Tag Archives: Long Range Plan

East-West Gateway Wants Your Input on the Future of Transportation in St. Louis

East-West Gateway Council of Governments is currently developing the region’s next long-range plan, Regional Transportation Plan 2040.  According to East-West Gateway, the purpose of the Transportation Plan is to “set forth a regional policy and planning framework to guide decision-making regarding … Continue reading

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East-West Gateway Board Approves Long-Range Plan

The Board of East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWGCG) today unanimously approved and adopted Moving Transit Forward, the long-range plan Metro developed through transportation research and community input.  The plan offers options that EWGCG, the region’s planning agency, can use … Continue reading

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The Draft of Metro’s Long-Range Plan in 60 Seconds

We know everyone is busy. There is a lot of information out there to ingest. So this post is designed to be a 60-second summary (actual time may vary!) of the draft “Moving Transit Forward” plan presentation that we released … Continue reading

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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

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Moving Transit Forward adds one more public workshop

The Moving Transit Forward team has added another public workshop, hosted by Madison County Transit on Tuesday, November 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Edwardsville Station, Main and Hillsboro Streets in Edwardsville, Illinois. If you haven’t had a … Continue reading

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Update: Another location/date added to Public Forums

Our Moving Transit Forward team has added another location and time to the public roundtable forums that will be happening from October 13 (next Tuesday!) until October 27, and I think a lot of blog readers will find this one … Continue reading

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Moving Transit Forward: Public Engagement Meeting Schedule announced (Updated)

UPDATE: An additional forum date announced. At yesterday’s executive briefing, Metro’s planning officials announced the dates and locations for the first round of public engagement meetings for the long-range planning process. We’re posting the schedule here, and you can expect … Continue reading

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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

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