Recent Streetsblog USA posts about St. Louis

Downtowns are Back, and They’re Bringing Central Neighborhoods Along

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 16, 2011 | No Comments

There’s been a lot of ink spilled lately over population losses in cities. And these gloomy numbers from Yonah Freemark at The Transport Politic help explain why: Baltimore lost 4.6% of its population since 2000 Chicago: -6.9% Cincinnati: -10.4% Cleveland: -17.1% Pittsburgh: -8.6% St. Louis: -8.3% But that’s only half the story, says Freemark. While […]

The Silver Lining: 73 Percent of Transpo Ballot Measures Win

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 3, 2010 | 3 Comments

Ready for some good news? Voters around the country got to decide on 29 transportation-related ballot initiatives yesterday. According to an analysis by the Center for Transportation Excellence, transportation advocates and reformers won 73 percent of them. If you add in other initiatives that passed earlier this year, the victory rate jumps to 77 percent. […]

Transit Blamed for Suburban St. Louis Crime

By Brad Aaron | Oct 30, 2008 | 18 Comments

Last week Freakonomics picked up a story from the Riverfront Times that connects an uptick in shoplifting, fighting and other crimes in the St. Louis suburbs to a two-year-old expansion of the city’s MetroLink rail system. Ask virtually any store manager at the Saint Louis Galleria about shoplifting, and you’ll invariably get two responses: One, […]