Rider's Almanac Blog

Two Blue Line operators honored for actions that averted crash, fire

| March 30, 2022

Awareness and quick actions by two train operators this winter prevented a possible fire on one train and a collision between another train and a non-Metro Transit bus. Those efforts were celebrated this week when William Vacura, above left, [...]

Career Tracks

Career Tracks: Amanda Walker-Hunter, assistant transportation manager

Posted by John Komarek | March 22, 2022

Many people who work at Metro Transit take on new responsibilities and roles throughout their careers. Career Tracks highlights the paths employees have taken to their latest assignment and where they see themselves going next. To learn more [...]

Transit Police

Right-place-right-time is routine, not heroic for these MTPD officers

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 18, 2022

Officers who helped save a man in crisis and threatening to jump from the parking ramp behind them include, from left to right: Sgt. Debra Wohlferd, Ofc. Jason Newkirk, Ofc. Sarah Boltz and Ofc. Sidney Jones. Officer Jason Newkirk was on [...]

Career Tracks: Amina Wolf, acting deputy director of bus operations

Posted by John Komarek | March 4, 2022

Many people who work at Metro Transit take on new responsibilities and roles throughout their careers. Career Tracks highlights the paths employees have taken to their latest assignment and where they see themselves going next. To learn more [...]

Awarding Accomplishment

Dispatchers recognized for pandemic perseverance

Posted by Drew Kerr | Feb. 27, 2022

Terry Dolney has spent the past 25 years as a dispatcher. But nothing, he said, could have prepared him for what he and his peers have experienced since the pandemic began two years ago. At points, up to 100 of the operators Dolney works [...]