Metro President Bob Baer says that keeping the public safe from crime on the MetroLink line “isn’t just a priority, it is the priority.”

“We’ll spend $10 million this year. We will spend more if we have to, and make cuts…

The streaming video from the July 31 transit summit at Washington University sponsored by Metro now is available online — and has been produced in a very convenient format.

For reasons I explained in an earlier post, I thought it was…

Few of the 224 seats in Washington University’s sumptuous Whitaker Hall auditorium were empty Thursday, circumstantial evidence that public transit in the St. Louis region has a lot of support — among the region’s political class, at least.

Why else would…

A big crowd was on hand for the Transit Summit held this morning at Washington University.

The program was organized by Metro and its purpose was to brief local officials on a variety of matters having to do with where…

If you live in the far reaches St. Charles County and your car goes on the blink, you’d better have a bicycle.

Or a generous friend.

Or cab fare.

Or a horse

Or good walking shoes.

Otherwise you’re stuck, because you…

On July 31 — 15 years to the day after the first MetroLink train pulled out of Union Station amid much ballyhoo — politicians and civic leaders will gather at Washington University for what’s being billed as a “transit summit.”

Although…

It was that noted transportation visionary Larry E. Salci who two years ago predicted that the St. Louis region was headed for a “surface transportation crisis.” Little did he know that his own actions would help set the date for the…

Former UniGroup CEO Bob Baer will submit an operating budget for Metro this week that runs $8 million or more in the red.

He said in a meeting with the Post-Dispatch editorial board this morning that such a recommendation would have…

I’m an ingrate. The folks at Metro — at stupendous expense — provide me with a quick way into work and how do I react?

Why I complain, of course.

Here’s my beef about Metrolink, the light rail system: I like to…