{"id":198153,"date":"2020-02-18T16:11:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T22:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/?p=198153"},"modified":"2024-02-29T09:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:58:51","slug":"metro-seeks-public-feedback-on-title-vi-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/nextstop\/metro-seeks-public-feedback-on-title-vi-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Seeks Public Feedback on Title VI Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-198158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1660.jpg\" alt=\"Public Engagement Meeting\" width=\"5665\" height=\"3741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1660.jpg 5665w, https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1660-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1660-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1660-1024x676.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5665px) 100vw, 5665px\" \/>Metro is committed to providing everyone with fair and equitable access to transit services. As part of that commitment, we regularly evaluate our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/non-discrimination-notice\/\">Title VI program and policies<\/a>\u00a0to ensure that minority communities, low-income riders and those with limited English-language proficiency are priority considerations when exploring service changes, fare policy and other decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Public feedback is a key part of that process, and you are invited to an upcoming public information opportunity to learn more about our Title VI program and share your feedback:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, March 2 | 4 p.m. \u2013 6:30 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Carpenter Branch Library<br \/>\n3309 S. Grand Blvd.<br \/>\nSt. Louis, MO 63118<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 3 | 4 p.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Civic Center Transit Center<br \/>\n401 S. 14<sup>th<\/sup> Street<br \/>\nSt. Louis, MO 63103<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, March 4 | 6 a.m. \u2013 8:30 a.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Belleville Transit Center<br \/>\n800 Scheel Street<br \/>\nBelleville, IL\u00a0 62221<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, March 5 | 6 a.m. \u2013 8 a.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>North County Transit Center<br \/>\n3140 Pershall Road<br \/>\nSt. Louis, MO 63136<\/p>\n<p>These public information sessions will provide an opportunity for you to view materials and talk to Metro staff about the organization\u2019s efforts to provide fair and equitable transit service, and submit your feedback. You will also be able to submit feedback through the Metro website beginning in March.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To request interpretation services<\/strong>, please call 314.231.2345 at least 72 hours prior to the public information event you want to attend. <strong>To request an ADA accommodation<\/strong> &#8212; such as alternative format meeting materials &#8212; please contact Amy Parker, ADA Services at 314.982.1525 at least 72 hours prior to the information event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro is committed to providing everyone with fair and equitable access to transit services. As part of that commitment, we regularly evaluate our Title VI program and policies\u00a0to ensure that minority communities, low-income riders and those with limited English-language proficiency are priority considerations when exploring service changes, fare policy and other decisions. Public feedback is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metro-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}