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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08.06.2008 9:25 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
There’s a connection, or so say the sources in this piece in the Washington Post:
Federal spending is about 4 to 1 in favor of highways over transit. Today, more than 99 percent of the trips taken by U.S. residents are…

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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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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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