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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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Know Your Operator: DJ Gonte 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | March 15, 2019

Growing up in Ethiopia’s capitol city, DJ Gonte didn’t live far from a train station. Watching the trains pull in and out gave him an early and deep love for railroading. Years later, it would also lead him to what he now describes as his [...]

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Know Your Operator: Kieyonn Bogan 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | March 13, 2019

After putting in an application to serve as a school bus driver, Kieyonn Bogan headed home on a Metro Transit bus and passed Nicollet Garage. Bogan grew up near the south Minneapolis garage and regularly took the bus to Roosevelt High School and [...]

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