Beyond Housing is seeking a quality candidate to join the staff of the nationally recognized 24:1 Initiative. The 24:1 Healthy Corridor Specialist is a key member of the Initiative’s team, responsible for executing the three year Healthy Corridor Project which includes community-based infrastructure planning, coordinating healthy living activities and directing a policy campaign. An ideal … Continued
The City of St. Louis is partnering with Washington University on a sustainable land competition initiative! Teams are encouraged to propose an innovative project to transform a vacant lot into an asset to advance sustainability. To participate, one just needs to assemble a team, choose a vacant lot from six available options and then propose … Continued
As part of St. Louis City’s Sustainability Plan, the City encourages the use of green infrastructure practices, and is working with many partners in this effort. One of these efforts includes rain gardens: landscaped beds designed to collect and absorb stormwater runoff. A rain garden is permeable surface area that often has the benefit of … Continued
The East-West Gateway Council of Governments consultant will unveil plans for possible development in communities around three light rail stations in December. Three meetings, scheduled from December 11-13, 2012, 4-7 p.m., with two identical presentations at 4:30 and 6:30, will highlight Station Area Plans focusing on East St. Louis, Fairview Heights, and North Hanley MetroLink … Continued
Amtrak Ridership Up and MetroBikeLink Extension Opening There was an 11% increase in passengers who used the Lincoln Service train between St. Louis and Chicago in this past fiscal year, setting a record for the route! That equates to over 675,000 passengers over the course of the year. Passenger numbers also increased on the … Continued
The final approval of the $25 million federal grant to fund The Loop Trolley has highlighted the discussion of what sort of development might truly arise post construction. A large goal of the two-mile streetcar track, which will stretch from University City Hall to Forest Park, is to revitalize the stretch of property along Delmar, … Continued
Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) is another “Commuter Happy Hour” event to reinforce the system’s ease of usability and benefits. All area residents, including longtime MetroLink users and potential new riders, are invited to stop by the North Hanley MetroLink Station on Wednesday, October 10 anytime between 4 and 6 p.m. for this fun-filled, evening … Continued
The Mile-High city of Denver has a Transit Oriented Development Fund which will generate and preserve at least 1,000 affordable homes for the areas along the existing and future transit corridors. With new transit station openings approaching, $15 million is available to purchase and hold sites, which are within one-half mile of fixed-transit stations or … Continued
Thursday, September 6, from 5-5:30p.m., Trailnet will be hosting “Heels on Wheels.” This bike ride will start at the Downtown Bike Station and end at Rosalita’s Cantina on Washington Ave. for happy hour. This event is free for any and all women to participate with the hope of bringing together like-minded women, who are looking … Continued
Across the country, cities in the U.S. are putting dollars towards streetcar systems to revitalize their downtown neighborhoods. These projects are receiving major support, but also some skepticism. In Caroline Porter’s Wall Street Journal Article, she says, “Proponents say the streetcars would boost economic growth and catch the fancy of younger generations.” Most of the … Continued
Wednesday, August 15, a couple hundred community members, passionate about sustainability in St. Louis, gathered for some locally-produced brews and to hear some locally-produced ideas from FarmWorks at Schlafly Tap House. FarmWorks is a partnership project effort between Gateway Greening, local developer, Craig Heller, and the St. Patrick Center. Gateway Greening, which has been in … Continued
Monsanto’s Grow St. Louis Contest is having a 4th round and CMT is in the running for our Ten Toe Express walking program to win a grant for the amount of $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000! Please vote for CMT on Monsanto’s website by typing “Citizens for Modern Transit” in the search box on the right … Continued
“In the past year, riders have planned more than 5.5 million trips using Portland, Ore.-based TriMet’s trip planning tools. Now riders can combine transit with biking and walking using the newest version of the online trip planner. This open source trip planning tool is the first produced by a transit agency in the U.S. that … Continued
In a July-August 2012 article in Better! Cities & Towns, retailers are moving into the city and bringing along multistory setups, a decreased footprint, roof or basement parking, lower ceilings and custom architecture. “For years, retailers built standard boxes on the edge of sprawl, a little ahead of the market, confident that residential subdivisions would … Continued
The Wellston Walk Audit Summary Brief from the June 28 Wellston walkabout is now available. 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 with Walk/Live St. Louis 2012. National TOD Walkability expert Dan Burden presented key factors that help … Continued