Corridor Studies

MetroLink Cross-County Corridor

Technical Reports

Note:  The following technical reports are listed in reverse order by issue date

• Financial Analysis Final Technical Report, examines the financial capacity of the St. Louis region to construct and operate the Cross County MetroLink Extension Phase I, produced by Parsons Transportation Group and Associated Consultants, Chicago, Illinois (pdf file*); Draft: May 1999; Final: August 1999
   
• Socio-Economic and Environmental Analysis Final Technical Report,* presents the socioeconomic and environmental benefits and impacts of the conceptual design alternatives for the Cross-County MetroLink Extension Segment I project {this report consists of 7 files but can be downloaded together from a zip file:  SE&ERPT.ZIP [file size: 722 kb].}; Draft: May 1999; Final: August 1999
   
• Evaluation Results Final Technical Report,* describes the evaluation of the alternative design concepts for the Cross-County MetroLink Extension Segment I Conceptual Design project; Draft: April 1999; Final: August 1999; Final Revised: September 1999
   
• Final Capital Cost Estimates Report , describes the draft capital cost estimates for the candidate alternatives developed for the Cross-County MetroLink Extension, Segment I; Draft: April 1999; Final: August 1999; Final Revised: September 1999
   
• Preliminary Operations Plan,* final technical report, presents a preliminary operations planf or Cross County MetroLink Extension Segment I as applies to the candidate alternatives identified for conceptual design; Draft: March 1999; Final: August 1999; Final Revised: September 1999
   
• Forest Park Circulator Final Technical Report * (Preliminary Plan), a preliminary plan for a transit circulator serving Forest Park and environs; Draft: February 1999; Final: August 1999
   
• Definition of Alternatives Final Technical Report, Cross-County MetroLink Extension Segment I Conceptual Design; Draft: February 1999; Draft Revised: March 1999; Final: August 1999
   
• Socio-Economic and Environmental Methodology Final Technical Report, * describes methods for estimating socio-economic and environmental benefits and impacts at a level of detail sufficient to support informed decisions about the conceptual design for the Cross-County MetroLink Extension Segment I project; produced by Parsons Transportation Group and Associated Consultants, Chicago, Illinois (pdf file); Draft: December 1998; Final: August 1999
   
• Financial Analysis Methodology Final Technical Report, produced by Parsons Transportation Group and Associated Consultants, Chicago, Illinois (pdf file *); Draft: December 1998; Final: August 1999; Final Revised: September 1999
   
• Capital, Operating and Maintenance Cost Estimation Methodology Final Technical Report, addresses the methodology for estimating the capital, operating and maintenance costs of the planned Cross-County MetroLink Segment I Extension, produced by Parsons Transportation Group and Associated Consultants, Chicago, Illinois (pdf file *); Draft: November 1998; Final: August 1999
   
• Evaluation Methodology Final Technical Report, August 1999, describes the methodology for evaluating alternative corridor design concepts, prepared by Parsons Transportation Group and Associated Consultants, Chicago, Illinois (pdf file *); Draft: December 1998; Final: August 1999
   
• Candidate Design Alternatives, final technical report which describes a screening process whereby the various concepts have been reviewed and a set of design alternatives are recommended; Draft: October 1998; Final: August 1999
   
• Forest Park Circulator Concepts, final  technical report discussing possible alternative concepts for the Forest Park circulator in terms of general location and function; Draft: September 1998; Final: August 1999
   
• System and Alignment Design Concepts, final technical paper describing a series of possible system and alignment design concepts for the Segment I MetroLink Extension; Draft: September 1998; Final: August 1999
   
• Design Standards and Policies, a final technical report identifying the design standards and policies to be followed for the planning and preliminary design activities for the proposed Cross-County MetroLink Segment I Extension; Draft: August 1998; Final: August 1999
   

• Staff Recommendations to the Board of Directors on June 30, 1999
   
• FAQs: Cross County MetroLink Extension
   
• Memo to East-West Gateway Board of Directors re MetroLink Safety Issues,* April 27, 1999
   
• Memo to East-West Gateway Board of Directors re Update on the Cross-County MetroLink Extension Segment I,* April 27, 1999, includes draft capital cost estimates for the candidate alternatives identified for the Cross-County MetroLink Extension study
   
• Light Rail - Definition & Cities, February 1999, lists rail types used in cities throughout the United States
   
• Cross County Newsletter, Volume 2, January 29, 1999, provides an update on the study activities and a summary of next steps, a diagram of the station locations and alignment alternatives under consideration (pdf file*)
   
• Community Working Group, Final Summary of Meeting One. Prepared by Mary Means & Associates, Inc.October 23, 1998.
   
• Community Working Group Fact Sheet.  Prepared by Mary Means & Associates, Inc.October 1998.
   
• Summary of Phase One Engagement Activities, includes written summaries of the first round of public meetings held for the Cross-County Conceptual Design Study, September-October 1998.
   
• Cross-County Metrolink Newsletter, Volume 1, October 16, 1998, an introduction to the study process, various design concepts, and explains the concepts that are being considered according to geographic area
   
• Designing the Cross-County Extension, August, 1998 brochure: pdf version*
   
• Survey Sampling Methodology for Cross-County MetroLink Extension, Public Opinion Survey of July, 1998, August 14, 1998
   
• Engagement Strategies for the Cross-County Corridor MetroLink Extension Community Engagement Process, July 23, 1998
   
• Situation Assessment for the Cross-County Corridor MetroLink Extension Community Engagement Process, July 23, 1998
   
• Cross-County MetroLink Extension Public Opinion Survey, July, 1998
   
• Cross-County Corridor Major Transportation Investment Analysis Final MTIA Report, March 1998
   
• Cross-County MetroLink Segment I Business Plan, December 2, 1997
   
• Follow-up Information on MetroLink Preferred Alignment In Segment I of the Cross County Corridor, a memo to the EWGCC Board of Directors addressing issues raised as a result of the Staff Recommendation on MetroLink Alignment, in question and answer format, September 16, 1997
   
• Transmittal of Staff Recommendation on MetroLink Alignment, September 10, 1997
   
• Cross County MetroLink Strategic Alignment Analysis, August 15, 1997
   

listing of all of the downloadable Cross-County MetroLink pdf* files on our FTP Site.

Click here to find out how to get a printed copy of the original Definition of Alternatives Draft Technical Report for the Cross-County MetroLink Extension Conceptual Design, Segment I .