I was thinking this idea could get them to act, since they may not like the idea of the Chinese building an infrastructure project next to NGA.Trololzilla wrote: ↑Apr 30, 2025I've said this here before but I legitimately think the city should ask the Chinese to fund it as a giant middle finger to the state/federal governments. Would be absolutely hilarious if nothing else.imperialmog wrote: ↑Apr 29, 2025Is there a way for officials to play hardball with state and/or federal officials to offer the grant? I know in the 70s a town in West Virginia was frustrated in getting state funding for a new bridge and decided to ask the Soviet Union to fund it. This got the state to move because of the embarrassment. Maybe a stunt like this could be done here to try to force either the state or federal government to act.
It's not about having imagination or not, we can all come up with ideas. I can say as well "some of you just have a wild imagination about things that have 0.00001% possibility of happening" Hell will freeze over before this administration and congress funds metrolink expansion when they are so focused on cutting expenses everywhere without asking questions.dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Apr 30, 2025(Metro has been constantly evaluating the feasibility and based on that, it was preparing to apply for federal funds this summer)
Some of you have zero imagination. What if Spencer went to Kehoe and said the city will stand down on SLMPD board challenge if he goes with her to DC to make the case for NS metrolink funding
Remember his casino proposal for north of the Landing?rbeedee wrote: ↑Apr 29, 2025Given Trump's well-known love of gold-colored aesthetics, backers of the N-S line should seriously consider changing the name from the Green Line to the Gold Line to get his buy-in. I am only halfway joking about this.
The things that China has done in Africa over the last 20 years is probably the most under reported story of the last decade. That said, why not St. Louis? But, remember, you have to have something to offer China or something they can steal. Do you think China are building interstates and dams and bridges in Africa out of the kindness of their hearts?imperialmog wrote: ↑Apr 30, 2025I was thinking this idea could get them to act, since they may not like the idea of the Chinese building an infrastructure project next to NGA.Trololzilla wrote: ↑Apr 30, 2025I've said this here before but I legitimately think the city should ask the Chinese to fund it as a giant middle finger to the state/federal governments. Would be absolutely hilarious if nothing else.imperialmog wrote: ↑Apr 29, 2025Is there a way for officials to play hardball with state and/or federal officials to offer the grant? I know in the 70s a town in West Virginia was frustrated in getting state funding for a new bridge and decided to ask the Soviet Union to fund it. This got the state to move because of the embarrassment. Maybe a stunt like this could be done here to try to force either the state or federal government to act.
The theory is that China would do it to embarrass the US. Because if the US was a serious country, it would be funding big public transit and HSR expansions, but it's not. We have am elderly man as POTUS and he's clearly not in charge.leeharveyawesome wrote: ↑May 01, 2025The things that China has done in Africa over the last 20 years is probably the most under reported story of the last decade. That said, why not St. Louis? But, remember, you have to have something to offer China or something they can steal. Do you think China are building interstates and dams and bridges in Africa out of the kindness of their hearts?imperialmog wrote: ↑Apr 30, 2025I was thinking this idea could get them to act, since they may not like the idea of the Chinese building an infrastructure project next to NGA.Trololzilla wrote: ↑Apr 30, 2025I've said this here before but I legitimately think the city should ask the Chinese to fund it as a giant middle finger to the state/federal governments. Would be absolutely hilarious if nothing else.
They could rename St. Louis to New Beijing for all I care - just get stuff done.leeharveyawesome wrote: ↑May 01, 2025The things that China has done in Africa over the last 20 years is probably the most under reported story of the last decade. That said, why not St. Louis? But, remember, you have to have something to offer China or something they can steal. Do you think China are building interstates and dams and bridges in Africa out of the kindness of their hearts?
So basically the train is still on track (no pun intended). Sounds like Cara is just doing some political posturing, positioning herself as the anti-Tishuara. The project may be too far along in the process to pull the plug now. It would probably take a formal rejection from the feds to derail this project and like you said Denis, the fate of this line is probably more contigent the outcome of the 2026 midterm and 2028 presidential election than anything else. Also, I remember reading that federal judges have already struck down Trump's attempt to gut Biden's infrastructure bill which allocated billions for projects like this.dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑May 01, 2025Media: NS Metro “halted “on hold” “paused”
Metro: no it’s still going
Very unfortunate.addxb2 wrote: ↑Sep 23, 2025City officially scraps MetroLink for BRT.
“Bi-State Development, the regional transit agency, says in new documents that the train orientation was unlikely to win key federal funding.”
Seems like their plan is to do the Green Line just with a bus. So infrastructure improvements would still be included.flipflopju wrote: ↑Sep 24, 2025I know Gravois at Jefferson was only given a very light ARPA update in the plans because of the assumption of a forthcoming Green line. If we aren't going forward with it, we need something to make the intersection there safer before the Gravois update of 2029.
This project should have been built in the 2000s, but it was not; it remained only talk throughout the 2010s. I have always felt that this project would never come to fruition in the 2020s. Too many people are afraid of crime and are more racist, and more selfish than in the 2000s and 2010s. Americans are neither urban or a smart people they are a stupid people that are scared to leave their homes unless it,s for Walmart or fast food slop. I know many young people who want to leave this joke of a county. That can't even build a five-mile train.addxb2 wrote: ↑Sep 23, 2025City officially scraps MetroLink for BRT.
“Bi-State Development, the regional transit agency, says in new documents that the train orientation was unlikely to win key federal funding.”
It still needs to be stated: This project is most likely happening if ~320,000 people across Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania voted for Harris over Trump.seanmcelligott28 wrote: ↑Sep 24, 2025This project should have been built in the 2000s, but it was not; it remained only talk throughout the 2010s. I have always felt that this project would never come to fruition in the 2020s. Too many people are afraid of crime and are more racist, and more selfish than in the 2000s and 2010s. Americans are neither urban or a smart people they are a stupid people that are scared to leave their homes unless it,s for Walmart or fast food slop. I know many young people who want to leave this joke of a county. That can't even build a five-mile train.addxb2 wrote: ↑Sep 23, 2025City officially scraps MetroLink for BRT.
“Bi-State Development, the regional transit agency, says in new documents that the train orientation was unlikely to win key federal funding.”
I also thought that the ballot language explicitly said it had to be Metrolink or some kind of rail transit? Maybe they could get away with a modern streetcar like KC but scraping this for BRT is so irresponsible and possibly opens up the city for lawsuits. Cara has just become very anti-Metrolink the last fee years. It's a very strange pivot.Auggie wrote: ↑Sep 24, 2025It still needs to be stated: This project is most likely happening if ~320,000 people across Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania voted for Harris over Trump.seanmcelligott28 wrote: ↑Sep 24, 2025This project should have been built in the 2000s, but it was not; it remained only talk throughout the 2010s. I have always felt that this project would never come to fruition in the 2020s. Too many people are afraid of crime and are more racist, and more selfish than in the 2000s and 2010s. Americans are neither urban or a smart people they are a stupid people that are scared to leave their homes unless it,s for Walmart or fast food slop. I know many young people who want to leave this joke of a county. That can't even build a five-mile train.addxb2 wrote: ↑Sep 23, 2025City officially scraps MetroLink for BRT.
“Bi-State Development, the regional transit agency, says in new documents that the train orientation was unlikely to win key federal funding.”
The only barrier to this project happening is a federal grant. It is incredibly short sighted and abhorrent to kill the project because a clown got elected for 4 years. Especially when the alternative will take years to plan and also require federal money. Just a horrible decision all around.
