It Is With Mixed Emotions That We Bid MetroBus Routes Farewell

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Oh the places we could go...
if only we had taken The Jetsons seriously.

Sometimes you just have to take the good with the bad (or the bad with the good depending on your world view). The signs were posted at the beginning of March warning which MetroBus stops would be closing due to "lack of funding," and now the time for those routes to shut down is upon us. KMOV.com is reporting

Next Monday, Metro is eliminating or altering 24 bus routes. Signs, warning of the closures have been posted for several weeks now.

It is with mixed emotions that we all will bid farewell to these 24 bus stops and routes on March 30. If you have ever had the pleasure of driving behind, or near, a bus for any reason whatsoever (even on a leisurely afternoon drive) you can see the good side of all this. If you are one of the local folks that actually rides the bus you are kind of screwed starting next week, but don't worry bus-rider folks, you are not alone in all of the city-inflicted transportation mayhem.

Between the bus and Metrolink changes, all of this none-such with Hwy 40 being closed-up and the recent news that they are just going to up and close Forest Park Parkway sometime this summer St. Louis really needs to start brushing up on past episodes of The Jetsons. That show's transportation technology may be our only hope.