Metrologisms

Tracking Progress is proud to provide a brief dictionary – albeit comprehensive in some regards – on public transit in the St. Louis area. Our team believes, perhaps presciently suspects, these (truly-fake/fakely-true) words offer both insight and perspective on the numerous metroubles that currently enervate and await local public transit advocates.

Metropic: the inability to see the importance of public transit

Metrocity: the elimination of public transit

Metrouble: the current state of affairs for local public transit

Metromance: the exhibiting of affection for local public transit

Metroxygen: the substance with which to resuscitate public transit

Metroglodyte: a creature that hides from public transit, usually in distant less-dense residential areas

Metrojan: a person attempting to protect and save public transit

Metroika: the triad of light rail trains, buses, and Call-a-Ride

Metrotskyite: an individual who believes public transit can revolutionize a community

Metronome: a function of public transit able to maintain community rhythm, thus resulting in greater harmony

Metrospect: the ability to see an area in the context of public transit connectivity and possibility

Metropical: the positive experience of seeking out public transit while on vacation

Metrombone: a colloquial term for the whistle of an LRT or the sound of bus brakes

Metrocracy: a form of government that supports public transit

Metrofitted: the implementation of public transit on a previously non-utilized area

Metroblink: the sudden imperceptibility of public transit

Metroxford: the false feeling of sophistication some experience while riding public transit

Metroscillate: fluctuations in public transit service

Metrobsolete: the eventual state of poorly-funded public transit

Metrobfuscation: the act of opposing public transit because of deeper, more reviled oppositions (racism, classism)

Metroptimism: positive feelings towards the future of public transit

Metropulence: highly-successful public transit (London, Tokyo, Chicago)

Metroll: a demagogue for anti-public transit groups

Tracking Progress will be providing more Metrologisms in the next couple of days. But, take heart fair readers, these can either be a laughing matter or a topic of serious discussion. The last thing we want is a bunch of metropic metrolls rendering our public transit metrobsolete.