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We celebrate National Bike to Work Day — tomorrow, May 17 — with a look at bike and transit super commuter Robert Droney. Droney, 45, is an attorney who works three blocks from the Busch Stadium MetroLink Station. From his home in Ballwin, he often commutes by bicycle — 26 miles each way. Sometimes he [...]

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 [...]

Area cycling enthusiasts kicked off National Bike Month in style last night with the educational #CarFreeSTL Happy Hour at the Handle Bar, a bike-themed bar and restaurant in the Grove neighborhood. The event — co-hosted by the Great Rivers Greenway (GRG), Social Media Club St. Louis, and CityInAJar.com — was a virtual one-stop shop with [...]

The Great Rivers Greenway (GRG) fashioned a key piece of the jigsaw puzzle that is the St. Louis regional bike trail network into place on Friday — and it fit perfectly. The group held a party in Clayton’s Shaw Park to celebrate the opening of the Centennial Greenway Trail, a two-mile asphalt trail that runs from [...]

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 [...]

Did you take public transit in St. Louis or in other cities last year? If you did, then you were a part of the 10.5 billion trips taken on U.S. Public Transportation in 2012. According to a recent report released by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the demand for public transportation rose last year [...]

The weekend weather forecast looks good for St. Louis’ two largest and very popular St. Patrick’s Day parades. Public transportation is a great way to avoid traffic jams and parking issues if you are heading to either the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Downtown St. Louis on Saturday (March 16), or the Ancient Order of [...]

Did you drive your car today? More importantly, did you HAVE to use your car today? David Ziolkowski is a Senior Architectural Lighting Designer with HOK Lighting Group, a lighting design team based in St. Louis. He, his wife and two children live in the St. Louis area. Seems pretty typical so far, right? Well, [...]

Updated 1/18/13 to reflect bus reroute changes. In observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, St. Louisians will march from the Old Courthouse in Downtown St. Louis to Powell Symphony Hall on Grand. Participants are scheduled to assemble on 4th Street at Market at 10 a.m.  where local leaders will speak. [...]

The NHL season is back on and the St. Louis Blues home opener is Saturday! What’s the easiest way to get downtown before the puck drops? Metro Transit, of course! The Blues are scheduled to play the Detroit Red Wings at 7 p.m. at the Scottrade Center. The Civic Center Transit Center at 14th and [...]