A Line BRT
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Minneapolis
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Thursday, June 9, 2016 12:20:00 PM
Routes 10 and 18 will join a growing network of routes with 24-hour service beginning Saturday, June 11.
On Route 10, trips between downtown Minneapolis and the Columbia Heights Transit Center will be added at 2 a.m., 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. On Route
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Retro Transit
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Monday, June 6, 2016 4:15:00 PM
Silas “Sy” Sharp never shied away from work.
After serving in the Korean War, he spent his days as a heavy equipment operator with the City of Minneapolis and his nights at the Minneapolis Athletic Club, full-time jobs that took 16 hours of his
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Bus
Know Your Operator
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Thursday, May 5, 2016 9:12:00 AM
Tired of his erratic hours working as a chef, Hector Espinoza went to the DMV picturing a job as an over the road truck driver. But when he ran into a friend there to get a license to become a bus operator, his outlook changed.
A decade later,
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Bus Maintenance
Retro Transit
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 9:52:00 AM
The first night Jan Homan reported for work – Christmas Eve 1975 – he was asked to do nothing more than keep an eye on the new Shingle Creek bus garage.
A warehouse that would eventually be home to buses, mechanics and operators was for the
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Minneapolis
Route of the Week
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 11:03:00 AM
As a Northeast Minneapolis resident, Angela Washington rides Route 11 nearly every day to get to and from her work as a caretaker in south Minneapolis.
On more than one occasion, she’s missed the bus and found herself waiting. And with service
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