Rider's Almanac Blog

Know Your Operator: JoAnn Peterson

Posted by John Komarek | April 25, 2022

A simple internet search began JoAnn Peterson’s career at Metro Transit. “I searched for ‘companies with best benefits,’ and Metro Transit was one of the top companies,” Peterson said. “I found out it has stellar benefits.” After eight [...]

How We Roll

How We Roll: Guthrie Byard, ADA & Title VI Administrator

Posted by John Komarek | April 20, 2022

The lifting of COVID-19 restrictions is allowing more people to come back to transit, including Metro Transit employees. To celebrate and encourage the use of transit, we are inviting employees to talk about how and why they’re riding. For [...]

Know Your Operator

Know Your Operator: Ron Williams

Posted by John Komarek | April 20, 2022

Ron Williams wishes he would have applied to Metro Transit earlier. “My dad told me to apply in 1987 when I was working multiple jobs,” Williams said. “It’s a stable job with great pay and benefits.” He waited to apply because he still had [...]

Bus Community Shelters

Adopt-a-Stop program revived and expanded

| April 20, 2022

When Deb Winsor walked to her Uptown bus stop, she was often irked by the amount of litter she found along the way. So she decided to act, joining a growing number of people who have joined the recently revived and expanded Adopt-a-Stop [...]

Equity

Evaluation underscores commitment to transit equity

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 19, 2022

Access to frequent and reliable transit provides people more freedom to meet their daily needs, or to get to work or school without needing access to a vehicle. So, Metro Transit has made a commitment to providing equitable access to [...]