From 2008 to 2009, Metro, the Saint Louis public transportation agency, began making service cuts to its bus system (MetroBus), mostly in Saint Louis County. The cuts were deemed necessary because declining income from county taxpayers and rising operations costs had created a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. Metro planned to reduce MetroBus service by 43 percent, MetroLink service by 32 percent, and paratransit (Call-A-Ride) service by 15 percent.
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About the Author
Joseph Miller was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute. He focused on infrastructure, transportation, and municipal issues. He grew up in Itasca, Ill., and earned an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a master’s degree from the University of California-San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, with a concentration in international economics and China studies.
