Last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the funding of 72 transportation projects selected to receive a total of nearly $600 million through the 2014 TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Program. Projects were funded in 46 states and the District of Columbia. Three projects in Missouri received funding for a totaling $21.5 million. … Continued
Metro is inviting transit customers and the public to learn more about the new North St. Louis County Transit Center at three upcoming informal meetings. The new transit center, which is scheduled to open in fall 2015, will be located at 3140 Pershall Road between West Florissant Avenue and New Halls Ferry Road in Ferguson. … Continued
What better way to show potential development in an area around transit than to actually have that development “pop-up” for all to see. That was just CMT’s idea when it launched the CMT Metro Market in 2014 at the Shrewsbury-Lansdowne MetroLink Station, and now CMT is bringing it back for Park(ing) Day in Downtown St. Louis … Continued
The Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) membership unanimously elected Terry Briggs, Director of Communications for Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust; Karin Hagaman, Director of Project Development with Cortex Innovations Community; and Jennifer Obertino, Vice-President and Operations Manager of the Missouri-Kansas Operations for URS Corporation to three-year terms on the board at CMT’s 30th Annual Meeting … Continued
Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) recently recognized several public and private organizations for their efforts to advance the development of new light rail in the St. Louis region. Awards were presented to BJC Healthcare, Washington University, the Cortex Innovation Community and Great Rivers Greenway, along with the City of Pagedale and Beyond Housing, during CMT’s … Continued
Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) is pleased to announce Microgrid Energy and Washington University as the winners of the 2014 Best Workplaces for Commuters competition. These employers were recognized for their outstanding commuter benefits at CMT’s 30th Annual Meeting, held last week at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis, and will receive a one-year … Continued
We’ve been asking Try & Ride participants to tell us about their experiences and their feedback is incredible. Today we want to highlight their answers to the question: What would you like to tell people about using transit that you did not know before trying it for your work commute? You’ll notice that the majority … Continued
Senator McCaskill’s office just announced that TIGER Grants were approved for capital funding for the St. Louis CORTEX MetroLink station and CWE Station upgrades and MO River Bridge in Washington, MO. Approximately $10.3 million was awarded to the Cortex project specifically. TIGER funds are highly competitive, federal grant monies for infrastructure projects. The funds are … Continued
BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES Wednesday October 15 – Friday October 17, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri Mark your calendars and please join the St. Louis Metro Section as they host the 2014 Missouri State APA Conference. This year’s conference will be held at the Westin Hotel located in downtown St. Louis next to Busch Stadium. … Continued
Just months after the successful rollout of its new Try & Ride program, which quickly garnered the public’s attention and led to the registration of more than 500 participants interested in giving transit a try for their workday commute, Citizens for Modern Transit is teaming up with the St. Louis Green Business Challenge to host … Continued
CMT wraps up its fiscal year on a high for transit with a potential new light rail station on the MetroLink alignment in the future, its upcoming SOLD OUT Annual Meeting on Sept. 12; record numbers of St. Louisans getting on board to try transit for the first time; and surpassing our membership goal for FY14 … Continued
One of the best parts of CMT’s Try & Ride Program is the feedback we get from participants. The comments are sometimes inspiring and sometimes highlight areas where the system has room for growth, but all in all it’s interesting to read their stories and we have gathered a few testimonials to share below. Want … Continued
Just think about it, 435 people have committed to take transit 3 days a week for 2 months to see if transit is a viable commute option for them. At the very least, that’s 870 new rides every week, 3,480 a month. This is CMT’s first ridership program that has impacted ridership so significantly in … Continued
CMT’s MetroLink Monitor volunteers gathered for their annual meeting to review their report findings from the year and to discuss Metro operations with Ray Friem, Metro’s Chief Operating Officer. CMT’s MetroLink Monitor having been ‘watching and reviewing’ the St. Louis light rail system for 12 years. Volunteers visit MetroLink Stations throughout the region and assess how … Continued
Almost three decades ago Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) began its mission to introduce MetroLink to the St. Louis metropolitan area. Since its opening in 1993, ridership has exceeded expectations with an average of 60,000 people choosing MetroLink each day during summer months. What’s more, because of MetroLink integration with the bus system, St. Louisans … Continued