St. Louis, MO Post-Dispatch editorial, 11/17/14:
Editorial: North-South MetroLink expansion could help 'Rebuild St. Louis'
Back in 2008, the proposed north-south Metrolink expansion became one of those billion-dollar ideas put on a shelf to collect dust.
The East-West Gateway Council of Governments, the source of many of the studies that sit on regional leaders’ shelves, had determined that expanding public transportation in the city, and better connecting residential areas north and south of downtown with the central corridor, was a worthy endeavor — even a regional priority.