Downtown St. Louis Employment Up; Transit Market Share Dropping

Downtown St. Louis Employment Up;
Transit Market Share Falling

According to data released by the Downtown St. Louis Partnership, downtown St. Louis employment rose 3.7 percent from 1996 to 1998 (from 88,087 to 91,338).⁽¹⁾

All of the gain was in the periphery of downtown, with core employment dropping nearly 1,000.
Approximately 80 percent of the gain was in local, state and federal government employment.

At the same time, the survey indicated a substantial downward trend in journey to work market share for both public transit and car pools. Since 1996:

Transit work trip market share dropped 30.5 percent (bus and light rail).
Light rail work trip market share dropped 10 percent.
Car pool market share dropped two thirds.

1. As reported in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, 4 March 1999 (Charlene Proust, "Downtown Gains Workers and Businesses, Survey Shows").

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