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Winning Anti-Truancy Posters Designed By Local Students To Be Displayed On Metro Transit Vehicles

You don’t need a Ph.D to know that staying in school is an important message to instill in our youth. Metro Transit is proud to support and promote the St. Clair County Juvenile Justice Truancy Sub-Committee in its campaign to keep students in school. Earlier this year, middle/junior high and high school students in St. [...]

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MetroLink Work Scheduled for Week of May 13

UPDATE: 5/15 3:00 p.m. Single track operations scheduled for Monday at the College Station was cancelled. 5/14 3:00 p.m. Single track operations scheduled for Monday at the Forsyth and Clayton MetroLink Stations was cancelled. 5/13 3:00 p.m. Single track operations scheduled for Monday at the Forsyth and Clayton MetroLink Stations was cancelled.  Work is scheduled on the MetroLink [...]

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Metro Helps Kick Off ‘Safe Roads For All’

Now that the spring weather has finally arrived, Metro Transit wants to remind everyone to be safe and courteous out on the roads. Metro Transit joined MoDOT and Trailnet at a news conference Monday outside of the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. The event was aimed at emphasizing the importance of safely sharing the [...]

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Metro Transit Excited To Participate in CMT’s Great Race II

Give me a T-R-A-N-S-I-T! What does that spell?! Transit! Metro Transit is proud to be participating on Team Transit in CMT’s Great Race II. Designed to play off the CBS television hit, “The Amazing Race,” (minus host Phil Cogen of course) the race will place Team TRANSIT, Team BIKE, Team CARSHARE, and Team CARPOOL in [...]

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Metro Call-A-Ride Celebrates 25 Years of Service

Metro Call-A-Ride is celebrating 25 years of service! Operators, dispatchers and Metro staff were invited to celebrate the milestone at a reception held at the Call-A-Ride Center on Tuesday. There were decorations, a cake,  and a lot of enthusiastic employees! “Call-A-Ride has been a true resource for the community for 25 years.  Our staff works [...]

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Newest Section of MetroBikeLink Trail Is Now Open in St. Clair County From Swansea Station to Belleville Memorial Hospital Station

If you are looking for a new place to walk, jog, run or cycle, you may want to explore the newest section of the MetroBikeLink Trail in St. Clair County. Earlier this month, the 2.2 mile extension to the trail was officially opened and dedicated on a beautiful crisp fall morning when the leaves were [...]

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Fredbird Makes Safety Fun for Young Cardinals Fans on MetroLink and at Child Safety Day Again This Year

Two hundred children and adults anxiously awaited the arrival of the fun-loving mascot of the St. Louis Cardinals at the Grand MetroLink Station this past Saturday morning (Oct. 13). They were waiting to ride on a MetroLink train with Fredbird to the Delmar Loop Station to attend Child Safety Day at The Pageant. Plus they [...]

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Fredbird Invites Families to Ride MetroLink With Him to Child Safety Day at The Pageant on Saturday

Bi-State Development Agency/Metro is committed to improving the quality of life in the St. Louis region. In addition to providing excellent public transit and to promoting economic development, MetroBus vehicles and MetroLink trains are designated as mobile safe places for children and adults who need help.  As part of our commitment to a safe and [...]

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Another Busy Saturday: Plane Rides, Breast Cancer Walk, Bridge Tour Cruise and Vintage Baseball

It’s shaping up to be another busy Saturday around the Bi-State area.  If you love airplanes or want to learn more about aviation, then St. Louis Downtown Airport is the place to be.  The Fall Fly-In at the historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 runs from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. tomorrow (Oct. 6) and is hosted [...]

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Painting a MetroBus Was a Popular Activity at the Green Homes and Great Health Festival Saturday

The weather was absolutely perfect Saturday (Sept. 29) to be outdoors painting eco-murals on the sides of a MetroBus at the Missouri Botanical Garden in South St. Louis. The MetroBus painting was one of the highlights of the annual Green Homes and Great Health Festival and this was the fifth year the Missouri Botanical Garden [...]

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