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Posts in Category: METRO Blue Line

Ready, Set, Go-To

| Dec. 19, 2013

Go-To Cards are the easiest way to pay a fare when boarding a Metro Transit bus or train – as customers are increasingly noticing. Go-To and Go-To lite cards were used to pay for a record 57 percent of fares in November, and have accounted [...]

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METRO Blue Line welcomes visitors, boosts revenue

| Nov. 27, 2013

Visitors who arrive at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are instantly connected to downtown Minneapolis, the Mall of America and numerous hotels thanks to the METRO Blue Line. When the METRO Green Line opens next year, travelers will [...]

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Rider refresher for flurries in forecast

| Nov. 4, 2013

Snow is back in the forecast...and Metro Transit is ready. Record-setting winter storms in 1991 and 2010 are the only times in Metro Transit’s modern history where bus service was temporarily suspended due to weather. The all-season METRO Blue [...]

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Route 74: Easy riding from East to West

| Oct. 11, 2013

After working 10-hour, overnight shifts at St. Joseph’s Hospital, the last thing Donna Cooley wants to do is get in her car and deal with traffic. So she takes the Route 74 bus instead. “It’s just so much easier to let someone else do the driving [...]

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Keeping a careful eye on the METRO Blue Line