Rider's Almanac Blog

Closed course experience designed to keep road to employment open

Posted by John Komarek | April 23, 2019

(Left to right) Bus Trainees Linda Wilke, Erica Young, Steve Gartner and Patricia Young join Instructor Ken Johnson for a chance to drive a bus on a closed course. Before they can pick up any customers, new hires on their path to becoming [...]

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Light Rail art celebrates Earth Day, partnership

Posted by John Komarek | April 19, 2019

A light rail vehicle carrying METRO Green Line customers to their destinations now doubles as a work of art. The outside of the vehicle shows a caterpillar becoming a monarch butterfly. Inside, the walls are covered with illustrated scenes of [...]

Switch to LEDs lowers costs, brightens environment

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 18, 2019

As a technician, supervisor and manager, Steve Engnell has spent more than 20 years working in garages characterized by cement walls and sparse natural light. So when crews recently exchanged the yellowish fluorescent bulbs inside Nicollet Garage [...]

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Final Four leads to record light rail ridership

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 18, 2019

The METRO Blue and Green lines each set single-day ridership records on Monday, April 8, when the NCAA Men’s Final Four championship game was held at U.S. Bank Stadium. There were 62,686 rides provided on the Blue Line and 68,210 rides on the [...]

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Buses moving from Hennepin to Nicollet during construction

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 11, 2019

There will be a lot more buses moving up and down Nicollet Mall soon. Beginning Monday, April 15, routes that normally serve Hennepin Avenue will be detoured to Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. The detours will remain in place for up [...]