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Bus Express Bus Light Rail Rider Information Transit Planning

Trip Planner sets new record 

| Thursday, October 3, 2013 3:21:00 PM
Metro Transit’s online Trip Planner is more popular than ever. The online tool helped customers plan a record 657,458 trips last month, beating the previous record of 656,017 planned trips set in September 2011. Available at [...]
Bus From the GM Rider Information

Service that sets the standard 

| Thursday, October 3, 2013 11:10:00 AM
From Brian Lamb, Metro Transit General Manager Customers boarded our buses, light-rail and commuter trains more than 81 million times last year. Despite the high volume of customers, we strive every day to ensure every person who uses our [...]
Bus Express Bus METRO Orange Line Minneapolis Route of the Week Suburban Transit

Route 535: Cutting the car out of the commute on I-35W 

| Thursday, October 3, 2013 9:00:00 AM
When Mary Thompson started her new job in downtown Minneapolis in September, she thought it would be easy to get in her car and go to work. It wasn’t as simple as she’d hoped. “I drove the first two days and it was pretty undesirable,” [...]
Bus Know Your Operator Minneapolis

Know Your Operator: Lillie Loving 

| Thursday, September 26, 2013 12:45:00 PM
Lynette Haugen has spent the last five years traveling to and from her job at the Midtown Exchange on Route 5. On most mornings, that means getting greeted by Metro Transit bus driver Lillie Loving, who welcomed Haugen as if she were an old [...]
Bus Bus Rapid Transit On the METRO Transit Planning

Report: Transit investments bring more private spending 

| Thursday, September 26, 2013 12:30:00 PM
A new report underscores the economic development potential of transit investments like the METRO Red Line launched this summer along Cedar Avenue and planned Arterial Bus Rapid Transit lines in the Twin Cities. The report from the Institute [...]
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