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TOD Survey Results

Earlier this week, CMT posed a question to the public on our website: What would you like to see around MetroLink in the St. Louis and surrounding Illinois region?  Answer options included: retail, residential, recreation,office space, vegetation, hospitality, healthcare and an opportunity to provide options of your own. Overwhelmingly, the majority of poll respondents noted … Continued

Gotham Apartments

In a blog post in October, CMT wrote about how the Loop Trolley’s addition to the Delmar area would affect development.  Now in more detail, we are pleased to expound on the Gotham apartment building which will be gracing the area as a prime example of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). This $11.4 million renovation of a … Continued

CMT Brings Back the Transit Pic Contest for December

CMT has hosted the Transit Picture Contest for over a year now!  The contest, unfortunately, was not held the past few months, but is now back just in time for the holiday season!  CMT encourages everyone to submit their pictures of public transportation and as a reward, at the end of the month, the best … Continued

Sustainable Land Lab Competition

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

Rain Gardens in St. Louis City

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

How will Loop Streetcar Impact Development?

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

Commuter Happy Hour at North Hanley

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

New Chief of Department of Public Safety for Metro

This past week, CMT highlighted in our eblast that only a few months ago, Metro brought on board a new Chief of the Department of Public Safety, Richard Zott.  Mr. Zott hails from New Jersey and after his college years, spent sixteen years with the U.S. Air Force.  He was the commander of a 500 … Continued

Emergency Preparedness Information Today

Today, in an effort to educate the public on how to prepare for all types of emergencies and disasters, Metro is partnering with All Ready STL to distribute emergency prep information from 2-5 p.m. at the Grand MetroLink Station and Central West End Transit Center. Metro customers can register for chance to win a Red … Continued

Jay Nixon Will Help Lead Transportation Debate

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced that, if re-elected, he is willing to lead a serious dicussion in the future on transportation needs, including possibly using tolls to finance road and bridge projects. The use of tolls has been discussed as a way to finance a new Missour River bridge at Washington, which has been included in … Continued

Heels on Wheels Ride

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

Advancements on the Arcade Building Redevelopment

Dominium Development and Acquisition will be advancing with negotiations for its proposed historic redevelopment of the Arcade Wright Building in downtown St. Louis. The proposal will now go to the building owner, the city’s Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, who is being offered $6 million for the Arcade as part of a project that could … Continued

Streetcar Plans, Not Just in St. Louis

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


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