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Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
The Red Line is the older and longer line of the MetroLink (St. Louis), MetroLink light rail system in Greater St. Louis. It serves 29 List of MetroLink (St. Louis) stations, stations across three counties and two states. While officially light rail, the Red Line has many characteristics of a Medium-capacity rail system, light metro, rapid transit, or semi-metro service, including an independent right-of-way, a higher top speed, and level boarding at all platforms. History Transit planning along the Airport/Central corridor began in 1971, when it was selected as the region's primary target for further study. In 1983, funding was approved to evaluate five mode alternatives, which culminated in a 1984 draft environmental impact statement. After a series of public hearings, the East-West Gateway Council of Governments, East–West Gateway Council of Governments adopted light rail as the region's preferred mode. The budget for design, engineering, construction, and testing w ...
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Central West End
The Central West End is a Neighborhoods of St. Louis, Missouri, neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, stretching from Midtown St. Louis, Midtown's western edge to Union Boulevard and bordering on Forest Park (St. Louis), Forest Park with its array of free cultural institutions. It includes the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (the New Cathedral) on Lindell Boulevard at Newstead Avenue, which houses the second-largest collection of mosaics in the world. The Central West End sits entirely within the 9th Ward. Notable people Playwright Tennessee Williams grew up in the neighborhood, and the house of the renowned poet T. S. Eliot is located in the Central West End. Beat writer William S. Burroughs's childhood home sits on Pershing Avenue (formerly Berlin Avenue) in the neighborhood. It is often mistaken as the location of Sally Benson's home, 5135 Kensington Avenue, which is the setting of her stories which were adapted into the movie ''Meet Me in St. Louis.'' 5135 Kensington Aven ...
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East-West Gateway Council Of Governments
The East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWGCOG or EWG) is the official Council of Governments and Metropolitan planning organization for Greater St. Louis, USA. It was incorporated in 1965. Purpose The council coordinates planning and problem solving in areas of governmental responsibility for transportation planning Transportation planning is the process of defining future policies, goals, investments, and spatial planning designs to prepare for future needs to move people and goods to destinations. As practiced today, it is a collaborative process that i ... that impact more than one jurisdiction in the Greater St Louis area. The organization serves St. Louis City. Franklin County, Jefferson County, St. Charles County, and St. Louis County in Missouri, plus Madison County, Monroe County, and St. Clair County in Illinois. It included highway expansion and planning public transportation. Governance The council is headed by a board of directors as official gove ...
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Kinloch, MO
Kinloch is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri. The population was 263 as of the 2020 census. The oldest African-American community to be incorporated in Missouri, Kinloch was home to a vibrant and flourishing black community for much of the 19th and 20th century. It began to decline in the 1980s, when St. Louis began to buy up property due to an FAA noise-abatement program for nearby St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Between 1990 and 2000, Kinloch lost more than 80 percent of its population, and the city became an increasingly violent and dangerous place to live. In recent years, there have been efforts to rebuild the city. History The current city of Kinloch grew up around Kinloch Park, a commuter suburb first developed in the 1890s. A Mrs. "B" and her husband are thought to be the first black family to purchase a home in Kinloch Park. As soon as the neighbors discovered the new owners were black they sold their properties, and new sales to permanent white residents ...
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Flash Flood
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice and snow. Flash floods may also occur after the collapse of a natural ice or debris dam, or a human structure such as a man-made dam, as occurred before the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Flash floods are distinguished from regular floods by having a timescale of fewer than six hours between rainfall and the onset of flooding. Flash floods are a significant hazard, causing more fatalities in the U.S. in an average year than lightning, tornadoes, or hurricanes. They can also deposit large quantities of sediments on floodplains and destroy vegetation cover not adapted to frequent flood conditions. Causes Flash floods most often occur in dry areas that have recently received precipitation, but they may be seen anywhere downstream from the source of the prec ...
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Federal Transit Administration
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems. The FTA is one of ten modal administrations within the DOT. Headed by an Administrator who is appointed by the President of the United States, the FTA functions through Washington, D.C. headquarters office and ten regional offices which assist transit agencies in all states, the District of Columbia, and the territories. Until 1991, it was known as the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA). Public transportation includes buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, monorail, passenger ferry boats, trolleys, inclined railways, and people movers. The federal government, through the FTA, provides financial assistance to develop new transit systems and improve, maintain, and operate existing systems. The FTA oversees grants to state and local transit providers, primari ...
