The St. Louis Board of Aldermen wants to ask voters to give the city the right to spend sales tax revenue currently collected for MetroLink expansion on bus rapid transit instead.

I n 2017 , voters adopted a half-cent sales tax increase and directed 60% of the revenue raised specifically to north-south MetroLink expansion along Jefferson Avenue. The city has raised about $96 million since.

Mayor Cara Spencer canceled the project in September, citing rising costs and questions about getting federal funding. The city’s mass transit agency pivoted to studying bus rapid transit along the same alignment, but it was not clear if the funds could be used for that purpose due to the wording of the city law. Bus rapid transit projects set aside dedicated lanes for buses and have limite

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