Metro’s Broken Promises Likely to Continue After Proposition M
Voters in Saint Louis County are being asked to approve yet another sales tax to fund transit on the November...
Pro?MetroLink and Transit Video
A reader sent us a video promoting transit funding in general (and the MetroLink tax by extension), and, as promised,...
MetroLink, the Riverfront Times, and Freakonomics, Together at Last
The much-discussed Riverfront Times article about MetroLink from a few months ago is being discussed at the Freakonomics blog. If...
Anti-Light Rail Campaign in Kansas City
The Kansas City Star ran an article today about a new group that’s campaigning against the city’s light rail proposal....
Metro Transit Funding Raises Difficult Questions
Saint Louis area officials have long struggled over how to fund the mass transit system. In the November elections, county...
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...
Saint Louis County Blue Ribbon Commission Issues Its Report
The Commission that was charged with reviewing the capital needs of the county and recommending solutions has issued its final...
A Half-Cent for Your Thoughts
In November, St. Louis County voters likely will decide whether to enact a half-cent sales tax increase for the expansion...
A Tale of Two Subways
Sunday’s Post-Dispatch featured an article reporting that Metro, with the aid of its newly contracted security firm The Wackenhut Corp.,...
Overturning Light Rail a Good Decision for Kansas City
When citizens pass an initiative referendum, judges or elected officials should use the greatest of caution in exercising their...
Media Round-Up for Kansas City Light-Rail Release
The Show-Me Institute’s study on light rail proposals for Kansas City certainly received a good deal of attention yesterday. Many...
Wonder Twins Powers, Activate: Mass Transit Vote!
Mass Transit Tax Proposal takes form of: half-cent sales tax increase (or perhaps a caterpillar?). St. Louis County voters likely...
Metro Pushes for Sales Tax Increase
Good article today in the Post-Dispatch, via Combest, of course, about a proposal by Metro and St. Louis County to...
A Fair Compromise on Transit
Metro needs a lot of things, and one thing it is getting is a tax cut. Legislation has been sent...
MetroLink Ridership High, Numerically Speaking Of Course
Metro, via the Post-Dispatch, is reporting that MetroLink ridership is exceeding expectations since opening six months ago. This is a...
This is one bitter commuter…
Cheryl Fleming is one unhappy commuter: Fleming said she won’t ride MetroLink partly because it consumes too much time. "I’m...
Bridge compromise?
Last week, I blogged about how I liked the Martin Luther King bridge expansion idea as a plan to improve...
Richmond Heights and Clayton Merger Would Benefit Residents
Two of Saint Louis County’s most recognizable municipalities are engaged in discussions of a merger. Clayton, the county seat and...
Ask not for whom the bridge tolls, it tolls for thee, not for free
Discussions about a new bridge over the Mississippi are heating up. The Post-Dispatch has an updated story on today’s meeting...
