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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 [...]

Updated 2/21/13: Fairview Heights meeting postponed due to weather.  You are invited to participate in a regional planning effort currently underway focusing on economic development potential around several MetroLink Stations: North Hanley, Emerson Park, Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center, Fairview Heights, Union Station, Civic Center, and Rock Road Station. The East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWG) and its [...]

Attention, armchair planners: Now is your chance to help guide future development in the St. Louis region! As one of 11 stakeholder agencies partnering with East-West Gateway Council of Governments on the development of a Regional Plan for Sustainable Development, Metro is playing a key role in helping stakeholders craft strategies for encouraging Transit-Oriented Development [...]

The numbers are in, and more people are turning to transit. Metro ridership is up for the first six months of Fiscal Year 2012 (July 2011-December 2011). System-wide, ridership on MetroLink, MetroBus, and Metro Call-A-Ride increased eight percent over the same period in the previous year. Metro recorded 23,371,166 boardings from July 2011 through December [...]

Rampage, the St. Louis Rams mascot, will visit KTVI Fox 2 tomorrow morning (October 27) at 7 a.m. for an in-studio appearance with Randi Naughton to promote Green Week and Rampage’s visit to Metro Transit Centers this week. The Rams’ mascot will visit more Metro Transit Centers this week to sign autographs and give away a [...]

Many St. Louisans and visitors enjoyed the air show at Fair St. Louis at the Arch, but over the weekend, the St. Louis Downtown Airport hosted to its own air show. On Sunday, July 3 from noon to 2 p.m., the pilots of the Fair St. Louis air show gave a performance for a very special [...]

Did you Dump the Pump yesterday? Commuters in St. Louis and around the country were encouraged to park their cars and take public transit yesterday. Metro volunteers were out at MetroLink stations and MetroBus transit centers handing out “I Dumped the Pump for Transit” stickers and entry cards for a chance to win a prize from [...]

National Dump the Pump Day is almost here! On Thursday, June 16, Metro St. Louis and other supporters will encourage motorists to leave their cars at home and take alternative transportation to work, school and play. Sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the 2011 National Dump the Pump Day focuses on people riding public [...]

This spring has been a constant deluge of thunderstorms, wind and tornadoes in St. Louis and the entire Midwest. Due to the swift nature of these storms, with or without warning, here is a list of information you can use to help prepare yourself. 1. Take an umbrella or water-repellent jacket. That’s what your mom [...]

Hitomi Inoue loves riding the bus.  In fact, she even held a “bus duel” with one of her friends to see who could ride the most routes.  So it is not surprising that the young St. Louisan chose buses as her topic for her KETC nineVoices video. She interviewed me and Patrick Brown of the St. [...]