08.27.2008 9:20 pm
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…

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08.21.2008 7:53 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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08.04.2008 9:03 pm
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…

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07.31.2008 3:59 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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07.29.2008 5:14 pm
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…

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07.20.2008 9:00 pm
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…

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05.30.2008 9:01 pm
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…

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05.29.2008 12:10 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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04.30.2008 5:46 pm
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…

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