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Public Transportation

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    The People vs. Public Transportation

    Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    MetroLink Employee Wanted Government to Examine Shoddy Construction

    The federal government has declined to pursue a whistleblower lawsuit against MetroLink on behalf of an employee of the transit agency. As KMOX reports this morning, Eric Fields, an engineer for Metro, filed a lawsuit last October claiming that the light-rail line had serious construction defects ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    "New" Loop Trolleys Been Here the Whole Time

    Well, howdayalikedat? Apparently the Loop Trolley project has abandoned its plans for new streetcars that would run on batteries and electric. Instead the $43-million initiative -- slated to break ground this year -- will use salvaged electric street cars from the mid-1900s.

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    81,000 Households in Metro St. Louis Don't Have a Car

    Who knew so many St. Louis households depended on one of these?​The Brookings Institution is out with a study looking at the public transportation access within America's biggest cities, and St. Louis is near the bottom of the list. According to Brookings, 82 percent of area residents without a ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance Hopes to Fight the Metro Transit Blues

    MATRA's goals include the creation of a citizen's alliance board to give input on local bus routes.​Right now, Edward Williams Jr. is taking the bus. All around him are the signs and sounds of a ride that is not going ideally: He is late, and apologetic error messages are coming from a robotic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    MetroLink: Conduit for Deer?

    break.comJust like the Loop and Galleria troublemakers, this guy probably didn't pay his fare either!​In 2008 Riverfront Times (and yours truly) took a lot of flack for a story examining the role MetroLink may play as a conduit to crime. At the time, the Galleria shopping mall and the Delmar Loop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Another Report Links MetroLink to Rowdy Teens in the Loop

    KMOV-TV (Channel 4) is the latest media outlet to report concerns from Delmar Loop store owners that rowdy teens are venturing into the entertainment district by way of MetroLink. The station says a MetroLink security guard told their reporter off-camera that it's "overwhelming" when as many as 60 t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Hypocrisy Alert! Post-Dispatch Links MetroLink to Unruly Teens in Delmar Loop

    The P-D editorial page once accused RFT of giving credence to "thinly concealed racist sentiments" -- for a view now echoed on its own front page.​Don't look now, but the Post-Dispatch has done the unthinkable! They've linked crime and hooliganism in the Delmar Loop to MetroLink! It's right there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Blame Societal Ills, Not MetroLink

    Today's comment comes in response to a post about a Post-Dispatch article today that reported how some business owners and patrons in the Loop blame MetroLink for the influx of teenagers causing trouble in the district. When Riverfront Times reported a similar story three years ago, the Post-Dispatc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    MetroLink Mugging Thwarted by Cup of Coffee

    In java we trust.​Here's one way to assuage Louisa McKendrick and other Daily RFT commenters concerned that the tax increase for MetroLink will usher in a new wave of crime. Arm the citizenry with coffee. It worked for one MetroLink rider Saturday in East St. Louis. As the Belleville News-Democrat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    What Are We Supposed to Do About All Those MetroLink Freeloaders?

    Tunrstiles work just fine at San Francisco's BART, but then, that's a heavy rail system​One argument wielded by Proposition A opponents of hiking the St. Louis County sales tax a half cent to restore and expand Metro transit services is that there's too many  f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Prop A Leader: Transit Tax Must Pass or Region is in Deep Trouble

    ​Chesterfield Mayor John Nations, the man leading the charge for Proposition A campaign, spelled out the dire consequences that could befall the entire metropolitan region if the transit tax fails to get a thumbs-up from St. Louis County voters next month. "If it is defeated," warned N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Show-Me Institute Hopes to Derail MetroLink Expansion

    Would MetroLink expansion be worth the cost, or just another, well, trainwreck?​The conservative think tank Show-Me Institute dispatched an op-ed column to local media on Friday blasting Metro's plans to expand light-rail in the region. Coincidentally (or not), Friday was also the day Metro presen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Why Is St. Louis Not Part of the 2010 No Pants Subway Ride?

    But before answering that titular query you might be wondering, "What the heck is the no pants subway ride?"Excellent question. It's quite simple really: a group of hundreds of people (or in New York, thousands) rides the mass transit sans trousers. Confused onlookers gawk and gape and hem and haw. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Metro to Voters: Pass Our Tax or We'll Cut Ya' in Half

    That's pretty much the message that Robert Baer, president and CEO of the Metro transit agency, delivered to St. Louis County voters in today's Post-Dispatch. Baer says that if county voters do not approve a half-cent sales tax in April, the agency will be forced to cut half its service beginning ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Metro Planning to Once Again Ask Voters for a Tax Increase

