NextStop Blog

Spring is here and residents in the region are spending more and more time outdoors. We’re inviting residents, businesses, and organizations to add neighborhood beautification to those outdoor plans by adopting a MetroBus stop through the Adopt-A-Stop program.

More than 5,000 MetroBus stops are located in the Metro Transit service area and nearly 500 of those stops are adopted.

The Adopt-A-Stop program launched in 2016, inviting businesses, not-for-profit organizations, community groups, neighborhoods, families and individuals to adopt neighborhood MetroBus stops in St. Louis and St. Louis County in Missouri and in St. Clair County in Illinois. The goal of the program is to keep bus stops and the communities Metro Transit serves – clean, attractive and free from litter. While there is no cost to take part in the Adopt-A-Stop program, participants sign an agreement to regularly monitor their adopted MetroBus stops, pick up litter and help keep the area around the bus stops clean. In return, adopters are provided trash bags and other resources needed to maintain the bus stops. In addition, adopters have the choice of having their name displayed on a special Adopt-A-Sign sign at the MetroBus stop. Some adopters choose to remain anonymous, while others adopt a bus stop in memory or in honor of a loved one.

One of Metro Transit’s top municipal partners in the Adopt-A-Stop program is the City of Pine Lawn, located in St. Louis County. Since adopting 18 MetroBus stops several years ago, Pine Lawn has been committed to making sure litter is picked up regularly at the MetroBus stops.

Other entities that have stepped up to participate in the Adopt-A-Stop program include residents, neighborhood associations, banks, Masons and Shriners.

To adopt a stop or to request more information about the Adopt-A-Stop program, call Metro Transit at 314-982-1466 or visit www.metrostlouis.org/adoptastop.