Rider's Almanac Blog

Know Your Operator: Shamara Baggett

Posted by John Komarek | Dec. 9, 2018

After years of exhaustion working two jobs to make ends meet, Shamara Baggett decided to upgrade her career to achieve a work/life balance as a Metro Transit bus operator. Whether she put on the uniform of a nursing assistant, private care [...]

Shared Mobility

Meet Metro Transit’s new Shared Mobility Program Manager

Posted by Drew Kerr | Dec. 7, 2018

Growing up in a farming community outside of Columbus, Ohio, Meredith Klekotka took long bus trips to and from school and didn’t have many places she could safely walk to. Frustrated by the lack of options, she developed an early [...]

Shelters, improved signage creating better bus stops

Posted by Drew Kerr | Nov. 29, 2018

Several boarding locations were improved with new or existing shelters this year including, clockwise from left, a stop outside the Franklin Library on Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis; 7th Street East and Johnson Parkway, St. Paul, and Arcade Street [...]

Good Question

Route, Trip, or Segment?

Posted by John Komarek | Nov. 26, 2018

Transit terminology can at times be difficult to decipher. The terms route, trip and segment are among those that can be confusing. Here's an explanation of how these terms should be used: Isn’t it just called a trip when I take [...]

On/Off the Clock with Tensaie Umeta

Posted by John Komarek | Nov. 19, 2018

Name: Tensaie Umeta (ten-ah-say oom-et-ah) Lives: Roseville Job: Senior Account Specialist Years of service: 10 How did you come to work at Metro Transit and what do you do? I started as a bus operator in 2008, which helped me [...]