History Highlight
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 10:04:00 AM
Transit has a 146-year history in the Twin Cities. But there have been several service providers over the years, creating a chain of identities leading to what we now know as Metro Transit.
For decades, the region’s largest transit company was
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Know Your Operator
Posted by John Komarek |
Monday, October 8, 2018 2:05:00 PM
For twelve years, Julie Trosen drove school buses, but then she upgraded her career at Metro Transit. And, if you ask her, she’s never looking back. She found the pay and the benefits second-to-none.
“I plan to be here until I retire,” Trosen
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Bus
Fares
Light Rail
Minneapolis
Northstar
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:16:00 AM
Providing discounted, unlimited ride transit passes through area employers was a novel idea when the Metropass program began in 1998.
But twenty years after its inception, the program is attracting an increasing number of companies eager to
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Transit Police
Posted by John Komarek |
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 12:00:00 PM
Rusty with his partner of six years, Officer Scharber.
Working in the K-9 Unit at Metro Transit Police Department has its benefits.
“It’s just the bond you create – you can’t find that with a regular officer,” K-9 Officer Joshua Scharber
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Bus
Safety
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 9:00:00 AM
The sleeve of Jack Berner’s grey Metro Transit sweater is already home to an impressive collection of blue chevrons commemorating each of his 13 Bus Roadeo wins.
And now he has one more. After earning a near-perfect score, Berner was named the
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