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Thousands of area workers and businesses who depend on public transportation endured a long, hot summer — and their problems are far from over.

St. Louis is in the depths of a public-transit crisis with no certain…

Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard

Efforts to reverse — at least temporarily — devastating cuts to Metro transit agency services are still very much alive. Thanks to the work of Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, and Rep. Allen Icet, R-Wildwood, Metro…

Passengers wait for No. 70 bus at the Grand MetroLink station. Elie Gardner|Post-Dispatch.

Last week, Gov. Jay Nixon appeared at St. Louis’ Humane Society to show support for small animals and opposition to Missouri puppy mills.

This week, maybe he’ll show up…

Robert Cohen/Post-Dispatch

Emily is 27 years old and has Down syndrome. She lives with her parents in Webster Groves, but her mother says she hopes to live on her own one day. Emily’s path to independence lies along Metro’s transit routes.

Emily has…

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…

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…