Rider's Almanac Blog

Rider Alert survey provides valuable feedback

Posted by Drew Kerr | May 2, 2017

We asked, and you answered. After planned light-rail maintenance and construction caused buses to replace trains on two recent weekends, Metro Transit wanted to learn what you thought about our Rider Alert subscription service. By signing up for [...]

Bus Go Green

New solar array boosts commitment to renewable energy

| April 28, 2017

A 40-kilowatt solar array was recently installed on the top level of the parking ramp at the Maplewood Mall Transit Center, near the Maplewood Mall. The panels will help offset a portion of the energy used at the transit center, saving [...]

Transit Police

Harrington recognized by chiefs association

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 28, 2017

Metro Transit Police Chief John Harrington was celebrated as one of the state’s top law enforcement leaders by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association this week. Harrington received the association’s Richard W. Schaller Award, which recognizes [...]

Bus Community Light Rail METRO Green Line

On transit, making an impression with poetry

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 31, 2017

For the past 20 years, Michael Kleber-Diggs has shared his poetry with a live audience, reading the room and enjoying the conversation that follows. Capturing the reaction to one of his newest poems, The Green Line, has been a little more [...]

Bus Transit Information

Longtime Transit Information rep remembered for remembering

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 29, 2017

Early in his career as a Transit Information representative, Ben Rajkowski was on the phone with a customer trying to find their way to a Route 64 bus stop so they could get from Maplewood to St. Paul. After more than 20 minutes, the caller still [...]