Green Means Stop
Earlier this week, the City of St. Louis and the Bi-State Development Agency, better known as Metro, officially cancelled the...
The Light Rail Line Less Traveled
If anyone has taken Robert Frost’s words to heart and taken the road less traveled, it is Metro, the St....
North-South MetroLink Expansion: Snake Oil for Saint Louis
Mayor Slay and many—but not all—regional leaders are peddling a curious elixir: a $2 billion expansion of MetroLink. The expansion...
Kansas City Streetcar Has First Crash
It was only a matter of time. During a test run, the Kansas City Streetcar collided with its first parked...
North-South MetroLink Line Wasteful, Unnecessary
A group of Saint Louis officials and former regional planners are again making the case for a north-south MetroLink line,...
MetroBus System Changes, 2009-2014: More Miles, Fewer Stops, Higher Price Tag
Saint Louis MetroBus service has undergone many changes since the success of 2009’s Proposition A, which increased sales taxes in...
Another Push for Rail Transit in Kansas City
Recently, Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders announced that the county had received a $10 million federal grant to buy just...
Saint Louis Needs Better Bus Rapid Transit Plans
In a previous post, we outlined how Metro is planning to introduce Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in the Saint Louis...
Make Bus Rapid Transit Serve Bus Users
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is likely to make its debut in Saint Louis in the next couple years. Regional planning...
An Authentic, Sustainable Blog Post That Creates A Strong Physical Connection Between Streetcars And Facts
To coincide with the groundbreaking of the Downtown Streetcar, Kansas City released a “Downtown Streetcar Development and Investment Guide” to...
Super Bowl Lessons For Kansas City Transit
With Clay Chastain’s partial victory in the Missouri Supreme Court this week, his plan for a 24-mile light-rail system for...
Does Metro Deserve a Second Chance?
I’m an impatient guy. I hate waiting around for small problems to get solved so I can move on with...
People Respond to Pricing
Incentives and prices matter. As prices change, habits and activities change. Here are two articles relating to how people are...
Strikes and Gutters in Kansas City Election Results
It was probably a little premature and St. Louis-centric for me to call the Franklin County Charter victory the highlight...
