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11.17.2009 4:26 pm

New MetroLink bridge at Vandeventer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Metro is getting ready to replace the crumbling bridge that carries MetroLink tracks over Vandeventer Boulevard in St. Louis.

What the Vandeventer bridge will look like. RENDERING COURTESY OF METRO.

What the Vandeventer bridge will look like. RENDERING COURTESY OF METRO.

The $5 million replacement project will require shutting MetroLink in that section for about…

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09.18.2009 5:17 pm

Grab a brush, paint a bus

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Artists and wanna-be-artists will have the chance to paint a Metro bus on Sept. 26.

From noon to 2 p.m., a bus will serve as a canvas at the 2009 Green Homes Festival at 3617 Grandel Square, in the theater district off of Grand Boulevard. It…

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08.26.2009 2:50 pm

Hand sanitizing at MetroLink stations

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jamming several hundred strangers into a small space is an excellent way to spread the flu. All it takes is one powerful sneeze and a few germy hands. The American Red Cross also sees stations as good places to educate St. Louisans about the…

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08.21.2009 4:23 pm

LaHood: transit growing in priority

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If he backs his words with money, transit will be getting more federal funds in the next few years. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today that buses and trains need to be given greater priority in the transportation mix. This should…

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08.03.2009 12:25 pm

Problems on the 58X Twin Oaks Express

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Most rides went smoothly. A few went not so smoothly.

In restoring about half of the bus service it cut in March, Metro put 87 buses on the street that have been sitting in storage. The bus I rode this morning —…

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07.17.2009 1:51 pm

Signs signal return of bus service

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Metro sign worker Rickey Smith puts up one of the new signs on the mporarily restored metro bus lines Friday morning.

Metro sign worker Rickey Smith puts up one of the new signs on the mporarily restored metro bus lines Friday morning.

The bus drivers and mechanics have been recalled, and now the green signs are going up. Several Metro employees spent…

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07.14.2009 2:44 pm

MetroLink parking, train schedule

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Baseball fans planning to take MetroLink downtown today to All-Star Game festivities might have trouble parking. But they shouldn’t have trouble getting a train home.

As of 2:30 p.m., several MetroLink parking lots — at the Delmar, North Hanley, Forest Park, Shrewsbury, Belleville…

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06.26.2009 5:50 pm

Changes in store for bus riders

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Metro will be restoring and adding bus routes on Aug. 3. Click on Metro plan to read the details:

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06.26.2009 5:41 pm

Warnings on some Metro bus shelter ads

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Warnings went up Friday on MetroBus shelters carrying alcohol ads in St. Louis and St. Louis County.

Metro acknowledged last week that ads for Colt 45 malt liquor, which went up earlier this month, should have had disclaimers under the transit agency’s new advertising policy. Other…

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06.18.2009 1:48 pm

Win free rides for one year

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The American Public Transportation Association is offering one year of free public transportation to the winner of a video contest. The contest is part of today’s Dump the Pump Day, when transit systems nationwide try to get drivers out of…

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