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Know Your Operator: Nikolay Mshar 

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| Sep. 19, 2019

After moving from Belarus to the United States, Nikolay Mshar noticed a lot more people walking around with smiles. Soon, he started wearing one himself. “In Belarus, I drove buses like I do here,” Mshar said. “The only difference is that here [...]

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Know Your Operator: Lobsang Choephel 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Aug. 22, 2019

Lobsang Choephel fell in love with driving in India, where he drove cabs and spent hours shuttling tourists to and from Delhi in a large coach bus. So when he arrived in the United States, it wasn’t a surprise that he found himself back [...]

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Know Your Operator: Angela Wilson 

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Posted by John Komarek | July 29, 2019

Angela Wilson moved from Chicago to Minnesota in search of opportunity. She found it at Metro Transit. “I didn’t know I was going to end up here this long!” Wilson said. “It allowed me to grow with the agency.” As an operator, Wilson spent [...]

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Know Your Operator: Henry Bridges 

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Posted by John Komarek | June 10, 2019

Henry Bridges said he’d never move to Minnesota. Today, he’s a senior instructor at Heywood Garage. As a native New Yorker, Bridges was used to the big city and lots of people. Occasionally, he’d visit family in Minnesota. To him, the [...]

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Know Your Operator: Latchman Bhagwandin 

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Posted by John Komarek | April 26, 2019

Latchman Bhagwandin waited eight years to enter the United States. Today, he makes sure METRO A Line riders don’t wait more than 15 minutes for a bus. As a child in French Guyana, he lived with relatives while his parents worked in New York. [...]

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