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Waiting for the bus while lounging in the ‘Living Room’

| Oct. 22, 2015

Pillows, a chess board, markers, books and string lighting aren’t the kinds of things people are usually surrounded by while waiting for a bus. But a new temporary shelter that went up this week in Minneapolis incorporates all of those things, [...]

Bus Bus Maintenance Community In the News

Friends turn retired bus into RV, drive across U.S.

Posted by Kathy Graul | Sep. 15, 2015

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to turn something unconventional into a house? How about a Metro Transit bus? That's exactly what a couple of friends from the Twin Cities did this summer before embarking on a journey in the [...]

Bus Community Shelters State Fair

Smaller shelter shown off at State Fair

Posted by Drew Kerr | Sep. 2, 2015

A student-designed waiting shelter with a reduced footprint and other innovative features is on display at the Minnesota State Fair. The shelter was designed by architecture graduate student Amy Van Gessel as part of a class at the University of [...]

Community Light Rail State Fair

A city commute in crop art

Posted by Drew Kerr | Sep. 2, 2015

Sarah Leismer wanted to bring a little bit of the city to the collection of mostly rural-inspired crop art on display at the Minnesota State Fair. The result: a detailed representation of a Metro Transit light-rail train passing the [...]

Community St. Paul Student Pass

Students make the case for expanding transit access

| June 25, 2015

For several years, high school student Spencer Willits has used transit to travel to and from school, work and other activities. At 16-years-old, he says riding buses and trains has given him greater independence to travel around the Twin Cities [...]

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