Rider's Almanac Blog

Meet the mapmaker behind the ambitious new METRO map

Posted by Drew Kerr | May 1, 2019

Senior Graphic Designer Leah Janz has made a lot of maps. But none have been quite as ambitious as her latest creation, which depicts each of the current and future Light Rail Transit and Bus Rapid Transit lines that make up the METRO [...]

Northstar

Northstar facility, fleet in line for major overhauls

Posted by Laura Baenen | April 30, 2019

Jeremy Spilde, manager of commuter rail maintenance, in a service pit at Northstar's Operations & Maintenance Facility in Big Lake, Minn. Locomotives and passenger cars that have been operating for the past decade on the Northstar [...]

Know Your Operator

Know Your Operator: Latchman Bhagwandin

Posted by John Komarek | April 26, 2019

Latchman Bhagwandin waited eight years to enter the United States. Today, he makes sure METRO A Line riders don’t wait more than 15 minutes for a bus. As a child in French Guyana, he lived with relatives while his parents worked in New York. [...]

How We Roll

Why we chose to Get on Board

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 24, 2019

Taking transit provides some obvious benefits, like saving thousands of dollars a year on gas, repairs and car insurance and having the freedom to safely use the phone that’s become an extension of your right hand. But as many Metro Transit [...]

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Sarah Gibson claims Rail Rodeo crown with calm demeanor

Posted by Laura Baenen | April 23, 2019

Train Operator Sarah Gibson’s laid-back approach won her Metro Transit’s Rail Rodeo crown last Saturday. “I really didn’t do much to prepare. This is what I’ve been doing for five years now so operating a train is almost second nature, and [...]