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Route 67: A route to relaxation 

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| Jan. 31, 2014

When Karl Gehrke began a new job at the Hmong American Partnership last fall, he started riding to and from the organization’s offices at University and Western avenues on Route 67. From his home, it’s a short, five-minute trip that leaves little [...]

10th Street Station encased in icy history 

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| Jan. 31, 2014

Nan Jahnke loves the St. Paul Winter Carnival. That’s why, given the opportunity to share her ideas for station artwork at the METRO Green Line’s 10th Street Station, her mind went immediately to ice palaces. It makes sense, too. Sitting in [...]

Shows, support and supplies await at Snelling Station 

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| Jan. 27, 2014

Jim Segal is rethinking the type of bags he provides customers at his University Avenue store, Ax-Man Surplus. That’s because he thinks more than a few of them will be boarding the METRO Green Line after shopping at the store, located less than a [...]

Green Line grand opening set 

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| Jan. 14, 2014

The countdown to the METRO Green Line's opening can now be measured down to the second. On Wednesday, Metropolitan Council Chair Sue Haigh joined project partners at Union Depot Station to announce that light-rail vehicles will begin [...]

Route 50: Limited stops for longer rides 

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| Dec. 6, 2013

When the snow fell on Wednesday, it took Brandon Vanhee more than an hour to make the 15-mile trek from his home in Otsego to Maple Grove’s Parkway Transit Station. The rest of his journey to the University of Minnesota wasn’t nearly as [...]

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