Rider's Almanac Blog

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 [...]

How We Roll

How We Roll: Steve Baisden

Posted by John Komarek | Nov. 18, 2018

Many Metro Transit employees are committed to sustainable transportation, riding the bus or train, biking or walking to work and other destinations across the region. These “How We Roll” profiles illustrate how much we have in common with our [...]

Shelters

New guards designed to help keep the heat on

Posted by Drew Kerr | Nov. 16, 2018

When cold weather arrives, customers a grateful for any warmth they can find. But on-demand shelter heaters are frequently vandalized, taking them out of service until they can be repaired. A new metal guard beginning to appear at some busy [...]

METRO Green Line Ridership

Green Line continues to see record-breaking ridership

Posted by Drew Kerr | Nov. 16, 2018

The Green Line had its busiest month ever in October, keeping the light rail line on pace to set another annual ridership record. More than 1.4 million rides were taken last month, topping the previous high, set in September, by more than 127,000 [...]

Winter Weather

Winter is coming … and Metro Transit is prepared.

Posted by John Komarek | Nov. 5, 2018

Metro Transit received four new service trucks earlier this year, including this truck at East Metro Garage. The vehicles become critical during the winter months, when technicians are sent out to recover buses that become trapped in the snow. [...]