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Technician training program creates careers, pride

Posted by Laura Baenen | Aug. 5, 2019

Chapman Templer, Toua Yang and Chee Vang might still be working at lower-paying jobs without advancement opportunities had they not enrolled three years ago in a paid on-the-job training program to become light rail train technicians. They [...]

METRO Orange Line Minneapolis

Orange Line at the center of an exciting new chapter for I-35W

Posted by John Komarek | July 23, 2019

Gov. Tim Walz addresses the media and a crowd at the METRO Orange Line groundbreaking ceremony at the Knox Avenue Park & Ride. From General Manager Wes Kooistra Sixty years ago next month, Twin Cities motorists celebrated the opening of [...]

Light Rail METRO Blue Line Minneapolis Transit Police

Partners share Metro Transit Police Department's Officer of the Year honors

Posted by Laura Baenen | July 2, 2019

As partners, police officers Michael Affeldt and Joseph Carchedi spend so much time together their peers refer to them jointly as “Affeldt and Carchedi.” And now they share something in addition to a name and a beat. Affeldt and Carchedi were [...]

Minneapolis On the METRO

Developers see future with more people, less parking

Posted by Drew Kerr | May 21, 2019

New residential and commercial buildings can increasingly come with little to no parking, developers and city officials said at a forum hosted by Metro Transit’s Transit Oriented Development Office. “Part of the issue is does the public want it [...]

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Sarah Gibson claims Rail Rodeo crown with calm demeanor

Posted by Laura Baenen | April 23, 2019

Train Operator Sarah Gibson’s laid-back approach won her Metro Transit’s Rail Rodeo crown last Saturday. “I really didn’t do much to prepare. This is what I’ve been doing for five years now so operating a train is almost second nature, and [...]

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