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New Buses! FTA Clean-Air Grant Will Provide 12 New MetroBuses
Metro will get a boost in its program to restore transit service to customers with a new $4 million federal grant that the Agency will use to buy 12 buses. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has notified Metro that its … Continue reading
Federal USDOT Grant Means New Buses For Metro Transit
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Monday a combined $776 million for urban and rural transit providers to help bring buses, bus facilities and related equipment into a state of good repair. Money from the Federal Transit Administration’s new State … Continue reading
Posted in Funding Transit, Making Transit Easy, Moving Transit Forward
Tagged metrobus, Transit Funding, USDOT
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Metro’s Tracy Beidleman Honored with First-Ever Award from FTA Region VII
Tracy Beidleman, our Director of Program Development and Grants, has received the first-ever Award of Excellence for Outstanding Customer Service and Financial Oversight of FTA Projects in St. Louis presented by Region VII of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Go … Continue reading
Metro Board Approves FY2011 Operating and Capital Budget
Here’s the fun we can expect in fiscal year 2011, starting July 1, 2010! The Metro Board of Commissioners today approved an operating budget of $232.4 million for Fiscal Year 2011 that includes funds to restore transit services that were … Continue reading
Posted in Capital Projects, Funding Transit, Inside Metro
Tagged Board of Commissioners, Budget, Capital Projects, FY2011
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New York’s MTA Approves Drastic Service Cuts to Fix $400 Million Defecit
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)of the New York City area approved a series of service cuts that will drastically change the levels of service available to customers. The cuts, along with 700 job layoffs and the removal of the free … Continue reading
The Results of the Community Workshops: The Breakdown
During the community workshops in November, the Metro long-term planning team went around the region and conducted community workshops to get a handle on what are St. Louisans’ priorities for transit spending, now and in the future. People chose which … Continue reading
Metro Briefs St. Louis County Council
The Post-Dispatch’s Along For the Ride blog has a nice piece this morning about the Metro executive briefing of the St. Louis County Council yesterday. Although the information won’t be new to our blog readers, the post highlights how long … Continue reading
CTA to Possibly End Free Ride Program for Seniors
CTA, the Chicago Transit Authority, may have to revoke its fare-free program for seniors to help alleviate the burden of a projected $300 million budget deficit. The program was introduced by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who later extended the program … Continue reading
Wall Street Journal Weighs in on The Next Hot Youth-Magnet Cities
Recession schmession! The Wall Street Journal is already weighing in on its picks for the The Next Hot Youth-Magnet Cities. Once the recession cools off, where are kids going to live? What amenities, jobs and lifestyle choices are 20-somethings going … Continue reading
Moving Transit Forward: Metro would like you to help shape its long-range transit plan
As our readers are aware, Metro has been making many changes over the past two years under the leadership of our current President & CEO, Bob Baer. This blog has been one such change. Now here comes a big change: … Continue reading