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MetroLink Work Schedule May 28 through June 2

Work is scheduled on the MetroLink system Tuesday, May 28, through Sunday, June 2. Passengers may experience short delays in the work zones or may be transferred to a Shuttle Train. The affected areas of the MetroLink system are: College Station Shiloh-Scott Station To perform track work between College Station and Shiloh-Scott Station, regular MetroLink [...]

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Eads Bridge Inspires Artwork Dedicated At Arch-Laclede’s Landing MetroLink Station

The historic Eads Bridge has spanned the Mississippi River at St. Louis since 1874 and today carries thousands of MetroLink passengers and hundreds of personal and commercial vehicles between Missouri and Illinois every day. While the image of the bridge is familiar to most residents of the region, some of the elegant structural details of [...]

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The Point 105.7 FM Gets a Jump on Dump the Pump Day This Friday with $50 Gift Cards for MetroLink Riders

Did you know that households that use public transportation and live with one less car can save on average $9,000 every year? According to the American Public Transportation Association, public transportation’s overall effects save the United States 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually. Riding public transit can save you money in several ways – especially [...]

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Bike To Work Day Inspiration From A Daily Bicyclist and Transit Rider

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 [...]

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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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Tapping Into Transit: A Car-Free Happy Hour – Thursday, May 9

If you are looking for a great networking and transit-oriented event, CMT’s Tapping Into Transit: Car-Free Happy Hour may be just the ticket! Citizens for Modern Transit will host the happy hour on Thursday, May 9, from 5 – 7 p.m. at the Dubliner, 1025 Washington Ave, St Louis, MO 63101. Stop by, discuss transit related issues and concerns, [...]

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Metro Transit Joins Area Cycling Groups to Kick Off National Bike Month

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 [...]

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Metro Buses Inspire Student to Build His Own – Models

Dennis Hampton may seem like your ordinary 18-year-old. He’s getting ready to graduate from Madison High School and is set to start at SIUE in the fall. But Dennis has a unique hobby. He builds MetroBus and Madison County Transit Bus models – from scratch. His incredibly accurate models are generated completely by his own [...]

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New Off-Street Trail Unveiled Linking Clayton to University City

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 [...]

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Participate In Virtual Public Meeting on the St. Louis Rapid Transit Connector Study

The St. Louis Rapid Transit Connector Study is now conducting a virtual public meeting to obtain your input on improvements to regional transit service. The Connector Study – led by the Bi-State Development Agency/Metro and their partners East-West Gateway Council of Governments, MoDOT, St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis – seeks to [...]

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