Coalition Members

ACORN
AGC of St. Louis
AIA
American Planning Association
BJC Healthcare
Citizens for Modern Transit
City of Creve Coeur
City of Florissant
City of Moline Acres
Focus St. Louis
Greater St. Louis Alliance for Change to Win
Greater St. Louis AF L-CIO
Jobs with Justice
Lambert International Airport
Landmarks Association
Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois
Loop Trolley Company
Metropolitan Congregations United
Missouri Botanical Gardens
Missouri Growth Association
Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition
Paraquad
St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission
St. Louis County Municipal League
St. Louis Labor Council
St. Louis RCGA
St. Louis Realtors Association
SEIU Local 1
SEIU MO/KS State Council
Sierra Club
Southern Illinois Builders Association
SSM Health Care
The Partnership for Downtown St. Louis
The Starkloff Disability Institute
Trailnet
UNITE HERE Local 74
University of Missouri St. Louis
Washington University

$1 billion dollars of capital investment in public transit creates 47,500 jobs.

Every $10 million in capital investment for public transit yields $30 million in business sales.

Public transit promotes investment and development around transit stops

Transit oriented development has reached $6 billion in Portland, Oregon, and $4 billion in Los Angeles, California, to name specific examples.

Living near public transit had obvious benefits to the local economy: House prices in San Francisco and Dallas that were close to public transit were 17% and 13% higher, respectively, when they were located close to public transit.

Bettering our Regional Appeal

As the backbone of one of the nation’s most highly acclaimed transit system, Metro growth means a greater attraction for business development, economic growth, and metropolitan appeal. The greatest cities in the country and in the world offer great transit. St. Louis has the opportunity to continue to be one of the leading cities in the country in public transit growth. Impacts on our region include:

Increasing economic development – benefits to the cities and the suburbs in both Missouri and Illinois including $15 billion within walking distance of MetroLink stations since 1993 and structures including Park East Tower, Parsons Place, Express Scripts, BJC, Meridian, and Downtown Lofts.

Growing transit oriented development (TOD) – areas continue looking toward TOD for their community growth, as seen from Maplewood, Richmond Heights, North Park and North Hanley.
Increasing Metropolitan Competitiveness – world class cities offer world class transit. St. Louis has the opportunity to continue with this trend.

At the Downtown Partnership annual meeting, Chris Leinberger of the Brookings Institute said that the cities getting ahead are those who are investing in rail transit. He said, "St. Louis needs to be expanding MetroLink and promoting more transit‐oriented development or your kids will be moving to Chicago." What are some of our peer regions doing with new light‐rail systems for advancing their public transit needs?

Denver voters have approved a $6.1 Billion dollar package for 119 miles of new rail in the next 12 years.
Salt Lake City will build 70 miles of new rail in 7 years.
Dallas will double its 45 mile light rail system in the next five years.

In November we have the opportunity to keep St. Louis on the right track by voting Yes on Proposition M. Now is our time to invest in our region’s future: our children’s future in the region. With the successful passage of Proposition M, we will move forward –together.