Rider's Almanac Blog

Close call on METRO Blue Line provides safety reminder

| Aug. 16, 2013

Rusdon Torbenson considers himself extremely lucky. On June 15, Torbenson was biking westbound on East 35th Street. After crossing Hiawatha Avenue, he biked around the lowered, flashing gate arms. Though he saw a METRO Blue Line train traveling [...]

Bus In the News Light Rail Transit Planning

Study: Transit boosts economy

| Aug. 15, 2013

A new report provides further evidence that transit is good for the economy. The study, highlighted this week at The Atlantic Cities website, suggests transit helps boost the economy by bringing people together – widening the labor pool, [...]

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Metro Transit: The fast and friendly way to the State Fair

| Aug. 14, 2013

From Brian Lamb, Metro Transit General Manager As customers might imagine, providing service to the Minnesota State Fair is no small undertaking. It’s often said that we run the two largest bus systems in the state during the 12 days of fun [...]

Express Bus Route of the Week Suburban Transit

Route 264: On the shoulder and on the move

| Aug. 14, 2013

Simon Koch has a 20-minute commute from Roseville to downtown Minneapolis every day. But he doesn’t waste his time sitting in traffic. Instead, riding Route 264, he reads. “Ever since I started riding the bus the number of books I read has just [...]

Bus Go Green

Buses going big on biodiesel

| Aug. 8, 2013

Metro Transit buses are getting around on a cleaner and less costly fuel this summer. Taking advantage of favorable pricing, the entire Metro Transit bus fleet ran on a 20 percent blend of soy-based biodiesel for the first time in July. Biodiesel [...]