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Know Your Operator

Know Your Operator: Al Chang 

Posted by John Komarek | Monday, August 11, 2025 4:51:00 AM
After two decades in financial services and pension administration, Al Chang was ready to get out from behind the desk. Earlier this year, he started a new career as a bus operator. The new role offers what he describes as "the best view in [...]

Meet a Mechanic: Howard Freeman 

Posted by John Komarek | Friday, August 8, 2025 4:48:00 PM
Howard Freeman began his career as shop help in a private diesel shop, learning on the job and working his way up to mechanic. Today, he’s part of the team maintaining the METRO C Line’s battery-electric buses at the Heywood Garage. “It’s a [...]
From GM Lesley Kandaras

Focus on service improvements, safety yielding positive results 

Posted by Drew Kerr | Thursday, August 7, 2025 8:33:00 AM
From General Manager Lesley Kandaras We're on a mission to get more people riding transit more often. To do that, we need to make taking the bus or train as convenient and reliable as possible and continue working to provide a consistently [...]
The MT 10

10 Questions with Metro Transit - Bailey & Lewis 

Posted by Drew Johnson | Thursday, August 7, 2025 8:04:00 AM
We hear and learn from our actual customers as they answer our "10 Questions with Metro Transit!" Today we meet Bailey & Lewis! How long have you been riding the bus or train? 20 years! When I moved to Minneapolis for college I didn't [...]
Safety and Security Action Plan Transit Police

Progress on official presence, improving station conditions highlighted in latest Safety & Security Action Plan update 

Posted by Drew Kerr | Thursday, August 7, 2025 8:00:00 AM
Everyone who travels and works on our system deserves to have an experience that is consistently safe, clean, and welcoming. This is why we developed the Safety & Security Action Plan, which includes more than 40 actions we’re taking to [...]
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