Inefficient Bus Service Plagues North Saint Louis County
Metro, which operates public transportation in Saint Louis City and County, has announced that it has nearly completed a brand...
The Great Race: Taxi v. Uber v. Metro Link
With UberX finally available in Saint Louis, Show-Me Institute staff decided to hold a race to see how the service...
Taxpayers Shouldn’t Have to Subsidize Parking in Upscale Central West End Redevelopment
Last week the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Commission voted to approve Koman Group’s $4.5 million TIF proposal for 32 N....
Saint Louis City Property Tax, Part 5: Problems Ahead
Saint Louis City Property Tax Blog Part V: Problems Ahead In the first four blog posts in this series, we...
City Should Reject Central West End TIFs
Recently, the Saint Louis Business Journal reported that Koman Group, a real estate developer, plans to add to two apartment...
Entrepreneurship in the Charter School Sector
In Missouri, public charter schools receive about 25 percent less per pupil funding than traditional public schools. Usually this means...
Why Did Saint Louis Get Rid of Its Streetcars?
In Saint Louis, and in many cities across the county, there is a push to bring back streetcars. And in...
Report on Parking in Saint Louis Finds Employees Take Best Spots, Don’t Pay
Last year, Saint Louis City began a long-awaited overhaul of the city’s parking meters. After a pilot period where different...
School Choice and Bullying
‘If I went here, I would have enjoyed learning,’ said a prospective parent at the New City School in the...
Can Laclede’s Landing Survive Government Planning?
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported that many businesses in Laclede’s Landing, a riverfront entertainment district in downtown Saint Louis, are struggling...
Riding to the Hounds of Corporate Welfare
Oscar Wilde famously defined foxhunting as “the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.” His quip aptly describes a sport...
Saint Louis City’s Growth: Trickle-Down Urbanism?
A look at the latest American Community Survey data confirms that income growth in Saint Louis City has been lackluster...
Where the Buses Don’t Run
Recently, a study from the University of Minnesota calculated how many jobs could be reached by transit in major U.S. cities...
Light Rail Never Sleeps: The Saint Louis Edition
Recently, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that St. Louis Metro would receive a TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery)...
Amendment 7: The Tax That Keeps On Taxing
According to current projections, the proposed Missouri Amendment 7, or 0.75-cent transportation sales tax, would raise $5.4 billion for roads,...
Lovely Rita’s New Meters
Yesterday, I attended a town hall meeting that the Saint Louis Treasurer’s office hosted regarding citizen feedback on the parking technology...
Saint Louis City To Waste Sales Tax Monies On Streetcars, Transit-Oriented Development
Saint Louis City officials released their wish list for the anticipated $260 million from the proposed 0.75 cent statewide transportation...
MetroLink: The Great Race – Part Deux
On Friday, May 9, Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) held a race between the MetroLink, cars, and bikers from one...
Does Saint Louis Have Enough Transit Service?
With the transit committee hearing in Washington this week, there has been a freight train of stories and blog posts...
Should School Choice Programs Require State Testing?
Jay Greene has an interesting piece on his blog about school choice and accountability testing. He writes: There is a...
