NextStop STL

When I first came to Metro in 2007, I wasn’t sure what I would be doing day to day, but I was excited to have an opportunity to make a difference in St. Louis. For the last five years at Metro, and the last three years here on NextStop, I have had the privilege to [...]

Metro employees prove their commitment to communities in the region every day, serving as operators, mechanics, public safety officers and many other workers who bring public transit to St. Louis. In recent years, we’ve had several employees who have come to the aid of those in very dire situations. Another Metro employee responded at the [...]

Fair Saint Louis visitors, workers and volunteers can avoid traffic congestion, street closures and parking issues by taking Metro Transit to the annual celebration. Extra MetroLink trains will be running to accommodate the large crowds on Wednesday, July 4, Friday, July 6, and Saturday, July 7.  Fairgoers can take Metro in and out of St. [...]

Today, a group of dedicated walking, transit and community advocates braved the heat to join Dan Burden, an international expert in walkability and neighborhood development, on “walking audits” of the Wellston and Delmar MetroLink Stations. The audits, along with presentations and group discussions, sought to capture the imagination and interest of the community in the [...]

July 1 will mark the beginning of the new fiscal year at Metro Transit and the implementation of a small fare increase on MetroBus and MetroLink. In May, the Metro Board of Commissioners approved the fare increase after conducting three public information sessions and a public hearing. Metro is spending more money for fuel, vehicle [...]

Metro Transit will operate extra service tomorrow morning, June 23, to accommodate the large crowd expected to attend the 2012 Susan G. Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure in downtown St. Louis. Last year, more than 64,000 women, men and children participated in the annual event and attendance is expected to be even higher [...]

This weekend, Saturday, June 23 – Sunday, June 24 St. Louis PrideFest in Tower Grove Park will celebrate diversity and the LGBT community in the St. Louis area. Metro is a proud sponsor of PrideFest, and want to encourage all festival and parade goers to take MetroBus to avoid the traffic and parking congestion around [...]

Did you know when the Eads Bridge was built it was as long as about 18 football fields and it paved the way for construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City? Or that the new Mississippi River Bridge, the first bridge built connecting Missouri and Illinois in 40 years, will weigh 31 million [...]

Single track MetroLink operations are scheduled Monday, June 18 through Thursday, June 21 and Sunday, June 24 between the Wellston, Rock Road, UMSL South, UMSL North, and North Hanley MetroLink Stations. Construction work will cause 5 to 10 minute delays for some Red Line passengers. Trains are also running on a single track between the [...]

 St. Louis Downtown Airport firefighters participated in live aircraft firefighting training on June 5 and June 6 at Scott Air Force Base, near Belleville, Illinois, with members of the Scott Air Force Base Fire Department.  All airport firefighters are required by the Federal Aviation Administration to participate in at least annual live aircraft firefighting training [...]