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Downtown Trolley Popular With Visitors

November 12, 2010 Downtown, Public Transit 2 Comments

The #99 Downtown Trolley is proving popular with visitors to St. Louis.

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ABOVE: Young visitors from NE Illinois in St. Louis for the Family Career & Community Leaders conference pose for a group picture on the Downtown Trolley

I have no numbers, only my frequent observations of the ridership.  Locals are riding as well.

ABOVE: Steve Patterson exits a Downtown Trolley at the debut in July 2010.  Photo by Jim Merkel, Suburban Journals
ABOVE: Steve Patterson exits a Downtown Trolley at the debut in July 2010. Photo by Jim Merkel, Suburban Journals

The wrap on the bus, the well marked route and the $2 all day fee seem to be doing the trick to get visitors to explore more of downtown.  The region benefits as well as others also take MetroLink to other parts of our area.

– Steve Patterson

 

Currently there are "2 comments" on this Article:

  1. Justaguest says:

    I like this “trolley;” none of the hassle with having to yield to a trolley and none of the expense when something goes wrong with a utility beneath the tracks.

    Off Topic: Steve, you should return to the Loughborough Commons… they've placed new sidewalk immediate to the parking lot around the new bank! Now it needs to go to the Burger King…

     
  2. Robby Dodson says:

    The other thing about busses is their flexibility…rather than having the entire environment react to rail line locations and stops, the busses can go to where is appropriate in the environment…

    Any idea what is played on the muzak? It would be nice to have some GOOD informational and advertising tracks running while visitors ride…

     

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