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Downtown St. Louis Transportation Guide Transportation St. Louis Lambert International Airport St. Louis is situated at the geographic hub of the United States. Our location makes it possible for your attendees to fly to St. Louis from most major U.S. cities in just two to three hours. Flights St. Louis Wayfinding Signage MetroLink Station On average there are more than 237 daily departures from St. Louis to 74 non-stop destinations. Ten airlines, along with their affiliates and charter companies, offer service to/from St. Louis. MetroLink St. Louis’ light rail system, MetroLink, has been called one of the best mass transit systems in the country. The system – which begins at St. Louis Lambert International Airport and covers 48 miles – ends in suburban Belleville, Illinois at Scott Air Force Base/Shiloh and stops at 37 Missouri and Illinois stations in between. A one-way ride on MetroLink costs $2.50. Tickets may be purchased and validated at each station. Tickets from the airport station to downtown St. Louis cost $4.00. Day Passes for MetroLink and MetroBus are $7.50. Trains run every seven St. Louis Lambert International Airport minutes during rush hours, every 10 minutes during non-rush hours and every 15 minutes in the evening during the week. For Ride Sharing Services schedule information, dial (314) 231-2345. TTY: (314) 982-1555. Uber and Lyft are both available in St. Louis. Several Visit www.metrostlouis.org for more information. major venues such as Busch Stadium, Ballpark Village, Chaifetz Arena and more offer designated pick-up and Buses drop-off spots. The Bi-State MetroBus system serves most areas of St. Louis and St. Louis County. Buses generally run from 4 a.m. until Trains 2 a.m. The fare is $2. Greyhound Bus Lines, (314) 231-4485 Amtrak provides daily rail service to St. Louis Stations or (800) 231-2222, operates service to and from the Gateway are located in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood and Transportation Center located on South 15th Street. downtown at the Gateway Transportation Center located on South 15th Street. Vans, Taxis & Limousines Airport Best Shuttle St. Louis, (314) 333-1043, provides Downtown Parking van services from St. Louis Lambert International Airport to Downtown St. Louis streets are laid out on a downtown hotels for. Other area hotels are also served. grid pattern with alternating one-way north and southbound streets. Abundant parking – 46,000 Taxi companies maintain stands at the airport and major hotels throughout St. Louis. Taxi drivers are uniformed and their vehicles must meet strict standards enforced by the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission. Multiple limo services, offering everything from town cars to super-stretch vehicles, also operate in St. Louis. Airlines Serving St. Louis Lambert International Airport Air Canada Air Choice One Alaska Airlines American Airlines Cape Air Delta Airlines Frontier Airlines Southwest Sun Country Airlines United Airlines Non-Stop Service to/from St. Louis Arkansas: Little Rock, Jonesboro Arizona: Phoenix Gateway Station Eads Bridge California: Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco Canada: Toronto Colorado: Denver Costa Rica: Liberia District of Columbia: Washington-National, Washington-Dulles Dominican Republic: Punta Cana Florida: Fort Lauderdale, Fort Meyers, Miami, Orlando, Panama City, Tampa Georgia: Atlanta Illinois: Chicago O’Hare, Chicago Midway, Decatur, Marion, Quincy Iowa: Burlington, Des Moines, Fort Dodge Jamaica: Montego Bay Kansas: Wichita MetroBus Kentucky: Owensboro Louisiana: New Orleans spaces – is available in high-rise garages and on surface lots Maryland: Baltimore throughout downtown. Additionally, 2,700 metered curbside parking spaces are available on the streets. Massachusetts: Boston Mexico: Cancun, Puerto Vallarta St. Louis by Car Michigan: Detroit An easy-to-use network of interstate highways runs through Minnesota: Minneapolis St. Louis making it a short drive to attractions. From the east, Missouri: Cape Girardeau, Fort Leonard Wood, I-70, I-64 and I-55 head west across the Poplar Street Bridge Kansas City, Kirksville and into downtown St. Louis. I-70 runs through downtown Nebraska: Omaha past the airport and west through Missouri. I-55 turns south Nevada: Las Vegas past the Anheuser-Busch brewery and continues through New Jersey: Newark southeastern Missouri. I-64, which the locals call Highway New York: New York LaGuardia 40, continues west through St. Louis, past Forest Park to the North Carolina: Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham Missouri River. I-44 begins in St. Louis and runs southwest Oklahoma: Oklahoma City, Tulsa along the former path of Route 66 to Springfield, Missouri. Ohio: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus Oregon: Portland Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Tennessee: Jackson, Nashville Texas: Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dallas/Love Field, Houston Hobby, Houston Intercontinental, San Antonio Utah: Salt Lake City Washington: Seattle Wisconsin: Milwaukee 2 Mileage Chart Albuquerque, NM: 1,061 Miami, FL: 1,326 Atlanta, GA: 575 Milwaukee, WI: 387 Baltimore, MD: 824 Nashville, TN: 318 Birmingham, AL: 524 New Orleans, LA: 700 Boston, MA: 1,212 New York, NY: 976 Branson, MO: 251 Newark, NJ: 962 Charleston, SC: 888 Niagra Falls, NY: 792 Charlotte, NC: 725 Oklahoma City, OK: 511 Chicago, IL: 287 Omaha, NE: 487 Cincinnati, OH: 351 Orlando, FL: 1,030 Cleveland, OH: 568 Philadelphia, PA: 890 Columbia, MO: 124 Phoenix, AZ: 1,570 Dallas, TX: 661 Pittsburgh, PA: 604 Denver, CO: 874 Portland, ME: 1,389 Des Moines, IA: 356 Providence, RI: 1,336 Detroit, MI: 568 Richmond, VA: 865 El Paso, TX: 1,192 Reno, NV: 1,939 Evansville, IN: 172 Salt Lake City, UT: 1,409 Hartford, CT: 1,238 San Antonio, TX: 936 Houston, TX: 817 San Diego, CA: 1,870 Indianapolis, IN: 244 San Francisco, CA: 2,159 Jackson, MS: 503 Seattle, WA: 2,234 Jacksonville, FL: 932 Sikeston, MO: 155 Jefferson City, MO: 126 Sioux Falls, SD: 664 Kansas City, MO: 255 Springfield, IL: 96 Key West, FL: 1,415 Springfield, MO: 217 Kirksville, MO: 215 St. Paul, MN: 547 Las Vegas, NV: 1,650 St. Petersburg, FL: 1,065 Little Rock, AR: 361 Topeka, KS: 315 Los Angeles, CA: 1,904 Tulsa, OK: 404 Louisvile, KY: 275 Washington, DC: 821 Memphis, TN: 296 Wichita, KS: 456 Washington Avenue SPRINGFIELD 36 24 r KAMPSVILLE L I e , 1 v i HANNIBAL d R 72 l s e i i f o g n i l n l i I r 61 p S Meeting Of the o Great Rivers TO CHICAGO T National Scenic r e Byway v i R i Mark p 100 p i Twain s s i Lake s 2 s i M PERE MARQUETTE 55 MISSOURI Vadalabene GRAFTON Bike Trail GODFREY 6 6 e ELSAH VILLAGE t u Grafton o 3 TO KANSAS CITY Ferry R ALTON Confluence 47 Bikeway WOOD RIVER EDWARDSVILLE To Columbia, 61 M isso Jefferson City & uri O’FALLON ST. 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