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Monday, September 22, 2008

A harrowing statistic about the future of Metro

Will St. Louis County approve a tax increase for the region's transit agency come November?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 American Community Survey, only 1.8 percent of St. Louis County residents use public transit to get to work. In the city of St. Louis, the figure is 10.3 percent.

Will that 1.8 percent plus whatever percentage uses Metro to go to ballgames, restaurants, shows at the Fox, et cetera help fund Metro so that the region can improve its transit system rather than witness it languish?

1 comments:

Doug Duckworth said...

The liberals might as they see it as their handout to the poor, but the anti-transit "fend for themselves" mentality seems to be quite pervasive.

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