Rider's Almanac Blog

Big snow met with persistence, praise

Posted by Drew Kerr | Jan. 23, 2018

The Twin Cities was hit with its biggest winter storm in seven years on Monday, bringing a foot or more of snow to several parts of the metro. Snow-covered roads and traffic delays caused widespread bus delays, with many operators pulling in [...]

Bicycle Bus How We Roll

How we Roll: Jared Fette

Posted by Drew Kerr | Dec. 20, 2017

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 are a chance to illustrate how much we have in [...]

Self care: Take the bus!

| Dec. 13, 2017

Kayla Fahey-Ahrndt, a Blood Bank Supervisor at the University of Minnesota, has been taking public transportation off and on for the past nine years for school, work and fun. As a student at the U of M from 2008 through 2012, she mostly took routes [...]

Bus Know Your Operator

Know Your Operator: Barbara Mestas

Posted by Marisa Helms | Dec. 7, 2017

When Operator Barbara Mestas walks into the Drivers Room at Heywood Garage, her big laugh and booming voice are a signal to her colleagues that their friend “B,” or “Barb” has arrived. Fellow operators are sure to say "hi." Some will ask Mestas for [...]

Bus Bus Maintenance Equity

Prospective technicians welcomed, challenged to show ‘grit’

Posted by Drew Kerr | Dec. 6, 2017

Wearing an oil-stained florescent jacket, Ravie Sawh stood before a group of 50 job seekers and their supporters at Metro Transit's Overhaul Base last week. The group was assembled to hear what their futures could look like as the newest [...]