Tag Archives: St. Louis

MetroLink Work Schedule May 20 through May 26

Scheduled work at College Station and Shiloh-Scott Station for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday has been cancelled. Work is scheduled on the MetroLink system Monday, May 20, through Sunday, May 26. Passengers may experience short delays in the work zones or use of a Shuttle Train. The affected areas of the MetroLink system are: Forsyth Station [...]

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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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Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum to Receive the St. Louis AIAA Civic Service Award

Big congratulations are in order for the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum! The St. Louis Section of the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) selected the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum for the 2013 AIAA Civic Service Award. The award recognizes the museum’s efforts to preserve and promote historic air and [...]

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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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Flashback Friday: Infantry Parade Downtown

 Were you able to guess when and where this week’s Flashback Friday photo was taken? This photo provided by the  Missouri History Museum was taken on May 9, 1919, on Twelfth Street (now Tucker Boulevard). It shows a parade of the Army 138th Infantry marching down Twelfth Street past a court–of-honor in the reviewing stands. According [...]

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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 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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MetroLink Work Scheduled For Week Of May 6

Work is scheduled on the MetroLink system Monday, May 6 through Sunday, May 12. Passengers may experience short delays in the work zones. The affected areas of the MetroLink system are: University City-Big Bend Station Forsyth Station Clayton Station UMSL South Station UMSL North Station North Hanley Station College Station MetroLink will operate on a single [...]

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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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Flashback Friday: Street Packed By Double-Decker Bus And Streetcar

Have no fear! Flashback Friday is here! Were you able to guess when and where this photo courtesy of the Missouri History Museum was taken? The small hint was that the first electric razor was patented during this decade. This photo was taken sometime in the 1920s on Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis. The photo shows a streetcar and a [...]

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