Useless and Expensive: The Proposed St. Louis MetroLink Extension
Metrolink Expansion Factsheet (1) Download a copy of the Fact Sheet The proposed St. Louis MetroLink extension, with its staggering...
The Legendary Loop Trolley Saga Continues
A familiar sentence for St. Louis residents: The Loop Trolley is back in the news! Show-Me Institute analysts have been...
Once More unto the Loop Trolley Breach
Much like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Loop Trolley still clings to life despite...
What I Would Like to See from the Resurrected Trolley
The Bi-State Development Agency has granted the Loop Trolley a new lease on life. Given the trolley’s poor track record,...
St Louis Reconsiders the Loop Trolley . . . Again
The Bi-State Development Agency is meeting on Friday to consider getting the Loop Trolley up and running again. Under the...
Brain Versus Heart on Amtrak in Missouri
Rail advocates are arguing for an increase in Missouri’s Amtrak funding. They want the taxpayer subsidy for the little-used route...
New Year, Same Problems with the Loop Trolley
The Loop Trolley is causing trouble for Saint Louis area officials again. The problem this time is possibly having to...
The Session Starts, Trolley Trouble and More Internet in COMO
David Stokes. Susan Pendergrass and Jakob Puckett join Zach Lawhorn for the first SMI Podcast of 2022. They discuss the...
Here’s a Scary Halloween Idea: Restarting the Trolley
Later this month, St. Louis taxpayers will face a spooky scenario just in time for Halloween. Should the Loop Trolley...
Podcast: The Future of The Dome, Loop Trolley’s Comeback and Hot or Not in 2022
David Stokes, Corianna Baier and Jakob Puckett join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the possible expansion of America’s Convention Center Complex,...
The Loop Trolley and the Sunk Cost Fallacy
Are backers of the Loop Trolley asking the East West Gateway Council of Governments for another $1.3 million in federal...
Here’s A Crazy Idea: Tax Yourself.
Versions of this commentary were published in the Springfield News-Leader and the Columbia Tribune. Longtime United States Senator and Chairman...
The Loop Trolley and the Definition of Insanity
Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting...
Fixing the “Delmar Divide” with a TIF?
Developers are asking for millions in tax subsidies for a redevelopment project with the hopes of fixing St. Louis’s “Delmar...
St. Louis County Should Find Budget Cuts Before Hiking Taxes
The economic damage caused by COVID-19 has been catastrophic, and families everywhere are scrambling to tighten their belts and make...
Trolley Delusions, or: How to Fill the Abyss with Other People’s Money
Sometimes, different people look at the same data but draw very different conclusions. The head of the Loop Trolley Company,...
Clunk, Clunk, Clunk Goes the Trolley
After 13 months of operation, the Loop Trolley will be shutting down on December 29 due to a lack of...
A Day Late and $90,000 Short
Despite dire financial trouble and warnings that it may be forced to cease operations this month, it now appears that...
If You Love it, Let it Go
All good things must come to an end; many misguided policy initiatives and programs must come to an end too. ...
Trolley Folly
Show-Me Institute analysts have been a bit of a broken record on the Loop Trolley. But that’s because the project...
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