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Posts in Category: Light Rail

Technicians in training celebrate early milestone in career path

Posted by Drew Kerr | Aug. 21, 2017

Chapman Templer was working at a local bike shop, unsure when or if he’d ever get promoted or earn more money. After two years at Tires Plus, Chee Vang was struggling to pinpoint his long-term goals. Jordan “Monk” Nicholson was writing comic books [...]

Bicycle Community How We Roll Light Rail Rider Profile

How We Roll: Ed Alvarez, Facilities Technician

Posted by jennasbennett | June 13, 2017

Many Metro Transit employees are committed to sustainable transportation, riding the bus or train, biking or walking to work and other destinations across the region. These “How We Roll” profiles are a chance to illustrate how much we have [...]

Light Rail Safety

Light rail safety efforts receive national recognition

| June 12, 2017

Efforts to enhance safety at pedestrian crossings along Metro Transit’s light rail corridors have been recognized by the American Public Transit Association (APTA). APTA presented Metro Transit with a Gold Award for Safety for actions [...]

Bus Community Light Rail

Tech program helps jobs seekers find new hope, career path

Posted by Drew Kerr | May 12, 2017

Some eager job seekers are getting an opportunity to pursue careers as Metro Transit technicians. The Metro Transit Technician program combines workforce readiness and on-the-job training, support toward earning a degree and an internship. [...]

Bus Community Light Rail METRO Green Line

On transit, making an impression with poetry

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 31, 2017

For the past 20 years, Michael Kleber-Diggs has shared his poetry with a live audience, reading the room and enjoying the conversation that follows. Capturing the reaction to one of his newest poems, The Green Line, has been a little more [...]

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