Bus
Bus Rapid Transit
Community
Safety
Transit Police
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 9:22:00 AM
Metro Transit patrol officer Sidney Jones didn’t grow up in North Minneapolis. But when he moved here from Kansas City a decade ago he landed squarely in the middle of the community, making his home on Russell Avenue North.
After experiencing
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Bus
Community
Know Your Operator
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Friday, January 9, 2015 2:40:00 PM
Paul Liddicoat was just out of high school, living at home and looking for work, when his mom, a longtime bus rider, suggested that he apply at what was then known as the Metropolitan Transit Commission.
Liddicoat hadn’t considered working as an
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Community
METRO Green Line
Minneapolis
Safety
St. Paul
University of Minnesota
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:41:00 PM
Strong and growing ridership is the hallmark of the METRO Green Line’s first six-months of operation.
Customers have taken about 6 million rides since service began on June 14, including more than 1 million rides in both September and October.
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Bus
Know Your Operator
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Friday, December 5, 2014 12:57:00 PM
When Operator Mary Barnd picked up her first customers, she panicked.
As a 17-year semi-truck driver, Barnd had developed an innate sensitivity to others entering her private driving space and was taken aback when she started training and
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Bus
Transit Information
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Friday, November 21, 2014 11:14:00 AM
When Gary Bier began working in the Transit Information Center, his trip planning tools included a large wall map, a tape measure and a robust memory.
“If you were taking 20 calls a day you were really cooking,” Bier said recently. “Each of those
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