Individuals, activists, organization representatives, and concerned residents will be meeting up at 3:15pm on January 2, 2010 for a brainstorm session about the new county campaign to fund and restore public transit. The meeting will be held at Kayak’s Coffee and Provisions, which is just off the Skinker MetroLink, and it is also a [...]
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Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) provides passengers easy access to transit vehicles and quicker travel on highways, bus lanes, and established streets. Metro St. Louis is taking serious consideration of employing BRT on local highways and on Grand Avenue; this kind of transit expansion would eliminate long waits, missed transfers – all the while keeping construction [...] The Los Angeles Metro is providing options for New Year’s Eve; Long Beach Transit will be offering free bus rides all night in anticipation of 2010 and a new funding measure; Same goes for partiers in Las Vegas who will get zero-fare buses for 15 hours; Waco Transit (Texas) will be partnering with local police to provide [...] From Metro Magazine: American Public Transportation Association reports public transit means job expansion; In Seattle, some elected officials are serious about voting on transit and moving foward; From publictransportation.org: a map of public transit systems in the United States; From KTAR.com: Phoenix, AZ celebrates one year of light rail service; There are problems with transit and then there [...] Tracking Progress has provided the schedule for the April 6, 2010 Municipal Election, in which the new transit funding measure will be included: April 6, 2010 General Municipal Election February 23: Absentee opens for the April 6th General Municipal Election March 10: Last day to register for the April 6th General Municipal Election March 26: Last day to file [...] We have been guaranteed nothing; the final vote occurs in April – but it is not merely transit at stake, it is the future of this community and the future of its residents. No longer can we allow St. Louis to function in fragmentation, to partition the city from the county; no longer can those [...] |
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