The Loopy Rationale For A Loop Trolley
If you want to travel from the Loop to Forest Park in Saint Louis, there is no shortage of options:...
“How Much For Parking???”
I enjoy the Bernie Miklasz show on 101 ESPN FM and 101sports.com. I also enjoy his writings in the St....
Nothing Says ‘Progress’ Like a Vanity Trolley Project
Will Kansas City be bringing streetcars back to Main Street? If events from early this week are any indicator, maybe....
Light Rail Heavy on Taxpayers’ Wallets
I’ve lived in St. Louis for 19 years now and I’ve used the area’s light rail system ten times …...
You’ve Been on a Fast Train, and It’s Going Off the Rail
Transportation expert (and sometimes Show-Me Institute author) Randal O’Toole wrote an editorial for USA Today about the folly of huge...
Saint Louis Streetcars Making a Comeback?
In the first half of the 20th century, Saint Louis boasted an extensive system of streetcars, which were slowly wiped...
Advancing Saint Louis through Bad Economics
This morning at the office, David Stokes brought in a mailer he received from Advance Saint Louis urging him to...
Building a Light-Rail System to Nowhere
At the aforementioned forum/debate on Proposition A, which would establish a new half-cent tax to fund MetroLink’s expansion and other...
Turn On, Tune In, Drop By
Sorry for the late notice, but two Show-Me Institute staffers will be making appearances later today — one on the...
SMI Research Assistant John Payne on FOX 2 tonight at 10:00
Charles Jaco just finished taping an interview with Show-Me Institute research assistant John Payne, about the Metro mass transit system...
A Short Rejoinder
First, I’d like to thank Hugh Scott for his response to my op-ed arguing against expansion of the MetroLink system....
MetroLink Expansion a Bad Idea
Show-Me Institute research assistant John Payne recently had an op-ed published in the Riverfront Times about the proposed tax hike...
Gridlock and the History of Light Rail in Saint Louis
I’m currently reading Gridlock: Why We’re Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It by Randal O’Toole, the Antiplanner....
Adding New MetroLink Lines Too Costly, Inefficient
It is odd to hear serious discussion of expanding MetroLink when the Metro system faces a $50 million shortfall and...
O Ye of Little Faith in Transit-Oriented Development
There is a decent article in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch about proposals for transit-oriented development in St. Louis. I say...
I Found the Holy Grail at the End of the Rainbow
Knowing, as my dedicated readers do, that my two favorite things to blog about are the nanny state and the...
Metro Cuts Take Effect
Metro, as previously announced, made cuts to its service yesterday. Bus service will be reduced by 44 percent, MetroLink by 32...
MetroLink Conversations on the Road
This morning, I had the pleasure of driving my brother Ben and his wife Jenna to the airport. Ben and...
Questions of Transit Efficiency Need to Include Both Costs and Benefits
What is the most efficient means of getting people from the place they are to the place they want to...
Prop. M Would Help Fund, Expand Crucial Alternative to Highway System
Next week, the citizens of Saint Louis County have the opportunity to invest in the future. Passage of Proposition M...
