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CMT kicks off Fall Ten Toe Express on Sept. 4 by highlighting Transit to Trails with Great Rivers Greenway
Join CMT & Great Rivers Greenway to explore ST. Louis via transit, trails and your own ten toes. Get on board at www.cmt-stl.org!
Citizens for Modern Transit is partnering with Great Rivers Greenway to better link transit and trails this fall as a part of its Ten Toe Express Program. This fall, a series of new detailed walks will be available to help direct program participants as they utilize MetroLink and MetroBus to five different trails in the region. The Fall Session will kick off on Sept. 4 with a guided walking tour of the St. Vincent Greenway Trail and features Great RIvers Greenway experts, local designers, and others. The tour gets underway at 10 a.m. at the UMSL North MetroLink station.
The Ten Toe Express Program is designed to help individuals experience just how easy it is to integrate walking with public transit use to get around town, while also promoting the health and well-being benefits of using transit. Key features of the program include access to walking maps that provide detailed directions on how to access many of the region’s cultural and entertainment hot spots with transit, and the option to participate in weekly guided Ten Toe Express Walking Tours. These tours are led by trained volunteer walk leaders and allow residents to be a part of a group as they become familiar with the transit system.
The Fall 2014 session will run from September through November and feature weekly walks starting at the Brentwood, Forest park, Belleville, Rock Road, North Hanley and Shrewsbury MetroLink Stations. Special walks will also be hosted by CMT.
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New Ten Toe Express registrants receive a Ten Toe Express Walking kit including a tote bag, a pedometer, a Metro System map, and four free transit tickets. Ten Toe Express participants also have access to Citizens for Modern TRansit’s Ten Toe Express section of its website which includes a complete catalog of walk maps available for printing or downloading, and the ability to report walk logs and track personal success.
The cost to participate is $10 per person. The Fall 2014 program officially gets underway on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. For more information about CMT or to participate, you can call 314.231.7272, visit www.cmt-stl.org, find CMT on Facebook or follow CMT on Twitter