Senior sign-up events for reduced fare

Metro transit will host Reduced Fare Permit registration events for older adults on Thursday, July at 10 area Schnucks stores. The Reduced Fare Permit identifies adults age 65 and older as qualifying for reduced fares when riding MetroBus and MetroLink. 

Metro representatives will sign up eligible senior citizens 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on the following dates at these Schnucks locations:

         • Thursday, July 3, South City, 3430 South Grand

         • Tuesday, July 8, Florissant, 8200 N. Lindbergh

         • Thursday, July 10, Affton, 10070 Gravois

         • Tuesday, July 15, Richmond Center, 6600 Clayton Road

         • Thursday, July 17, University City, 6920 Olive

         • Tuesday, July 22, Hampton Village, 60 Hampton Village Plaza

         • Thursday, July 24, Lindbergh, 10275 Clayton Road

         • Tuesday, July 29, Overland, 9074 Overland Plaza

         • Thursday, July 31, Cross Keys, 13987 New Halls Ferry Road

The Metro Reduced Fare Permit can only be obtained in person, and older adults are required to present a government-issued photo identification card which verifies their age.

Permits also can be obtained Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the MetroStore, 701 Convention Plaza (at the corner of 7th and Washington). The store is served by the Convention Center MetroLink Station and the #99 Downtown Trolley. More information about the Reduced Fare Permits is available at metrostlouis.org. Representatives of senior organizations or independent living retirement communities can call 314-982-1455 to request a sign-up event at their facilities.