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Closed course experience designed to keep road to employment open

Posted by John Komarek | April 23, 2019

(Left to right) Bus Trainees Linda Wilke, Erica Young, Steve Gartner and Patricia Young join Instructor Ken Johnson for a chance to drive a bus on a closed course. Before they can pick up any customers, new hires on their path to becoming [...]

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Buses moving from Hennepin to Nicollet during construction

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 11, 2019

There will be a lot more buses moving up and down Nicollet Mall soon. Beginning Monday, April 15, routes that normally serve Hennepin Avenue will be detoured to Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. The detours will remain in place for up [...]

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On Transit Driver Appreciation Day, admiration goes both ways

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 19, 2019

Transit Driver Appreciation Day was designed to put the focus on operators like Shelly Logelin, who started working at Metro Transit in 2013. But when students from Saint Paul Public School’s Focus Beyond Transition Services visited Metro [...]

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Construction leads to detours in downtown Minneapolis

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 4, 2019

Multiple routes will be detoured off a busy downtown Minneapolis street beginning Saturday, March 9, the first of several service changes that will occur this year due to road construction in the city center. Beginning March 9, southbound [...]

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7 Reasons to be Bus Operator instead of a Truck Driver

Posted by John Komarek | Feb. 26, 2019

Both jobs require a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) and operate large vehicles, but here’s a few reasons why bus operations might be a better fit than truck driving for some people. Work + Life Balance Most trucking jobs require long [...]

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