    'Cause you can't keep MetroLink down.​That's the news from the Washington University Student Life newspaper. In an article today the paper reports that Wash. U. has already forked over $25,000 to support a tax measure that could go before voters as soon as this April. Philanthropist Sam Fox has gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    MetroLink Prom This Friday Night

    ​It started last year as a joke. Two devoted MetroLink fans -- Liz Kramer and Claire Nowak-Boyd -- wanted to do something special to show their support for Proposition M, the ballot measure that would provide the light-rail system with tens of million of dollars in additional funding. Their idea? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Video: Hive, the Latest Piece of Metro Link Art, is Dedicated at Delmar Stop

    Photo: Nick Lucchesi"Hive," the latest piece of artwork featured at a Metro stop, was dedicated last night.​ Last night at the Delmar Loop Metro stop, "Hive," a honeycomb-on-acid sculpture by Minneapolis-based artists Janet Lofquist, was dedicated to the public, although anyone who's been by the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Metro Restores Some Bus Services; No Changes to Metrolink

    Photo: Nick Lucchesi​The St. Louis public transit agency, Metro, today restored some of the bus service it was forced to cut March 30 due to budget shortfalls.The return of those bus lines comes as Metro takes advantage of a one-time $12 million appropriation from the state legislature. MetroLink ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Rep. Russ Carnahan Files Legislation to Aid St. Louis Transit Agency

    flickr.com/photos/stlphotobloggerU.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-St. Louis) filed a bill in Congress yesterday that would allow public transit agencies such as Metro to use federal transit funding for day-to-day operating expenses. Under current law, transit systems located in areas with more than 200,00 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Anyone Recognize This City? It's Not St. Louis -- Though You'd Think It Would Be

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Freakonomics on MetroLink

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2008

    RFT readers are still in a tizzy over Kevin Slaten's temper and whether MetroLink imports crime

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    More MetroLink Fallout: Post-Dispatch Editorial Board Farts in RFT's General Direction

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • News

    August 27, 2008

    Hear that whistle blow: Readers react with sound and fury over "Blood on the Tracks"

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2008

    Out-of-control shoplifting at the St. Louis Galleria. Violent attacks in the Delmar Loop. Is MetroLink a vehicle for crime?

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2008

    Cover of the August 21 Print Edition

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    Trolley Song: A new source of funds pushes forward the plan for streetcars on Delmar Boulevard

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2008

    Changing of the Guard: What derailed Metro's contract with the world's largest security firm after just 44 days?

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 1, 2007

    Takin’ It to the Streetcars

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2006

    Tom Sullivan Takes on the Post

    The advocacy group Metropolitan Area Transit Riders Alliance of St. Louis (MATRA-STL) recently launched a website drawing attention to its mission of bringing much-needed funding to Metro. As MATRA founder Edward Williams writes: We will fight for the public transit need of all citizens of the ... More >>

  • News

    August 3, 2005

    Metro Messy

    Transit chief Larry Salci knows he has his critics. Ask him if he cares.

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2005

    A-Lou-zing Race

    This Saturday, hop aboard St. Louis public transit for one incredible scavenger hunt

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 29, 2004

    Best Public Works Project

    MetroLink Expansion

  • News

    August 11, 2004

    Rat Times at Richmond Heights

    Has the MetroLink expansion unearthed a rodent invasion?

  • News

    April 14, 2004

    Letters

    Week of April 14, 2004

  • News

    April 7, 2004

    Trolley Follies

    In the race to return streetcars to St. Louis, Lacy Clay and Joe Edwards chart two very different courses

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Bus Route

    Garden Express

  • News

    April 17, 2002

    Golden Rails

    Sure, MetroLink's expensive -- so's your Lincoln Navigator

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 26, 2001

    Best Metrolink Station

    Eighth and Pine

  • News

    September 5, 2001

    Terminal Lethargy

    Is UM-St. Louis to blame for Bi-State's failure to build a much-needed garage?

  • News

    August 15, 2001

    Something Has to Give

    Bi-State prepares to cut suburban routes that, by all logic, should have been packed

  • News

    July 11, 2001

    Letters

    Week of July 11, 2001

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    The Transit Authority

    Bi-State is losing riders and money. Mike McGrath, who has driven a bus for more than a year, thinks he knows what's wrong.

  • News

    October 18, 2000

    Streettalk

    What Has Been the Most Remarkable Occurrence in St. Louis During Your Time Here?

  • News

    June 7, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Published the week of June 7

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    St. Louisans, Start Your Engines

    Missouri again thumbs its nose at the area's mass-transit needs

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    Letters to the Editor

    Missouri again thumbs its nose at the area's mass-transit needs

  • News

    June 23, 1999

    Short Cuts

    Missouri again thumbs its nose at the area's mass-transit needs

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    You Can't Take the "Me" Out of Metrolink

    Missouri again thumbs its nose at the area's mass-transit needs

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