This Bus Stop Is Being Eliminated

Metro has recently begun its Bus Stop Evaluation Program, an effort that will examine every bus stop in the Missouri MetroBus system. The goal of the program is to help make the existing system more efficient, better for customers, and...

/ 5 August 2011

St. Louisans Familiar With False Claims of Carmaggedon

Carmaggedon in Los Angeles came and went with a fizzle. In fact, it may have been the best day for driving on LA freeways since the 1984 Olympics. For more than two weeks, officials in the land of Hollywood attracted...

/ 18 July 2011

Imagining a Wild Mississippi River

Earlier this year, as the Ohio and Mississippi River flooding worsened, many turned their attention on the Old River Control Structure in Louisiana. This set of 3 dams is all that is keeping the Mississippi River from changing course and...

/ 12 July 2011

The Triangulation of STL-CHI-IND High-Speed Rail

With the $1.2 billion high-speed rail project between Chicago and St. Louis moving apace, Illinois is moving on to bigger and faster projects. Proposed 220-mph high-speed rail lines. // MHSRA. Last month, Illinois Governor Quinn announced a partnership with the...

/ 11 July 2011

Transfering at Forest Park Station After 7pm? Be Prepared to Wait.

When the Cross-County Extension was built, the Forest Park-DeBaliviere MetroLink station was converted from a side platform to a center platform format to better facilitate transfers between the two MetroLink lines. For example, riders headed from Clayton to the airport...

/ 1 June 2011

Urban Mobility Report Points to Overbuilt Roads in St. Louis

The Urban Mobility Report published earlier this year revealed a surprising dichotomy about congestion in St. Louis. Despite congestion continuing to decrease since 2000 as represented by the report’s travel time index statistic shown on the right, travel time for...

/ 22 May 2011

This Is What the Antithesis of Transit-Oriented Development Looks Like

Representing SUNCO LLC, attorney James Mello made a presentation to the Maplewood Plan and Zone Commission on April 4. The presentation covered the revised concept plan for the Sunnen site which will include a relocated Mini dealership and commuter parking...

/ 13 May 2011

Car Dealership, Parking Lot To Anchor Transit-Oriented Development At Sunnen MetroLink Station

Since it opened in 1993, MetroLink has been lauded for it’s ability to connect so many of the St. Louis area’s great activity generators and centers of employment. As the years have worn on, MetroLink has, also, come under criticism...

/ 12 May 2011

Single Tracking on Delmar May Kill Future Loop Trolley Expansion

Following the Loop Trolley open house held two weeks ago at the Missouri History Museum, Justin Chick at Transit Turning Point expressed his concerns regarding the Loop Trolley’s proposed fare collection and hours of operation. Justin and other individuals at...

/ 7 May 2011

Wash U Students Have No Place to Wait

Back in November, construction workers redid the curb ramps at the intersection of Skinker Blvd and Forest Park Pkwy. The reasoning for this work is mysterious—the insersection was completely redone only a few years before as part of the Cross...

/ 29 April 2011

New Mississippi River Bridge Will Give Tucker Blvd A New Purpose

Construction on the new Mississippi River bridge project is about to gain significantly increased visibility over the coming spring and summer months. During the winter, construction crews poured the bridge’s foundations. With that work recently completed, work has begun on...

/ 27 April 2011

Delmar Blvd and the Purpose of Arterial Roads

As reported by University City Patch back in January, St. Louis County would like to remove a section of Delmar Blvd from its arterial road system and turn control over to another government entity, most likely University City. Specifically, the...

/ 22 March 2011