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Leukemia diagnosis, love of transit lead mother-daughter to Adopt-A-Stop program

Posted by Drew Kerr | Feb. 29, 2024

People have a lot of reasons for adopting bus stops and light rail stations through the Adopt-A-Stop program. For Keshawn Williams and her daughter Josephine, the inspiration came from an unlikely place – a leukemia diagnosis that [...]

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Plastic seats the new norm on light rail vehicles

| Sep. 9, 2021

The cloth seats customers once found – and sometimes avoided – on light rail vehicles are no more. This summer, light rail technicians finished swapping out more than 13,000 cloth seat backs and bottoms with new, custom-designed plastic seats [...]

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Train operator Latina Laramee marks personal milestones this Mother’s Day

Posted by Laura Baenen | May 4, 2021

For Mother’s Day, Train Operator Latina Laramee of Fridley can celebrate herself this year. A single mother, Laramee landed a bus operator job with Metro Transit in 2011. The change allowed her to have one job instead of three, while still [...]

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Resuming service with renewed commitment to community

| June 2, 2020

From General Manager Wes Kooistra Words cannot capture the pain caused by George Floyd’s horrific and senseless death. The destruction of community resources and local businesses added to that pain. As General Manager, I want to assure [...]

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New Green Line housing development offers more than a place to stay

Posted by Laura Baenen | Dec. 12, 2019

A new supportive housing development with a focus on American Indian youth is now open near the METRO Green Line’s Victoria Street Station, a development that could help Metro Transit police build stronger bonds with young people they encounter. [...]

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