METRO Green Line
University of Minnesota
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Thursday, April 23, 2015 12:00:00 AM
Without a vehicle, University of Minnesota senior Kelsey Decker relies on transit to get to school, work and go shopping. One of her primary boarding locations: the METRO Green Line’s East Bank Station, situated at the heart of the U of M
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Retro Transit
Transit Information
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 3:43:00 PM
When Sheila Miller began working as a bus operator in 1977, she thought it would be a temporary stay that would hold her over as she decided on a career path. When she discovered she liked the job, the short-term plan turned into a 20-year tenure
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Bus
Know Your Operator
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 4:45:00 PM
When a group of older female passengers began calling Operator Paul King “Goldie,” he thought it had something to do with the rings he wore. Not exactly.
“I asked them where the name came from and they said they were calling me that because I had
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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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