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Sign up for upcoming trivia nights and other games or take in a concert later this month. There’s also virtual yoga, in-person art workshops and other activites.

Say No to the 405 Monorail Details TALKING TRANSIT-I began riding buses in 1992 to reduce my share of pollution-producing driving Air pollution in Southern California had somewhat improved back then, but it was still the worst in the nation, and unhealthy. The air quality has improved since 1992, but within the past few years air pollution levels have crept upward, bringing along with it the same health hazards.   With the more dire threats from climate change brou...

LA Times Agrees We Need More Covered Bus Shelters Details  wrote that covered bus shelters are needed to improve the quality of riding buses. I agree. I have been fighting for more covered bus shelters for years. It remains a hard-fought battle. The Times rightly states that “. . .if we want to cut auto emissions, fight global warming and improve mobility, we have to make riding public transit far more reliable, efficient -- and comfortable.” I am in complete ...

Group promoting Metro East light rail plans The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail ST. LOUIS — Despite unprecedented challenges presented by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, public transit remains an essential component of the St. Louis region’s transportation system. In honor of Rosa Parks Transit Equity Day, which commemorated Parks’ birthday Feb. 4 and declared that equal access to public transit is a right for all, Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) hosted a virtual “Talking Transit” eve...