Claiming It Would "Divide Us", Stenger Opposes North-South Rail Transit - nextSTL

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Solicited by City of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay to support a grant application to further study a north-south rail line, St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger has instead sent a logically confused letter (below), opposing the application.

Fixating on the issue that a north-south line would likely use a different technology than existing heavy rail MetroLink, Stenger states, “Transportation should not divide us. A light rail decision that would further fragment our region is not in our best interests.” This is a logically torturous, myopic, and simply wrong view of the function of transit.

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Claiming It Would "Divide Us", Stenger Opposes North-South Rail Transit - nextSTL