Les Sterman

Les Sterman is one of St. Louis’ most capable regional leaders. He also may be the most influential person in the area you’ve never heard of.

Hundreds of politicians have come and gone over the last 26 years. But throughout,…

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…

Stanley Coffey is on the night cleaning crew at the Bank of America branch on Broadway and Chestnut Street downtown.

Each evening, he boards the No. 30 Soulard bus at Kingshighway to head to work. The bus takes him east on Arsenal…

Brittanie Williams | Post-Dispatch

Metro, the St. Louis region’s bus and light-rail mass transit agency, faces a budget gap of at least $40 million that grows larger with every report of slumping retail sales and declining sales taxes. In November, St.…

Kevin Manning/Post-Dispatch

Critics scoffed at the idea that St. Louis County voters would consider adding a half cent onto the local sales tax to fund regional public transit.

In this economy? Given the arrogance of past leaders of Metro, St. Louis’ regional…

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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…

St. Louis County voters will be asked Nov. 4 to approve a half-cent sales tax increase to provide funds for public transportation — sustaining the current Metro transit system and providing for future expansion of MetroLink light rail.

A sleeper issue, Proposition…

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 in…

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 not…

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…