along the 1.5 mile trail to the park where walkers will have the opportunity to watch a 16-minute introductory film, A Place Called … Continued
One of the best features of Metro Service in the St. Louis region is the connectivity the system provides by linking its MetroBus and train lines. In an effort to promote the many places you can go using the system, CMT has partnered with the St. Clair County Transit District to highlight destinations along MetroBus … Continued
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
CMT Executive Director Kimberly Cella has been re-elected to another 2 year term on the Missouri Public Transit Association (MPTA) Board of Directors. The term begins December, 2013. The Missouri Public Transit Association was established to represent the interests, policies, requirements and purposes of public transit in Missouri including promoting research and investigations toward improving public … Continued
One of the best features of Metro Service in the St. Louis region is the connectivity the system provides by linking its MetroBus and train lines. In an effort to promote the many places you can go using the system, CMT has partnered with the St. Clair County Transit District to highlight destinations along MetroBus … Continued
With a stunning view of both sides of the river more than 125 St. Louis dignitaries, CMT members and MetroLink friends gathered at the Three Sixty in Downtown St. Louis to celebrate twenty years of MetroLink and its successes. City of St. Louis Mayor Slay welcomed attendees to downtown St. Louis and congratulated Metro and Citizens … Continued