{"id":204611,"date":"2020-06-08T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/?p=204611"},"modified":"2024-02-29T09:58:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:58:47","slug":"getting-in-your-steps-with-the-ten-toe-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/nextstop\/getting-in-your-steps-with-the-ten-toe-express\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting in Your Steps with the Ten Toe Express\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CMT<\/p>\n

Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) kicked off the Spring\u00a0Ten Toe Express\u00ae Program<\/a>\u00a0on June 4 with Green Street St. Louis for a special tour of the\u00a0historic St. Louis Armory building<\/a>. Through the Ten Toe Express program, participants are taught how to use Metro Transit to explore St. Louis and create healthy habits and active lifestyles.<\/p>\n

Phil Hulse, managing principal at Green Street St. Louis, joined the group to give a tour of the Armory and share the vision for the\u00a0Armory District<\/a>, a unique mixed-use redevelopment currently in construction. The Armory District will incorporate 250,000 square feet of office space with amenities including a restaurant, dynamic structured parking, and a Greenway path connector — all just steps away from MetroLink and the #70 Grand, the region\u2019s most popular MetroBus route. The development\u2019s first tenants are scheduled to open for business in 2021.<\/p>\n

\"CMT<\/p>\n

Melanie, one of the Ten Toe Express walkers, is proud to be a part of the program over the years. \u201cIt means learning to do without an automobile for the sake of the physical environment and social environment. In vibrant cities, people take transit trips together, they walk in the streets together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ten Toe Express\u00ae\u00a0was founded through a Missouri Foundation for Health grant in 2007 and focuses on helping seniors stay active and healthy, while also teaching them how to easily navigate transit in a fun way.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past 13 years, the Ten Toe Express\u00ae program has introduced more than 8,000 seniors to our region\u2019s transit system, making it easier than ever for them to explore many new and unique destinations around St. Louis,\u201d said Kimberly Cella, Executive Director of CMT. \u201cWhile this program is more focused on recreational public transportation use, the past several months have really emphasized how essential transit really is to our local communities. One of the benefits of this program is that it allows older adults to better familiarize with the transit system in a group setting so they feel comfortable using it on their own to gain access to groceries, doctor\u2019s appointments or other essential services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more about the Ten Toe Express\u00ae here:\u00a0https:\/\/tentoes.cmt-stl.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) kicked off the Spring\u00a0Ten Toe Express\u00ae Program\u00a0on June 4 with Green Street St. Louis for a special tour of the\u00a0historic St. Louis Armory building. Through the Ten Toe Express program, participants are taught how to use Metro Transit to explore St. Louis and create healthy habits and active lifestyles. Phil […]<\/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-204611","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\/204611","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=204611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}