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Posted by Drew Kerr |
Friday, March 16, 2018 12:45:00 PM
Metro Transit’s 1,600 bus and train operators received extra kudos this week as supporters celebrated Transit Driver Appreciation Day.
Transit Driver Appreciation Day got its start in 2009, when a group of riders in Seattle, Wash., wanted to show
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Posted by Drew Kerr |
Friday, March 9, 2018 2:30:00 PM
Super Bowl festivities provided a notable ridership boost earlier this year.
The Green and Blue lines and the Northstar Commuter Rail Line each saw their highest-ever January ridership totals and nearly 210,000 additional rides were taken over
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METRO Green Line
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Thursday, January 25, 2018 3:00:00 PM
A record number of light rail and commuter rail rides were taken in 2017 as Metro Transit’s annual ridership topped 81.9 million.
Metro Transit has provided more than 80 million rides in each of the past seven years, sustaining the highest
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Winter Weather
Posted by Kathy Graul |
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 1:29:00 PM
Snow and ice-covered roads led to a tricky and long commute this morning after winter’s first big blast hit the Twin Cities overnight.
Light rail and Northstar commuter rail service are not typically impacted by winter weather thanks to trains’
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Winter Weather
Posted by Marisa Helms |
Thursday, November 16, 2017 10:26:00 AM
When the cold weather hits the metro area, customers who wait at hundreds of bus shelters and rail platforms have access to on-demand heaters that allow push-button activation when the temperature drops to 40 degrees Fahrenheit or colder.
The
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