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Posts in Category: St. Paul

Young transit fans go behind the scenes

| July 11, 2014

Liam and James Hanley know a thing or two about taking transit in the Twin Cities. In fact, the brothers have become pretty expert at getting around on buses and trains, having ridden each of the METRO lines, Northstar and more than 20 bus routes [...]

Bus METRO Green Line Route of the Week St. Paul

Route 83: A new link on Lexington Parkway

| June 19, 2014

Dressed in a suit and tie, Alon Coleman recently took his first trip on Route 83. If the interview he just finished leads to a new job, it will be the first of many for the 20-year-old St. Paul resident. “That would be great,” Coleman said as he [...]

Bus Community METRO Green Line Minneapolis St. Paul

The last ride on Route 50

| June 18, 2014

Nikki Bass grew pretty fond of Route 50 over the last decade. The Frogtown resident said the route not only took her where she needed to go but moved at an ideal pace – brisk, but casual enough to let her take in the sights along the way. On [...]

METRO Green Line St. Paul Station Spotlight

Hope abounds at Hamline Avenue

| June 16, 2014

Like many of the students who documented the METRO Green Line’s construction as part of a special class at Gordon Parks High School, Khalaun Phillips viewed light-rail construction as an unwelcome inconvenience. Now that work has come to an end, [...]

METRO Green Line Minneapolis Retro Transit St. Paul

Rail returns to the Central Corridor

| June 11, 2014

Aaron Isaacs worked at Metro Transit from 1973 to 2006. A historian with the Minnesota Streetcar Museum, Isaacs is the co-author of Twin Cities by Trolley and author of Twin Ports by Trolley, which will be released in September. Isaacs also edits [...]

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