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College Station (MetroLink)
College station is a light rail station on the Red Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This at-grade station serves Southwestern Illinois College on the eastern edge of Belleville, Illinois. It is also features MetroBus service and 623 park and ride spaces. History College has a connection to the St. Clair County Transit District's MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. This was the first segment of the MetroBikeLink system when it opened in 2002 and consisted of a trail, running from the Swansea station to Southwestern Illinois College. Here, trail users can connect with pathways on the college campus and the East Belleville YMCA Loop Trail just north of Illinois Route 161 Illinois Route 161 (abbreviated IL 161) is an east–west highway with its western terminus at St. Clair Avenue in Fairview Heights and its official eastern terminus at Illinois Route 37 near Kell. This is an official distance of . The r .... Station layout The island platform is ac ...
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Cortex Station
Cortex station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This at-grade station is located just east of Boyle Avenue in the Cortex Innovation Community in St. Louis. History Cortex opened on July 31, 2018, as an infill station to serve the growing Cortex community in St. Louis' Central West End neighborhood. It was built as a public-private partnership between the Bi-State Development Agency (Metro), Washington University in St. Louis, BJC HealthCare, and the City of St. Louis. The Great Rivers Greenway District opened the first segment of the Brickline Greenway with the new station. The Brickline is slated to connect the Gateway Arch and Forest Park and to North and South St. Louis. Station layout The platform is accessed via a single entrance from a plaza adjacent to the Brickline Greenway. Notable places nearby * Brickline Greenway * Central West End * City Foundry * Cortex Innovation Community * The Grove * IKEA ...
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Lambert Airport Terminal 2 Station
Lambert Airport Terminal 2 station is a light rail station on the Red Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This elevated station is located above Lambert International Boulevard and is connected to the Terminal 2 parking garage at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Station layout The platform is accessed via the departure (upper) level of the Terminal 2 parking garage. A set of stairs and a ramp take passengers from the garage to the station's elevator and platform stairs. There is also access from the sidewalk on Lambert International Boulevard. Airlines All international flights without border pre-clearance are processed in Terminal 2. Additionally, the following airlines operate out of Terminal 2: * Lufthansa * Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co., or simply Southwest, is a Major airlines of the United States, major airline in the United States that formerly operated on a low-cost carrier model. It is headquartered in the Love Field, Dallas, Love Field ...
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East Riverfront Station
East Riverfront is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This elevated station was built on a reconstructed viaduct east of the historic Eads Bridge near the East St. Louis, Illinois riverfront. The station is popular with Illinois commuters and has a park and ride lot with 295 spaces. History East Riverfront is the westernmost station in Illinois, located on the lower deck of the Eads Bridge before crossing the Mississippi River into Missouri. It opened on May 14, 1994 as an infill station An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train ser ... on the original MetroLink alignment. In January 2023, Metro Transit temporarily closed the East Riverfront station to accommodate platform rehabilitation and staircase replacement with the s ...
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Infill Station
An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train service and encourage new riders by providing a more convenient location. Many older transit systems have widely spaced stations and can benefit from infill stations. In some cases, new infill stations are built at sites where a station had once existed many years ago, for example the station on the Chicago 'L''s Green Line. Examples The Americas Canada *Montreal ** Griffintown–Bernard-Landry station, 2027 *Ottawa ** Corso Italia station, 2025 ** Walkley station, 2025 *Toronto ** North York Centre station, 1987 *Vancouver ** Lake City Way station, 2003 ** Capstan station, 2024 Chile *Santiago ** San José de la Estrella metro station, 2009 United States * Atlanta ** Peachtree Center station, 1982 * Phoenix ** 50th Street/Washingto ...
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5th & Missouri Station
5th & Missouri station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This at-grade station is located in the former 5th Street right-of-way between Broadway and Missouri Avenue in downtown East St. Louis, Illinois. The station also serves as a MetroBus transfer and features 322 park and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail transport, r ... spaces. In 2023, the area between the bus bays and MetroLink entrance was updated with landscaping and other elements in a “City of Champions” theme, including a large shade structure, seating, a gathering space, and artwork. The fifth "Transit Stop Transformation" project to be completed, it was unveiled on July 25, 2023 by Citizens for Modern Transit, AARP in St. Louis, and Metro Transit in pa ...
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