The STL Metropolitan Alliance for Reliable Transit (SMART) took powerful action before the September 22 meeting of the Bi-State Development Corporation’s Board of Commissioners. They recruited more than sixty people to submit public comments to support of an accessible and reliable public transit and paratransit system.
Combined with all the media coverage of the recent Call-A-Ride service shutdowns due to a cyber-attack, SMART presently has the attention of the Commissioners and Metro executive staff. Now is the time to move them from concern to deep commitment and urgent action. A safe, affordable, accessible, and reliable system cannot wait. Therefore, their next goal for action is to generate at least 100 public comments to the Board of Commissioners before November 17 using the Public Comment Form.
Please consider supporting public transit and paratransit by submitting a comment and answering these questions:
Why is Call-A-Ride and/or other public transit important in your life?
What do you miss when public transit is not there?
What problems have you encountered trying to use public transit? How did you
solve that problem, and what did it cost you? Or were you simply stuck at home?
Even if you do not personally use Call-A-Ride, fixed route buses, or MetroLink,
why do you think public transit is essential for our region?
