Rider's Almanac Blog

The last ride on Route 50

| June 18, 2014

Nikki Bass grew pretty fond of Route 50 over the last decade. The Frogtown resident said the route not only took her where she needed to go but moved at an ideal pace – brisk, but casual enough to let her take in the sights along the way. On [...]

METRO Green Line St. Paul Station Spotlight

Hope abounds at Hamline Avenue

| June 16, 2014

Like many of the students who documented the METRO Green Line’s construction as part of a special class at Gordon Parks High School, Khalaun Phillips viewed light-rail construction as an unwelcome inconvenience. Now that work has come to an end, [...]

Community METRO Green Line

Green Line poster contest winner revealed

| June 12, 2014

When Genesia Williams heard about the METRO Green Line Opening Day Poster Contest, she knew immediately that she had to enter. A graduate of the Minneapolis Community & Technical College’s graphic design and print program, Williams wanted to [...]

METRO Green Line Minneapolis Retro Transit St. Paul

Rail returns to the Central Corridor

| June 11, 2014

Aaron Isaacs worked at Metro Transit from 1973 to 2006. A historian with the Minnesota Streetcar Museum, Isaacs is the co-author of Twin Cities by Trolley and author of Twin Ports by Trolley, which will be released in September. Isaacs also edits [...]

Bus METRO Green Line St. Paul

The sky's the limit

| June 6, 2014

A new stairway-elevator tower connecting street-level transit and the St. Paul skyway opened on Thursday at the METRO Green Line’s Central Station. The first person to take the trip up the tower: Rick Cardenas, who advocated on behalf of the [...]